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On July 28, 2016, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued final rules implementing revisions to U.S...
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On July 28, 2016, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) and the Department of State's
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued final rules
implementing revisions to U.S. export controls on toxicological
agents and directed energy weapons. Specifically, BIS' final rule describes how articles that the
President has determined no longer warrant control under U.S.
Munitions List (USML) Category XIV (toxicological agents) and
Category XVIII (directed energy weapons) are now controlled under
the Export Administration Regulations' (EAR) Commerce Control
List (CCL), while the DDTC's final rule accordingly amends the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise
corresponding USML Categories XIV and XVIII. These revisions, part
of the Administration's Export Control Reform initiative, were
undertaken to more accurately describe the articles in the subject
categories, as well as to establish a "bright line"
between the USML and the CCL for the control of these articles.
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