[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14137-H14138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ISSUANCE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER REVISING EXISTING PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING 
   EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 104-142)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on International Relations:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In order to take additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency described and declared in Executive Order No. 12924 of August 
19, 1994, and continued on August 15, 1995, necessitated by the 
expiration of the Export Administration Act of August 20, 1994, I 
hereby report to the Congress that pursuant to section 204(b) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) (``the 
Act''), I have today exercised the authority granted by the Act to 
issue an Executive order (a copy of which is attached) to revise the 
existing procedures for processing export license applications 
submitted to the Department of Commerce.
  The Executive order establishes two basic principles for processing 
export 

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license applications submitted to the Department of Commerce under the 
Act and the Regulations, or under any renewal of, or successor to, the 
Export Administration Act and the Regulations. First, all such license 
applications must be resolved or referred to me for resolution no later 
than 90 calendar days after they are submitted to the Department of 
Commerce. Second, the Departments of State, Defense, and Energy, and 
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency will have the authority to 
review any such license application. In addition, the Executive order 
sets forth specific procedures including intermediate time frames, for 
review and resolution of such license applications.
  The Executive order is designed to make the licensing process more 
efficient and transparent for exporters while ensuring that our 
national security, foreign policy, and nonproliferation interests 
remain fully protected.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, December 5, 1995.

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