State Dept. to Issue Final Rule to Make ECR-Related Amendments to ITAR
The State Department is issuing a final rule to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to clarify recent revisions made under President Barack Obama’s Export Control Reform Initiative, State said (here). Specifically, the rule clarifies the scope of disclosure of information submitted to the department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, clarifies policies and procedures of statutory debarments, and corrects “administrative and typographical” errors, State said. The rule will become effective Dec. 5, but State will accept comments on the rule until Jan. 4.
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State is revising ITAR Section 121.1 Paragraphs (a) and (b) to clarify requirements for U.S. Munitions List (USML) controls, and removing paragraphs (c) through (e). State is also amending 13 USML categories to clarify that commodities, software and technology subject to Export Administration Regulations and related to USML defense articles may be exported or temporarily imported on the same license as defense articles from any category, as long as they are intended for use in or with that defense article.
State is also revising the ITAR to permit DDTC to extend the 60-day requirement for registrants to provide a signed amended agreement, State said. State is correcting errors in ITAR Section 124.2(c)(5)(v), which incorrectly listed “gas turbine engine hot sections” as belonging to USML categories VI(f) and VIII(b) instead of Category XIX.
(Federal Register 12/05/16)