[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4762-4763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2652]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; Ronald J. Hoffman

Order Denying Permission To Apply For Or Use Export Licenses

    In the Matter of: Ronald J. Hoffman, 523 Vallejo Street, San 
Francisco, California 94133.

    On April 20, 1992, Ronald J. Hoffman (Hoffman) was convicted in the 
United States District Court for the Central District of California of 
violating Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.A. 
Sec. 2778 (1990 & Supp. 1995)) (the AECA), among other crimes. 
Specifically, Hoffman was convicted of exporting items controlled on 
the U.S. Munitions list, including technical data directly related to 
the Strategic Defense Initiative and other missile technology, to 
Japan, Germany, and South Africa without obtaining the required export 
license or written approval from the U.S. Department of State and of 
failing to register as a defense exporter with the 

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U.S. Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls.
    Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended 
(50 U.S.C.A. app. Secs. 2401-2420 (1991 & Supp. 1995)) (the Act),\1\ 
provides that, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce,\2\ no 
person convicted of violating the AECA, or certain other provisions of 
the United States Code, shall be eligible to apply for or use any 
export license issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the 
Export Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 C.F.R. 
Parts 768-799 (1995)) (the Regulations) for a period of up to 10 years 
from the date of the conviction. In addition, any export license issued 
pursuant to the Act in which such a person had any interest at the time 
of conviction may be revoked.

    \1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 
(59 Fed. Reg. 43437, August 23, 1994), extended by Presidential 
Notice of August 15, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 42767, August 17, 1995), 
continued the Regulations in effect under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1701-1706 (1991).
    \2\ Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority that are 
reflected in the Regulations, the Director, Office of Export 
Licensing, in consultation with the Director, Office of Export 
Enforcement, exercises the authority granted to the Secretary by 
Section 11(h) of the Act. Because of a recent Bureau of Export 
Administration reorganization, this responsibility now rests with 
the Director, Office of Exporter Services. Subsequent regulatory 
references herein to the ``Director, Office of Export Licensing,'' 
should be read as meaning ``Director, Office of Exporter Services.''
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    Pursuant to Sections 770.15 and 772.1(g) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the AECA, 
the Director, Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny 
that person permission to apply for or use any export license issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, and shall 
also determine whether to revoke any export license previously issued 
to such a person.
    Having received notice of Hoffman's conviction for violating the 
AECA, and following consultations with the Director, Office of Export 
Enforcement, I have decided to deny Hoffman permission to apply for or 
use any export license, including any general license, issued pursuant 
to, or provided by, the Act and the Regulations, for a period of 10 
years from the date of his conviction. The 10-year period ends on April 
20, 2002. I have also decided to revoke all export licenses issued 
pursuant to the Act in which Hoffman had an interest at the time of his 
conviction.
    Accordingly, it is hereby
Ordered
    I. All outstanding individual validated licenses in which Hoffman 
appears or participates, in any manner or capacity, are hereby revoked 
and shall be returned forthwith to the Office of Exporter Services for 
cancellation. Further, all of Hoffman's privileges of participating, in 
any manner or capacity, in any special licensing procedure, including, 
but not limited to, distribution licenses, are hereby revoked.
    II. Until April 20, 2002, Ronald J. Hoffman, 523 Vallejo Street, 
San Francisco, California 94133, hereby is denied all privileges of 
participating, directly or indirectly, in any manner or capacity, in 
any transaction in the United States or abroad involving any commodity 
or technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, in 
whole or in part, and subject to the Regulations. Without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing, participation, either in the United States 
or abroad, shall include participation, directly or indirectly, in any 
manner or capacity: (i) as a party or as a representative of a party to 
any export license application submitted to the Department; (ii) in 
preparing or filing with the Department any export license application 
or request for reexport authorization, or any document to be submitted 
therewith; (iii) in obtaining from the Department or using any 
validated or general export license, reexport authorization or other 
export control document; (iv) in carrying on negotiations with respect 
to, or in receiving, ordering, buying, selling, delivering, storing, 
using, or disposing of, in whole or in part, any commodities or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, and 
subject to the Regulations; and (v) in financing, forwarding, 
transporting, or other servicing of such commodities or technical data.
    III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in 
section 770.15(h) of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to Hoffman by affiliation, ownership, 
control, or position of responsibility in the conduct of trade or 
related services may also be subject to the provisions of this Order.
    IV. As provided in section 787.12(a) of the Regulations, without 
prior disclosure of the facts to and specific authorization of the 
Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the Office of Export 
Enforcement, no person may directly or indirectly, in any manner or 
capacity: (i) apply for, obtain, or use any license, Shipper's Export 
Declaration, bill of lading, or other export control document relating 
to an export or reexport of commodities or technical data by, to, or 
for another person then subject to an order revoking or denying his 
export privileges or then excluded from practice before the Bureau of 
Export Administration; or (ii) order, buy, receive, use, sell, deliver, 
store, dispose of, forward, transport, finance, or otherwise service or 
participate: (a) in any transaction which may involve any commodity or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States; (b) 
in any reexport thereof; or (c) in any other transaction which is 
subject to the Export Administration Regulations, if the person denied 
export privileges may obtain any benefit or have any interest in, 
directly or indirectly, any of these transactions.
    V. This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect 
until April 20, 2002.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Hoffman. This Order 
shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: January 26, 1996.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 96-2652 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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