[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14669-14670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7803]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; Robert A. Vance; Order 
Denying Permission To Apply for or Use Export Licenses

    In the matter of: Robert A. Vance, 326 South Benson Road, 
Fairfield, Connecticut 06430.

    On July 31, 1996, Robert A. Vance (Vance) was convicted in the 
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut of 
violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A. 
1701-1706 (1991 & Supp. 1996)) (IEEPA) and the Export Administration 
Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C.A. app. sections 2401-2402 (1991 & 
Supp. 1996)) (the Act).\1\ Vance was convicted of knowingly and 
willfully exporting and causing to be exported gear type fuel pumps 
from the United States to Germany for transshipment to Libya through 
the Republic of Malta, and of making false and misleading statements on 
export control documents.
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    \1\ The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive Order 12924 (3 
C.F.R., 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)), extended by Presidential Notices of 
August 15, 1995, (3 C.F.R., 1995 Comp. 501 (1996)) and August 14, 
1996 (61 FR 42527, August 15, 1996), continued the Export 
Administration Regulations in effect under IEEPA.
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    Section 11(h) of the Act provides that, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Commerce,\2\ no person convicted of violating IEEPA or the 
Act, or certain other provisions of the United States Code, shall be 
eligible to apply for or use any license, including any License 
Exception, issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the Export 
Administration Regulations (61 FR 12734-13041, March 25, 1996, to be 
codified at 15 C.F.R. Parts 730-774) (the

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Regulations),\3\ for a period of up to 10 years from the date of the 
conviction. In addition, any license issued pursuant to the Act in 
which such a person had any interest at the time of conviction may be 
revoked.
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    \2\ Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority, the 
Director, Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, exercises the authority 
granted to the Secretary by Section 11(h) of the Act.
    \3\ The March 25, 1996 Federal Register publication 
redesignated, but did not republish, the former Regulations, 
codified at 15 C.F.R. Parts 768-799 (1996), as 15 C.F.R. Parts 768A-
799A.
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    Pursuant to Sections 766.25 and 750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating IEEPA or the 
Act, the Director, Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with 
the Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to 
deny that person permission to apply for or use any license, including 
any License Exception, issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act and 
the Regulations, and shall also determine whether to revoke any license 
previously issued to such a person.
    Having received notice of Vance's conviction for violating IEEPA 
and the Act, and following consultations with the Acting Director, 
Office of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny Vance permission 
to apply for or use any license, including any License Exception, 
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 July 31, 2006. I have also decided to revoke all licenses 
issued pursuant to the Act in which Vance had an interest at the time 
of his conviction.
    Accordinlgy, it is hereby ordered
    I. Until July 31, 2006, Robert A. Vance, 326 South Benson Road, 
Fairfield, Connecticut 06430, may not, directly or indirectly, 
participate in any way, in any transaction involving any commodity, 
software or technology (hereinafter collectively referred to as 
``item'') exported or to be exported from the United States, that is 
subject to the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the 
Regulations, including but not limited to:
    A. Applying for, obtaining, or using any license, License 
Exception, or export control document;
    B. Carrying on negotiations concerning, or ordering, buying, 
receiving, using, selling, delivering, storing, disposing of, 
forwarding, transporting, financing, or otherwise servicing in any way, 
any transaction involving any item exported or to be exported from the 
United States that is subject to the Regulations, or in any other 
activity subject to the Regulations; or
    C. Benefiting in any way from any transaction involving any item 
exported or to be exported from the United States that is subject to 
the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations.
    II. No person may directly or indirectly, do any of the following:
    A. Export or reexport to or on behalf of the denied person any item 
subject to the Regulations;
    B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted 
acquisition by the denied person of the ownership, possession, or 
control of any item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be 
exported from the United States, including financing or other support 
activities related to a transaction whereby the denied person acquires 
or attempts to acquire such ownership, possession or control;
    C. Take any action to acquire from or to facilitate the acquisition 
or attempted acquisition from the denied person of any item subject to 
the Regulations that has been exported from the United States;
    D. Obtain from the denied person in the United States any item 
subject to the Regulations with knowledge or reason to know that the 
item will be, or is intended to be, exported from the United States; or
    E. Engage in any transaction to service any item subject to the 
Regulations that has been or will be exported from the United States 
and which is owned, possessed or controlled by the denied person, or 
service any item, of whatever origin, that is owned, possessed or 
controlled by the denied person if such service involves the use of any 
item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be exported from 
the United States. For purposes of this paragraph, servicing means 
installation, maintenance, repair, modification or testing.
    III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in 
Section 766.23 of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to Vance 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. This Order does not prohibit any export, reexport, or other 
transaction subject to the Regulations where the only items involved 
that are subject to the Regulations are the foreign-produced direct 
product of U.S.-origin technology.
    V. This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect 
until July 31, 2006.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Vance. This Order 
shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: March 10, 1997.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 97-7803 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]
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