[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S18098-S18099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                           PRESIDENT--PM 100

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

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 

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Administration Act on 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 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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