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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Part 799

[Docket No. 940960-4260]
RIN 0694-AB03

 

Transfer of the International Space Station From the USML to the 
CCL (ECCN 9A04A)

AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) maintains the 
Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies those items subject to 
Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule amends Export 
Control Classification Number (ECCN) 9A04A to include the international 
space station and all components, parts, accessories, attachments and 
associated equipment specially designed, modified or configured 
therefor. The international space station is being built under the 
supervision of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), and NASA's international partners: the space agencies of Japan, 
Canada and Russia, and the European Space Agency. The Department of 
State will publish a separate rule that removes the space station from 
the United States Munitions List (USML).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerald Beiter, Office of Technology 
and Policy Analysis, Telephone: (202) 482-3351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 16, 1990, President Bush signed Executive Order 12735 
on Chemical and Biological Weapons and directed various other export 
control measures. The measures directed by the President included the 
removal from the USML (see 22 CFR part 121) of all items contained on 
the COCOM dual-use list (i.e, the International Industrial List), 
unless U.S. national security interests would be jeopardized. To 
implement this part of the directive, the Space Technical Working Group 
(STWG), was established. The group consists of representatives from the 
Departments of State, Commerce, and Defense, as well as other U.S. 
Government agencies. The STWG recommended movement of certain non-
military spacecraft, including the international space station, from 
the USML to the CCL. Further, on March 10, 1994, an interagency Space 
Station Export Controls Steering Committee recommended several steps in 
the area of U.S. export controls that are necessary for NASA to advance 
its international space station program; one of those steps involved 
the movement of the international space station itself from export 
control under the USML to control under the CCL, as well as all 
components, parts, accessories, attachments and associated equipment 
specially designed, modified or configured for the international space 
station.
    In addition to the removal of international space station 
commodities from the USML, the State Department is removing from the 
USML certain software and technology related to the international space 
station, which software and technology are not captured under Category 
XV(f) of the USML. Such software and technology not captured under 
Category XV(f) of the USML are currently captured on the CCL at ECCNs 
9D96G and 9E96G and will remain under those ECCNs.
    Although the Export Administration Act of 1979 (EAA) expired on 
August 20, 1994, the President invoked the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act and determined that, to the extent permitted by 
law, the provisions of the EAA, as amended, shall be carried out under 
Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994, so as to continue in full 
force and effect and amend, as necessary, the export control system 
heretofore maintained by the Export Administration Regulations issued 
under the EAA.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of E.O. 12866.
    2. This rule involves collections of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These 
collections have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
under control numbers 0694-0005, 0694-0010, 0694-0013, and 0694-0073.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under 
Executive Order 12612.
    4. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by section 
553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) or by any other 
law, under section 3(a) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 
603(a) and 604(a)) no initial or final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 
has to be or will be prepared.
    5. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 
553, requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for 
public participation, and a delay in the effective date, are 
inapplicable because this regulation involves a military or foreign 
affairs function of the United States. Further, no other law requires 
that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public 
comment be given for this rule.
    Therefore, this regulation is issued in final form. Although there 
is no formal comment period, public comments on this regulation are 
welcome on a continuing basis. Comments should be submitted to Hillary 
Hess, Office of Technology and Policy Analysis, Bureau of Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington, DC 
20044.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 799

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, Part 799 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR Parts 730-799) is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR Part 799 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. App. 5, as amended; Pub. L. 264, 59 Stat. 
619 (22 U.S.C. 287c), as amended; Pub. L. 90-351, 82 Stat. 197 (18 
U.S.C. 2510 et seq.), as amended; sec. 101, Pub. L. 93-153, 87 Stat. 
576 (30 U.S.C. 185), as amended; sec. 103, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 
877 (42 U.S.C. 6212), as amended; secs. 201 and 201(11)(e), Pub. L. 
94-258, 90 Stat. 309 (10 U.S.C. 7420 and 7430(e)), as amended; Pub. 
L. 95-223, 91 Stat. 1626 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); Pub. L. 95-242, 
92 Stat. 120 (22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. 2139a); sec. 208, 
Pub. L. 95-372, 92 Stat. 668 (43 U.S.C. 1354); Pub. L. 96-72, 93 
Stat. 503 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.), as amended; Pub. L. 102-
484, 106 Stat. 2575 (22 U.S.C. 6004); sec. 125, Pub. L. 99-64, 99 
Stat. 156 (46 U.S.C. 466c); E.O. 11912 of April 13, 1976 (41 FR 
15825, April 15, 1976); E.O. 12002 of July 7, 1977 (42 FR 35623, 
July 7, 1977), as amended; E.O. 12058 of May 11, 1978 (43 FR 20947, 
May 16, 1978; E.O. 12214 of May 2, 1980 (45 FR 29783, May 6, 1980); 
E.O. 12735 of November 16, 1990 (55 FR 48587, November 20, 1990), as 
continued by Notice of November 12, 1993 (58 FR 60361, November 15, 
1993); E.O. 12867 of September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51747, October 4, 
1993); E.O. 12868 of September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51749, October 4, 
1993); E.O. 12918 of May 26, 1994 (59 FR 28205, May 31, 1994); and 
E.O. 12924 of August 19, 1994 (59 FR 43437, August 23, 1994).

PART 799--[AMENDED]

    2. In Supplement No. 1 to Section 799.1 (the Commerce Control 
List), Category 9 (Propulsion Systems and Transportation Equipment), 
ECCN 9A04A is revised to read as follows:
    9A04A  ``Spacecraft'' (not including their payloads) as follows, 
and specially designed components therefor:

    Note 1: (For the control status of products contained in 
``spacecraft'' payloads, see the appropriate Categories.)
    Note 2: Exporters requesting a validated license from the 
Department of Commerce for items other than those specified in 9A04 
must provide a statement from the Department of State, Office of 
Defense Trade Controls, verifying that the item intended for export 
is under the licensing jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce.

Requirements

Validated License Required: QSTVWYZ
Unit: Equipment in number; Parts and accessories in $ Value
Reason for Control: NS
GLV: $0
GCT: No
GFW: No

List of Items Controlled

    a. Commercial Communication Satellites, except those with the 
following characteristic:
    a.1. Anti-jam capability: Antennas and/or antenna systems with the 
ability to respond to incoming interference by adaptively reducing 
antenna gain in the direction of the interference;
    a.2. Antennas:
    a.2.a. With aperture (overall dimensions of the radiating 
portion(s) of the antennas) greater than 30 feet; or
    a.2.b. With all sidelobes less than or equal to -35db; or
    a.2.c. Designed, modified or configured to provide coverage area on 
the surface of the earth less than 200 nm in diameter, where ``coverage 
area'' is defined as that area on the surface of the earth that is 
illuminated by the main beam width of the antenna (which is the angular 
distance between half power points of the beam);
    a.3. Designed, modified or configured for intersatellite data relay 
links that do not involve a ground relay terminal (``cross-links'');
    a.4. Spaceborne baseband processing equipment that uses any 
technique other than frequency translation which can be changed on a 
channel by channel basis among previously assigned fixed frequencies 
several times a day;
    a.5. Employing any of the cryptographic items controlled under 
Category XIII(b) of the U.S. Munitions List (USML);
    a.6. Employing radiation-hardened devices controlled elsewhere in 
Sec. 121.1 of the ITAR (22 CFR 121.1) that are not ``embedded'' in the 
satellite in such a way as to deny physical access. (For purposes of 
this subparagraph ``embedded'' means that the device cannot feasibly 
either be removed from the satellite or used for other purposes.);
    a.7. Having propulsion systems that permit acceleration of the 
satellite on-orbit (i.e. after mission orbit injection) at rates 
greater than 0.1 g;
    a.8. Having attitude control and determination systems designed to 
provide spacecraft pointing determination and control better than 0.02 
degrees per axis; or
    a.9. Having orbit transfer engines (``kick-motors'') that remain 
permanently with the spacecraft and are capable of being restarted 
after achievement of mission orbit and providing acceleration greater 
than 1 g. (Orbit transfer engines that are not designed, built, and 
shipped as an integral part of the satellite are controlled under 
Category IV of the USML).
    b. [Reserved]
    c. Other ``spacecraft'', not controlled under Category XV of the 
USML.

    Note: 9A04.c includes the international space station being 
developed, launched and operated under the supervision of the U.S. 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    Note 1: Transferring registration or operational control to any 
foreign person of any satellite controlled by this entry must be 
authorized by an individual validated license. This requirement 
applies whether the satellite is physically located in the United 
States or abroad.
    Note 2: All communication satellites identified in paragraphs 
a.1. through a.9. of this ECCN, and specially designed components, 
parts, accessories, attachments, associated equipment, and ground 
support equipment thereof, require a license from the Department of 
State, Office of Defense Trade Controls (see Category XV of the 
USML).

    Dated: September 14, 1994.
Sue E. Eckert,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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