[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 63 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 17263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7339]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Nonproliferation

[Public Notice 4675]


Lifting of Nonproliferation Statutory and Discretionary Measures 
Against Two Russian Entities, TZNII Central Scientific Research 
Institute of Precision Machine Building (aka Tzniitochmash) and Volsk 
Mechanical Plant

SUMMARY: A determination has been made, pursuant to section 620H of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, section 543 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations, 
Division D, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub. L. 108-
99), and similar provisions in previous annual Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations acts, and 
Executive Order 12163, as amended, to waive the statutory assistance 
ban on two Russian entities. The United States Government also has 
determined to remove discretionary nonproliferation measures on the 
same two Russian entities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Parson, Office of Export Controls 
and Conventional Arms Nonproliferation Policy, Bureau of 
Nonproliferation, Department of State, (202-647-0397).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 620H of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, section 543 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations, 
Division D, of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub. L. 108-
99), and similar provisions in previous annual Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations acts, and 
Executive Order 12163, as amended, a determination was made on March 
23, 2004, that furnishing assistance restricted by any of the foregoing 
provisions of law to TZNII Central Scientific Research Institute of 
Precision Machine-Building (aka Tzniitochmash) and Volsk Mechanical 
Plant is important to the national interests of the United States. On 
the same date, a determination was made pursuant to the authorities of 
the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act that it is 
no longer the policy of the United States Government to deny all types 
of United States Government assistance to these two entities or to deny 
licenses and other approvals of defense articles and services for 
export to these two entities.
    These restrictions were imposed on the entities on April 29, 1999 
(see 64 FR 23148), and June 9, 1999 (see 64 FR 31029).

    Dated: March 26, 2004.
John S. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-7339 Filed 3-31-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-27-P