[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33585-33586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


Action Affecting Export Privileges; David McKeeve; Order Denying 
Permission To Apply For or Use Export Licenses

    On August 22, 1996, David McKeeve (McKeeve) was convicted in the 
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts of 
violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.A. 
Secs. 1701-1706 (1991 & Supp. 1997)) (IEEPA). McKeeve was convicted of 
knowingly and willfully exporting, reexporting, diverting, and 
transshipping computers and related equipment to Libya, in violation of 
the embargo against Libya.
    Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended 
(50 U.S.C.A. app. Secs. 2401-2420 (1991 & Supp. 1997)) (the Act),\1\ 
provides that, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce,\2\ no 
person convicted of violating IEEPA, 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 CFR Parts 730-774) (the 
Regulations), 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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    \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 Fed. Reg. 42527, August 15, 1996), continued the Export 
Administration Regulations in effect under IEEPA.
    \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.
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    Pursuant to Secs. 766.25 and 750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating IEEPA, 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 McKeeve's conviction for violating IEEPA 
and following consultations with the Acting

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Director, Office of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny McKeeve 
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 August 22, 2006. I have also decided to 
revoke all licenses issued pursuant to the Act in which McKeeve had an 
interest at the time of his conviction.
    Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered
    I. Until August 22, 2006, David McKeeve, 35A Kevlinside Gardens, 
Glasgow, Scotland, and currently incarcerated at FCI Fort Dix, P.O. Box 
7000, Unit 5812, Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640, 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 McKeeve 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 August 22, 2006.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to McKeeve. This Order 
shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 10, 1997.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Director, Office of Exporter Services.
[FR Doc. 97-16143 Filed 6-19-97; 8:45 am]
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