[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78578-78591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32432]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Parts 120, 122, 126, 127, and 129

RIN 1400-AC37
[Public Notice 7732]


Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: 
Registration and Licensing of Brokers, Brokering Activities, and 
Related Provisions

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State proposes to amend part 129 of the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) relating to brokers 
and brokering activities. Amendments are also to be made to related 
provisions of the ITAR. The proposed revisions are intended to clarify 
registration requirements, the scope of brokering activities, prior 
approval requirements and exemptions, procedures for obtaining prior 
approval and guidance, and reporting and recordkeeping of such 
activities. Conforming and technical changes would be made to other 
parts of the ITAR that affect export as well as brokering activities.

DATES: The Department will accept comments on this proposed rule until 
February 17, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments within 60 days of the 
date of publication by one of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected] with the subject line, 
``Brokering Rule Comments.''
     Internet: At www.regulations.gov, search for this notice 
by using this rule's RIN (1400-AC37).

Comments received after that date will be considered if feasible, but 
consideration cannot be assured. Those submitting comments should not 
include any personally identifying information they do not desire to be 
made public or information for which a claim of confidentiality is 
asserted because those comments and/or transmittal emails will be made 
available for public inspection and copying after the close of the 
comment period via the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Web site 
at www.pmddtc.state.gov. Parties who wish to comment anonymously may do 
so by submitting their comments via www.regulations.gov, leaving the 
fields that would identify the commenter blank and including no 
identifying information in the comment itself. Comments submitted via 
www.regulations.gov are immediately available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel L. Cook, Chief, Compliance and 
Registration Division, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, 
Department of State, 12th Floor, SA-1, 2401 E Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20037; or email: [email protected], with the subject line 
``Brokering Rule Comments.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed rule would make changes to 
part 129 and other related sections of the ITAR that regulate brokers 
and brokering activities and implement the brokering amendment to the 
Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (Sec. 38(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the AECA, 22 
U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(A)(ii)).

Background

    The Arms Export Control Act was amended in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-164) 
to provide for the regulation of brokering activities. The following 
year, implementing regulations were added to the ITAR in part 129. 
These regulations have remained unchanged except for two minor 
technical changes.
    In 2003, in a report to Congress, the Department of State noted 
that it was beginning a review of the brokering regulations. The 
purpose of the review was to assess the need to modify the regulations 
in light of the experience gained in administering them. The changes 
proposed in this notice stem from this experience. They were also 
shaped by comments received from other agencies and industry, including 
the Defense Trade Advisory Group, a Department of State advisory 
committee.

Revisions Relevant to Industry Concerns

    Changes are proposed to key provisions involving definitions, 
registration, licensing, exemptions, and reporting procedures. Some of 
these changes will result in a reduction of burden to the affected 
public. New exemptions are proposed, requirements for prior 
notification would be eliminated, and detailed guidance on obtaining a 
brokering authorization would be provided. The proposed changes also 
provide additional specificity regarding the applicability of these 
regulations to foreign brokers operating overseas.

Summary of Major Changes

Definitions of Broker and Brokering Activities

    The definitions in current Sec.  129.2(a) and (b) would be amended 
to clarify the terms ``broker'' and ``brokering activities.'' The 
revision also would more closely track the statutory definition of 
brokering activities in the Arms Export Control Act, which provides 
that brokering activities shall include the financing, transportation, 
freight forwarding, or taking of any other action that facilitates the 
manufacture, export, or import of a defense article or defense service. 
The proposal would delete the phrase ``who acts as an agent for 
others'' that is in the current regulatory definition of ``broker,'' 
but is not in the definition of ``brokering activities'' in the Arms 
Export Control Act. Under current definitions, part 129 applies to U.S. 
persons who conduct brokering activities in the U.S. or abroad. It also 
applies to foreign persons who conduct brokering activities in the 
U.S., or abroad if subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Proposed Sec.  
129.2(d)(3)-(5) clearly indicate when a foreign person's brokering 
activities are subject to the ITAR.
    New Sec.  129.2(e)(3) would clarify that brokering does not include 
activities that do not extend beyond administrative services such as 
providing or arranging office space and equipment, hospitality, 
advertising, or clerical, visa, or translation services, or does not 
include activities beyond the provision of legal advice by an attorney 
to his client.

Brokering and U.S. Government Employees

    New Sec.  129.2(e)(1) would continue to exclude from the definition 
of ``brokering activities'' actions by U.S. persons in the United 
States that are limited to facilitating U.S. domestic sales or 
transfers. New Sec.  129.2 (e)(2) would add a new exclusion from the 
definition of ``brokering activities'' for such activities by employees 
of the U.S. Government acting in an official capacity. The proposed 
exclusion would clarify that the U.S. Government and its officers or 
employees acting in an official capacity are not merely exempt from the 
requirements to register and obtain licenses, but rather are not 
covered by part 129 at all.

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Registration Requirements and Exemptions

    Editorial and technical revisions would be made to certain 
registration and related registration exemption provisions in Sec.  
129.3.
    Persons exclusively in the business of insuring would be added to 
those persons exempt from registration in Sec.  129.3(b)(2), as their 
insuring activity is similar to that of banks and financing. Such 
persons would also be exempt from the requirements in Sec.  129.6 for 
prior approval for brokering activities, as well as reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements in Sec. Sec.  129.10 and 129.11.
    New Sec.  129.3(b)(3) concerns persons registered pursuant to part 
122 of this subchapter, including their U.S. subsidiaries, joint 
ventures, and other affiliates listed in their Statement of 
Registration, their bona fide and full-time regular employees, and 
their eligible foreign person brokers listed and identified as their 
exclusive brokers in their Statement of Registration, whose brokering 
activities: (a) Involve only the defense articles or services that are 
currently subject to export licenses obtained by the part 122 
registrant or will require a license prior to their export by the 
registrant; or, (b) are on behalf of the part 122 registrant and 
involve only defense articles and defense services that are located and 
obtained from a manufacturer or source in the United States for export 
outside the United States under an export approval. Such persons are 
not required to obtain a separate part 129 registration, and would be 
exempt from the requirements in Sec.  129.6 for prior approval for 
brokering activities as well as reporting requirements in Sec.  129.10, 
but would still have recordkeeping requirements as specified in Sec.  
129.11.
    New Sec.  129.3(b)(4) would exempt from registration persons whose 
activities do not extend beyond acting as an end-user of a defense 
article or defense service exported pursuant to a license or approval 
under parts 123, 124, or 125, or subsequently acting as a reexporter or 
retransferor of such article or service under such license or approval 
or under an approval under Sec.  123.9. Such persons would also be 
exempt from the requirements in Sec.  129.6 for prior approval for 
brokering activities, as well as reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements in Sec. Sec.  129.10 and 129.11.
    New Sec.  129.3(c) would specify that persons exempt from 
registration are subject to the policy of embargoes and other 
proscriptions in Sec.  129.5.
    New Sec.  129.3(d) would specify that if new Sec.  129.3(b)(3) is 
not applicable, U.S. persons who are registered as a manufacturer or 
exporter in accordance with part 122, including their U.S. or foreign 
subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other affiliates listed and covered 
on their Statement of Registration, and who are required to register 
under part 129, are not required to submit a separate broker 
registration or pay a separate broker registration fee as long as they 
have listed and identified themselves as brokers within their 
manufacturer or exporter Statement of Registration. All other 
requirements of part 129 would apply to such brokers and their 
brokering activities.

Registration Statement and Fees

    The revisions would consolidate most broker registration 
requirements in Sec.  129.4 rather than referring to certain 
requirements in part 122 (e.g., notification of changes in information 
in registration submissions, notice of transfer of ownership or control 
to foreign persons and special provisions for mergers and 
acquisitions). In addition, the requirements for submissions by foreign 
person brokers are clarified. A broker not otherwise exempt from 
registration or not listed under a part 129 registration submission in 
accordance with Sec.  129.4(c) would continue to be required to 
register and pay a registration fee of $2,250 per year (see Sec.  
129.4(a)). The Statement of Registration would be required to be signed 
by a senior officer who has been empowered by the intended registrant 
to sign such documents (see Sec.  129.4(a)). The registrant must also 
submit documentation that it is incorporated or otherwise authorized to 
do business in the United States or, in the case of a foreign person 
registrant, in the relevant foreign jurisdiction (see Sec.  129.4(a)).
    Section 129.4(b) would be revised to reflect that a person who is 
required to register as a broker must do so annually and pay a 
registration fee of $2,250. This revision was made so readers would no 
longer need to refer to Sec.  122.3. In addition, nearly half of the 
brokers registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls 
(DDTC) are foreign persons whose first language is not English and who 
are not accustomed to U.S. regulations. We therefore want to 
consolidate most broker-related requirements in one section and make 
the navigation of the ITAR simpler.
    Section 129.4(c) would be revised to reflect that there is no 
longer a requirement for a separate transmittal letter. The new 
requirements for intended broker registrants are certain certifications 
to be made on the Statement of Registration that previously were 
provided via the transmittal letter.
    In Sec.  129.4(c)(1), specific references to certain senior 
officers or officials would be added. In order for DDTC to obtain a 
certification of eligibility status as to all parties listed in a 
registration, this paragraph would also expressly require 
certifications to cover the registrant's parent or any subsidiary, 
joint venture, other affiliate, or other persons required to be listed 
in the Statement of Registration. In addition, this paragraph would 
clarify that disclosure is required of any form of charge of listed 
U.S. criminal statutes as well as indictment in order to eliminate 
uncertainty or misinterpretation of whether someone who has waived 
indictment and is criminally charged by ``information'' must notify 
DDTC. Certification requirements would be supplemented with a provision 
for part 129 registrants to disclose any convictions or indictments or 
other charges for violating foreign criminal statutes dealing with 
subject matter similar to the listed U.S. statutes or ineligibility 
under the laws of a foreign country to participate in export, import, 
or brokering activities. (A similar requirement is added to a broker's 
application for prior approval of brokering activities (see Sec.  
129.8(a)).
    Section 129.4(c)(2) would contain the certification on whether the 
registrant is subject to foreign ownership or control and would add 
clarifications on when this requirement applies and would specifically 
require a foreign owned or controlled registrant to explain such 
ownership or control, including the identities of all ultimate owners 
or control persons.
    New Sec.  129.4(d) would recognize expressly the discretion of DDTC 
to permit a broker that is a parent of a U.S. or foreign person 
registered as a broker under part 129 to be covered by the registrant's 
Statement of Registration, provided that such broker parent is listed 
in the registrant's Statement of Registration and meets the same 
certification and other requirements set forth in this section.
    New Sec.  129.4(e) would specify that notifications of changes in 
registration information be signed by a senior officer, and provide 
that certain changes be communicated within five days of the event and 
other material changes at the time of annual registration renewal.
    New Sec.  129.4(f) would require notice 60 days in advance of any 
transfer to foreign ownership or control of a broker, any parent, 
subsidiary, or other affiliate listed and in the Statement of 
Registration.
    New Sec.  129.4(g) would provide procedures that must be followed 
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case of an acquisition or merger involving a registered broker.

Policy on Embargoes and Other Proscriptions

    Section 129.5 would be amended to provide explicitly that 
exemptions from prior approval in Sec.  129.7 do not apply to brokering 
activities involving countries or other persons subject to embargoes 
and other proscriptions cited in Sec.  129.5 (e.g., those involving 
countries or other persons referred to in Sec.  126.1 or subject to a 
restriction published in the Federal Register). A provision in current 
paragraph (d) would be removed because it is redundant of paragraph 
(b); paragraphs would be re-designated, accordingly.

Exemptions From Prior Approval Requirement

    The exemption for brokering activities undertaken for an agency of 
the U.S. Government would be amended to make clear that the exemption 
applies only to persons under direct contract with a U.S. Government 
agency for the sole use by the U.S. Government agency or for carrying 
out a foreign assistance or sales program authorized by law and subject 
to the control of the President by other means. In the latter case, use 
of this exemption requires either prior concurrence from DDTC or the 
contract at issue must contain an explicit clause stating the contract 
supports a foreign assistance or sales program authorized by law and 
the contracting agency has established control of the activity covered 
by the contract by other means equivalent to that established under the 
ITAR.
    The exemption for brokering activities arranged within the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), NATO member countries, Australia, 
Japan, New Zealand, or the Republic of Korea would be amended to make 
it clear that the brokering activities must be undertaken wholly within 
these countries, and the defense articles and services must be located 
within and destined for NATO or such countries (see Sec.  129.7(c)).
    A new exemption would be added for brokering activities outside of 
NATO member countries, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or the Republic 
of Korea that involve U.S.-origin defense articles that are not 
significant military equipment (SME) and where the end-use is limited 
to foreign government and international organization end-users (see 
Sec.  129.7(d)).
    The list of excluded items in Sec.  129.7(e) would be expanded to 
cover certain sensitive defense articles and services (e.g., man-
portable air defense systems or ``MANPADS,'' night vision equipment, 
spacecraft items that are SME, submersible vessels, directed energy 
weapons, and miscellaneous articles in U.S. Munitions List Category 
XXI). Additional technical and clarifying changes would also be made to 
various exclusions.

Prior Notification

    The proposed revision would delete the requirement for prior 
notification in its entirety in the current Sec.  129.8. While 
nominally a notice provision, this section had the effect of being a 
prior approval requirement and proved to be confusing and difficult to 
administer. The revisions would re-title Sec.  129.8 and modify 
procedures for obtaining prior approval.

Procedures for Obtaining Prior Approval

    The information required in a request for prior approval submitted 
by a broker is revised and clarified in proposed new Sec.  129.8. A 
provision adding a certification would be added in Sec.  129.8(a) so 
that a request must include a statement on whether the broker applicant 
or its senior officers or officials have been indicted or otherwise 
charged (e.g., by information) or convicted by foreign governments for 
violating any national statutes similar to those listed in Sec.  120.27 
or are ineligible to contract with, or to receive a license or other 
form of authorization or otherwise participate in defense trade under 
the laws of a foreign country. (See similar requirement in Sec.  129.4 
for a broker's Statement of Registration certification.)
    The proposal would provide more specific guidance on the 
information required in a request (e.g., identities of all entities and 
individuals who would participate in the brokering activities, 
information regarding the defense articles and services and any fee, 
commission, or other consideration). In this connection, the 
requirement for brokers to disclose fees, commissions, or other 
consideration is separate from and additional to the disclosure 
requirements imposed on exporters, suppliers, and vendors under part 
130.
    Proposed Sec.  129.8 recognizes that some of the information to be 
required by that section may not be available at the time a request for 
prior approval is submitted (e.g., the quantity and value of defense 
articles or services to be brokered). The broker would be required to 
identify what information is omitted and provide an explanation. DDTC 
has the discretion to take such circumstances into account in deciding 
whether to approve the request with or without conditions or to deny 
the request.
    A provision would be added specifying that the validity period of a 
prior approval may not exceed four years.

Guidance

    Section 129.9 would be re-titled and would revise the provision 
that enables persons to seek guidance from DDTC regarding the 
applicability of part 129 to their activities. It would provide the 
procedures for obtaining guidance and specify that such guidance shall 
not substitute for prior approval when required under Sec.  129.8. As 
revised, this provision would be self-contained and would no longer 
reference the provision for advisory opinions in ITAR Sec.  126.9.

Reports

    Section 129.10 would be re-titled and revised to require that 
reports be submitted annually with the registration renewal submission, 
or within 30 days after expiration of registration if not renewing, for 
brokering activities the preceding year and to clarify the information 
required in the reports. Currently, the regulations do not provide a 
specific time period for submission of these reports, but via the DDTC 
Web site we have requested submissions in January. We are proposing 
this new reporting schedule in order to consolidate registration 
renewal with report submission, which we believe will improve reporting 
accountability and lessen the burden on industry.

Records

    New Sec.  129.11 would provide that records on brokering activities 
must be maintained in accordance with Sec.  122.5.

Examples of Brokering Activities and License Application or Other 
Approval Requirements

    Described below are several examples of conduct that constitute 
brokering activities and how the ITAR applies to such activities. These 
examples are illustrative only and are not exhaustive.

    Example 1: A U.S. person learns of an upcoming U.S. Government 
solicitation for procurement of foreign defense articles that are 
significant military equipment (SME) and located abroad for delivery 
to a foreign government in South America. The solicitation will not 
be in support of a U.S. Government foreign assistance or sales 
program otherwise authorized by law. In advance of the solicitation, 
the U.S. person contacts several foreign manufacturers, personally 
visits their facilities to assess their capabilities to meet product 
specifications, and obtains guidance on the export procedures of the 
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countries where the defense articles are manufactured. Upon being 
awarded the contract by the U.S. Government, the U.S. person 
arranges for delivery from the manufacturers in the foreign 
countries to the South American government identified in the U.S. 
Government contract. The U.S. person is engaged in brokering 
activities and would be required to register under part 129 prior to 
initiating such activities. If the U.S. person is already registered 
as a manufacturer or exporter under part 122, it could meet part 129 
registration requirements simply by amending its form DS-2032 
Statement of Registration to add broker as a registration type and 
other required information (e.g., U.S. and foreign subsidiaries and 
affiliates also engaged in brokering activities); there would be no 
requirement for a separate broker registration submission or fee.
    Example 2: A foreign person signs an agreement with a U.S. 
manufacturer/exporter registered with DDTC under part 122 to act as 
a broker exclusively for the registrant and is listed on the 
registrant's statement of registration as an exclusive broker. The 
agreement obligates the foreign person to purchase and distribute 
(or resell) to specified foreign governments in the Middle East the 
SME defense articles of the part 122 registrant. The part 122 
registrant has obtained a DSP-5 license for technical data and a 
Warehouse & Distribution Agreement authorizing the foreign person to 
receive and present technical data to promote sales and to warehouse 
and distribute the defense articles. The foreign person is engaged 
in brokering activities, but assuming the foreign person meets 
eligibility and other criteria, he would be exempt under Sec.  
129.3(b)(3) from separate registration, prior approval, and 
reporting under part 129 with respect to the foregoing activities on 
behalf of the part 122 registrant. However, the foreign person would 
be subject to the policies and proscriptions of Sec.  129.5 as well 
as recordkeeping requirement of proposed Sec.  129.11.
    Example 3: A foreign person seeks buyers for certain U.S.-origin 
SME defense articles previously exported through commercial channels 
to a foreign government of a NATO-member country. The foreign person 
enters into a representational arrangement with the foreign 
government to find a buyer. The foreign person contacts potential 
buyers in the U.S. and overseas and ultimately identifies a foreign 
government in Southeast Asia that wishes to procure the defense 
articles. The foreign person arranges for an in-country 
demonstration of the defense articles and negotiates the terms of 
the sale. The foreign person has engaged in brokering activities and 
would be required to register under part 129 and to obtain DDTC 
approval prior to initiating such activities. In addition, the 
foreign government seller would be required to obtain a reexport 
authorization under ITAR Sec.  123.9(d) before reselling or 
reexporting such defense articles.
    Example 4: A U.S. manufacturer/exporter, registered with DDTC 
under part 122, provided U.S. SME defense articles for export by the 
U.S. Department of Defense through the Foreign Military Sales 
Program to a foreign government in the Middle East. Several years 
later, the foreign government asks the U.S. manufacturer/exporter to 
find buyers for the defense articles. The foreign government will 
use proceeds from the sale to upgrade its inventory with more modern 
defense articles from the same U.S. manufacturer. The U.S. company 
solicits and identifies a foreign government buyer in a sub-Saharan 
African country and negotiates the terms of sale on behalf of the 
Middle Eastern government. The U.S. manufacturer/exporter company is 
engaged in brokering activities and would be required to register 
under part 129 and obtain approval from DDTC under part 129 prior to 
engaging in such activities. As provided in proposed Sec.  129.3(d), 
the manufacturer/exporter, having already registered under part 122, 
would not be required to file a separate broker registration or pay 
a separate fee, provided that it discloses that it engages in 
brokering activities in its registration. The Middle Eastern 
government owner would also be required to obtain reexport 
authorization for the FMS-origin defense articles from the 
Department of State's Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers 
prior to reselling or reexporting such defense articles.
    Example 5: A U.S. manufacturer of a defense article enters into 
a sales contract with a government end-user in a South American 
country and then obtains an export license from DDTC to export the 
defense article. The manufacturer engages a freight forwarder to 
arrange pick-up, containerization, transportation, and delivery to 
the end-user. The freight forwarder is engaged in brokering 
activities. However, so long as activities do not extend beyond 
freight forwarding, the freight forwarder will not be required to 
register, as provided by proposed Sec.  129.3(b)(2). The freight 
forwarder, as well as any other person exempt from registration, 
must still comply with Sec.  129.5 (policy on embargoes and other 
proscriptions).
    Example 6: A bank in a Caribbean island country approaches a 
U.S. manufacturer of a defense article. The bank proposes to provide 
financing, through letters of credit that the bank issues, for the 
sale of the manufacturer's defense articles to a government end-user 
in Asia. As an inducement to perform the financing, the bank 
arranges introductions with a procurement official of the Asian 
government. The bank is performing activities beyond financing and 
is engaged in brokering activities (i.e., arranging introductions). 
The bank would be required to register with DDTC under part 129 and 
would be required to obtain prior approval unless its activities 
qualify for an exemption under Sec.  129.7.
    Example 7: A European manufacturer of a defense article 
incorporates U.S. origin defense articles (i.e., parts and 
components on the U.S. Munitions List). The European manufacturer 
negotiates a sales contract with a government end-user in a Middle 
Eastern country. In doing so, the European manufacturer employs a 
foreign person from that country to perform translation services 
during the negotiation. The foreign person is not engaged in 
brokering so long as that person's activity does not extend beyond 
administrative services such as translation pursuant to proposed 
Sec.  129.2(e)(3). Release to the foreign person of technical data 
on the U.S.-origin defense articles would require a license from 
DDTC. In addition, the European manufacturer would be exempt from 
registration, prior approval, reporting, and recordkeeping 
requirements under part 129, assuming all of the conditions of Sec.  
129.3(b)(4) are met. However, the policies and proscriptions of 
Sec.  129.5 would apply.

Other Revisions

    Conforming and other changes would be made to a number of other 
parts of the ITAR related to brokering activities.
    Section 120.1(a) would be amended to add reference to ``other 
relevant authorities in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.)'' that are implemented by the ITAR. Sections 120.1(a)-(c) would 
be amended to update the title of the Deputy Assistant Secretary.
    Section 120.1(c)'s heading would be changed to ``Receipt of 
Licenses and Eligibility'' and the text would be restructured into two 
subparagraphs. Subparagraph (1) would identify the kinds of licenses 
and other approvals that U.S. and/or foreign persons are qualified to 
receive and would add a clarification that foreign as well as U.S. 
persons may receive prior approvals for brokering activities. 
Subparagraph (2) would list the circumstances that would make a person 
generally ineligible to be involved in activities regulated under the 
ITAR. The latter provision would include clarification that it applies 
to foreign as well as U.S. persons and that ineligibility also attaches 
to a criminal charge (e.g., by information) as well as indictment, an 
interim suspension under Sec.  127.8, or policy of denial under Sec.  
126.7(a).
    Section 120.1(d) would be amended to clarify that exemptions 
provided by the ITAR do not apply to transactions in which the source 
or manufacturer, broker, or other participant in brokering activities 
(in addition to the exporter or party to the export) is generally 
ineligible, unless prior authorization granted by the DDTC. Also, an 
obsolete reference to Sec.  126.7(c) would be deleted.
    Section 120.20 would be amended to add ``or other approval'' to the 
title and provide a definition for ``other approval.''
    Section 120.25(a)(4)(i), the definition of ``Empowered Official,'' 
would be amended to add a reference to brokering activities. Paragraph 
(b) would be added to clarify that the empowered official of a foreign 
person broker may be a foreign person who otherwise meets the criteria 
for such an official in paragraph (a). Paragraph (c) would be added to 
specify that a person may not serve as an empowered official if such 
person is

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ineligible under Sec.  120.1(c)(2); has been convicted of violating any 
foreign criminal statutes similar to that referred to in that section; 
is ineligible to contract with, or to receive an import or export 
license from any foreign government agency; or is a citizen or national 
of any country or is a person referred to in Sec.  126.1.
    New Sec.  120.40 would add a definition of ``affiliate.''
    Section 122.2(b)(1) would be amended to add specific references to 
certain senior officers or officials, including secretary, partner, or 
member. This paragraph would also expressly require certifications to 
cover the registrant's parent or any subsidiary, joint venture, other 
affiliate, or other persons required to be listed in the Statement of 
Registration. This paragraph would also be clarified to require 
disclosure of any criminal charge (e.g., an information), as well as 
indictment of a listed crime. Paragraph (b)(2) of this section would be 
amended by adding a provision that would specifically require a foreign 
owned or controlled registrant to explain such ownership or control, 
including the identities of all ultimate owners or control persons. 
Also, a redundant provision concerning U.S. incorporation documentation 
would be deleted from this paragraph.
    Section 122.4(a) would be amended to specify that notifications of 
changes in registration information be signed by a senior officer, and 
to provide that certain changes be notified within five days of the 
event and other material changes at the time of annual registration 
renewal.
    The authority citation for part 126 would be amended to add a 
reference to Sec.  40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781). 
Section 126.1(a) would be amended to clarify that the reference to the 
exception to the prohibition on use of exemption is found in paragraphs 
(c) through (e) of Sec.  123.17. It would also add a reference to Sec.  
129.5 that contains restrictions imposed on brokering activities 
involving countries, areas, and persons referred to in Sec.  126.1.
    Section 126.1(b) would be amended to add after ``[a] defense 
article licensed'' the words ``or otherwise authorized for export, 
temporary import, reexport, or retransfer.''
    Section 126.13 would be amended by re-designating paragraph (c) as 
(d) and adding a new paragraph (c) that would require all applications 
for license or approval to identify all brokers and described their 
activities with respect to the transaction subject to the application.
    Section 127.1(b) would be amended to specify that responsibilities 
imposed on a person granted a license also apply to a person who ``acts 
pursuant to an exemption,'' and that such responsibilities include acts 
of brokers.
    Section 127.1(c) would be amended to change the reference from 
Sec.  120.1(c) to Sec.  120.1(c)(2) and to clarify that this provision 
applies to ineligible persons themselves. Section 127.1(c)(1) would be 
amended to delete the words ``debarred, suspended, or'' before 
``ineligible person,'' as an ineligible person includes one who has 
been debarred or suspended. Also, Sec.  127.1(c)(2) would be amended to 
add a reference to ``or brokering activities'' after ``defense article, 
defense service''; delete the words ``the furnishing of any'' before 
``defense service''; replace reference to ``for which a license or 
approval is required'' with ``subject to this subchapter''; and delete 
the words ``debarred, suspended, or'' before ``ineligible person.''
    Section 127.2(b)(13) would be amended to add a reference to 
``brokering activities'' to the definition of documents to which the 
prohibition against misrepresentation and omission of facts in Sec.  
127.1(a) applies.
    Section 127.7(a) would be amended to add a specific reference to 
brokering activities to the scope of debarment and to replace the words 
``for which a license or approval is required by this subchapter'' with 
``subject to this subchapter.''
    Section 127.8 would be amended to add a reference to brokering 
activities to the scope of an interim suspension order and to delete 
obsolete references to notice and other provisions relating to Sec.  
127.7(c). Also, the words ``for which a license or approval is required 
by this subchapter'' would be replaced with ``subject to this 
subchapter.''

Regulatory Analysis and Notices

Administrative Procedure Act

    The Department of State is of the opinion that controlling the 
import and export of defense articles and services is a foreign affairs 
function of the United States Government and that rules implementing 
this function are exempt from Sec.  553 (Rulemaking) and Sec.  554 
(Adjudications) of the Administrative Procedure Act. Although the 
Department is of the opinion that this rule is exempt from the 
rulemaking provisions of the APA, the Department is publishing this 
rule with a 60-day provision for public comment and without prejudice 
to its determination that controlling the import and export of defense 
services is a foreign affairs function.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Since this proposed rule is not subject to the notice-and-comment 
procedures of 5 U.S.C. 553, it does not require analysis under the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995

    This proposed rule does not involve a mandate that will result in 
the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the 
aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 
year and it will not affect significantly or uniquely small 
governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under the 
provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995.

Executive Order 13175

    The Department has determined that this proposed rule will not have 
tribal implications, will not impose substantial direct compliance 
costs on Indian tribal governments, and will not pre-empt tribal law. 
Accordingly, the requirements of Executive Order 13175 do not apply to 
this rule.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996

    This proposed rule has been found not to be a major rule within the 
meaning of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996.

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132

    This proposed rule will not have substantial, direct effects on the 
States, on the relationship between the national government and the 
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive 
Order 13132, this proposed rule does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to require consultation or warrant the preparation of a 
federalism summary impact statement. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding inter-governmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities do not apply to this proposed rule.

Executive Order 12866

    The Department is of the opinion that controlling the import and 
export of defense articles and services is a foreign affairs function 
of the United States Government and that rules governing the conduct of 
this function are exempt from the requirements of Executive Order 
12866. However, the Department

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has reviewed the proposed rule to ensure its consistency with the 
regulatory philosophy and principles set forth in the Executive Order.

Executive Order 13563

    The Department of State has considered this rule in light of 
Executive Order 13563, dated January 18, 2011, and affirms that this 
regulation is consistent with the guidance therein.

Executive Order 12988

    The Department of State has reviewed the proposed rule in light of 
sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 to eliminate 
ambiguity, minimize litigation, establish clear legal standards, and 
reduce burden.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA,'' 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
requires all Federal agencies to analyze proposed regulations for 
potential burdens on the regulated community created by provisions in 
the proposed regulations that require the submission or retention of 
information. The information collection requirements must be submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. Persons are 
not required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, and to conform with the requirements as set forth in this 
proposed rule, the Department of State proposes to change the reporting 
requirements on the following collections: DS-2032, Statement of 
Registration (approved by the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] 
under control number 1405-0002); the Annual Brokering Report (OMB 
control number 1405-0141); and Brokering Prior Approval (OMB control 
number 1405-0142). This notice serves to inform the general public and 
Federal agencies of the opportunity to comment on these information 
collections in accordance with the PRA.
    Summary of Proposed Collections: The Department of State is seeking 
OMB approval for the information collections described below.
     Title of Information Collection: DS-2032 Statement of 
Registration.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0002.
     Type of Request: Revision of Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC.
     Form Number: DS-2032.
     Respondents: Business and Nonprofit Organizations.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,000.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 12,000.
     Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
     Total Estimated Burden: 12,000 hours.
     Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
     Title of Information Collection: Annual Brokering Report.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0141.
     Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC.
     Form Number: None.
     Respondents: Business and Nonprofit Organizations.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,515.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 1,515.
     Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
     Total Estimated Burden: 3,030 hours.
     Frequency: On Occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
     Title of Information Collection: Brokering Prior Approval 
(License).
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0142.
     Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, PM/DDTC.
     Form Number: None.
     Respondents: Business and Nonprofit Organizations.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,515.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 150.
     Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
     Total Estimated Burden: 300 hours.
     Frequency: On Occasion.
     Obligation To Respond: Required to Obtain Benefits.
DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public on these 
information collections up to 60 days from date of publication in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments and questions regarding the 
collections listed in this notice should be directed to Daniel L. Cook, 
Chief, Compliance and Registration Division, Office of Defense Trade 
Controls Compliance, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Department 
of State, 12th Floor, SA-1, 2401 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20037; or 
email [email protected], with the subject line ``Brokering 
Rule Information Collections.''
    Abstract of Proposed Collections: The export, temporary import, 
temporary export and brokering of defense articles, defense services 
and related technical data are licensed by the Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations (22 CFR parts 120-130) and Section 38 of the Arms Export 
Control Act. Those of the public who manufacture or export defense 
articles, defense services, and related technical data, or the 
brokering thereof, must register with the Department of State. Persons 
desiring to engage in brokering activities must submit an application 
or written request to conduct the transaction to the Department to 
obtain a decision whether it is in the interests of U.S. foreign policy 
and national security to approve the transaction. Also, registered 
brokers must submit annual reports regarding all brokering activity 
that was transacted, and registered manufacturers and exporter must 
maintain records of defense trade activities for five years. We are 
soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper performance of our functions.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
technology.
    Methodology: These forms/information collections may be sent to the 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls via mail, personal delivery, or 
fax.
    Summary of Proposed Changes to the Information Collections: The 
proposed changes to the DS-2032, Statement of Registration, follow the 
proposed changes to ITAR part 129 that would allow manufacturers/
exporters to register as brokers on the same form, with one 
registration fee. In addition, the form will ask for more information 
regarding company structure, specifically for information on 
intermediary parents, if applicable. Finally, the form will have a 
separate statement of certification for those registering as brokers.

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    The revised regulations provide that the Annual Brokering Report 
collection would be submitted with the DS-2032, as an attachment. New 
information that is to be required on the report includes the 
following: brokering registration code; signature and certification of 
the report by an empowered official; identification of all parties 
involved in the brokering transaction (currently, the regulations 
require only the identification of purchasers and recipients); and 
identification of the source of any consideration paid for the 
brokering transaction.
    Clarification of the requirements for obtaining Brokering Prior 
Approval will result in the applicant providing additional information, 
to include the following: Categorization of the types of defense 
articles and services to be brokered, including whether the items are 
significant military equipment; identification of the type of sale that 
is to be brokered (commercial or under the Foreign Military Sales 
program); listing of any consideration expected to be received; and 
signature of an empowered official certifying the information provided 
is complete and accurate.

List of Subjects

22 CFR Part 120

    Arms and munitions, Classified information, Exports.

22 CFR Part 122

    Arms and munitions, Exports, Reporting and record-keeping 
requirements.

22 CFR Part 126

    Arms and munitions, Exports.

22 CFR Part 127

    Arms and munitions, Crime, Exports, Penalties, Seizures and 
forfeitures.

22 CFR Part 129

    Arms and munitions, Exports, Technical assistance.

    Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, Title 22, Chapter I, 
Subchapter M, parts 120, 122, 126, 127, and 129 are proposed to be 
amended as follows:

PART 120--PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 120 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  Sections 2, 38, and 71, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 
(22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2794; E.O. 11958, 42 FR 
4311; E.O. 13284, 68 FR 4075; 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p.79; 22 U.S.C. 
2651a; Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 1920.

    2. Section 120.1 is amended by revising the section heading and 
paragraphs (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (c), and (d), and adding paragraphs 
(c)(1), (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(iii), and (c)(2), to read as 
follows:


Sec.  120.1  General authorities, receipt of licenses, and 
ineligibility.

    (a) Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) 
authorizes the President to control the export and import of defense 
articles and defense services. The statutory authority of the President 
to promulgate regulations with respect to exports of defense articles 
and defense services was delegated to the Secretary of State by 
Executive Order 11958, as amended. This subchapter implements that 
authority, as well as other relevant authorities in the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). By virtue of delegations of 
authority by the Secretary of State, these regulations are primarily 
administered by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade and 
Regional Security and the Managing Director, Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
    (b)(1) Authorized officials. All authorities conferred upon the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade and Regional Security or 
the Managing Director of Defense Trade Controls by this subchapter may 
be exercised at any time by the Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security or the Assistant Secretary of State 
for Political-Military Affairs unless the Legal Adviser or the 
Assistant Legal Adviser for Political-Military Affairs of the 
Department of State determines that any specific exercise of this 
authority under this paragraph may be inappropriate. (2) In the Bureau 
of Political-Military Affairs, there is a Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Defense Trade and Regional Security (DAS--Defense Trade and 
Regional Security) and a Managing Director of Defense Trade Controls 
(MD--Defense Trade Controls). The DAS--Defense Trade and Regional 
Security and the MD--Defense Trade Controls are responsible for 
exercising the authorities conferred under this subchapter. The DAS--
Defense Trade and Regional Security is responsible for oversight of the 
defense trade controls function. The MD--Defense Trade Controls is 
responsible for the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, which 
oversees the subordinate offices described in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) 
through (b)(2)(iv) of this section.
* * * * *
    (c) Receipt of Licenses and Eligibility.
    (1) A U.S. person may receive a license or other approval pursuant 
to this subchapter. A foreign person may not receive such a license or 
other approval, except as follows:
    (i) A foreign governmental entity in the United States may receive 
an export license or other export approval;
    (ii) A foreign person may receive a reexport or retransfer 
approval; and
    (iii) A foreign person may receive a prior approval for brokering 
activities.
    Requests for a license or other approval other than by a person 
referred to in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (c)(1)(ii) of this section will 
be considered only if the applicant has registered with the Directorate 
of Defense Trade Controls pursuant to part 122 or 129 of this 
subchapter, as appropriate.
    (2) Persons who have been convicted of violating the criminal 
statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter, who have been 
debarred pursuant to part 127 or 128 of this subchapter, who are 
subject to indictment or are otherwise charged (e.g., by information) 
for violating the criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this 
subchapter, who are ineligible to contract with or to receive a license 
or other form of authorization to import defense articles or defense 
services from any agency of the U.S. Government, who are ineligible to 
receive an export license or other approval from any other agency of 
the U.S. Government, or who are subject to a Department of State policy 
of denial, suspension, or revocation under Sec.  126.7(a) of this 
subchapter, or to interim suspension under Sec.  127.8 of this 
subchapter, are generally ineligible to be involved in activities 
regulated under the subchapter.
    (d) The exemptions provided in this subchapter do not apply to 
transactions in which the exporter, any party to the export (as defined 
in Sec.  126.7(e) of this subchapter), any source or manufacturer, 
broker or other participant in the brokering activities, is generally 
ineligible as set forth in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, unless 
prior written authorization has been granted by the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls.
    3. Section 120.20 is amended by revising the title and text to read 
as follows:


Sec.  120.20  License or other approval.

    License means a document bearing the word ``license'' issued by the 
Managing Director, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, or his 
authorized designee that permits the export, temporary import, or 
brokering

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of a specific defense article or defense service controlled by this 
subchapter.
    Other approval means a document issued by the Managing Director, 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, or his authorized designee, that 
approves an activity regulated by this subchapter (e.g., approvals for 
brokering activities or retransfer authorizations), or the use of an 
exemption to the license requirements as described in this subchapter.
    4. Section 120.25 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(4)(i), 
removing paragraph (b) from reserved status, and adding paragraph (b) 
and (c), to read as follows:


Sec.  120.25  Empowered Official.

    (a) * * *
* * * * *
    (4) * * *
    (i) Enquire into any aspect of a proposed export, temporary import, 
or brokering activity by the applicant, and
* * * * *
    (b) For the purposes of a broker who is a foreign person, the 
empowered official may be a foreign person who otherwise meets the 
criteria for an empowered official in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) A person who is ineligible within the meaning of Sec.  
120.1(c)(2) of this subchapter, or who is the subject of an indictment 
or has otherwise been charged (e.g., by information) for or has been 
convicted of violating any foreign criminal statutes dealing with 
subject matter similar to that in the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated 
in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter, or who is ineligible to contract 
with any foreign government agency, or to receive a license or other 
form of authorization or otherwise participate in export or brokering 
activities under the laws of a foreign country, or who is a citizen or 
national of a country or other person referred to in Sec.  126.1 of 
this subchapter, may not be an empowered official.
    5. Section 120.40 is added to read as follows:


Sec.  120.40  Affiliate.

    An affiliate of a registrant is a person that directly, or 
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is 
controlled by, or is under common control with, such registrant.

PART 122--REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS

    6. The authority citation for part 122 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  Sections 2 and 38, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 
U.S.C. 2752, 2778); E.O. 11958, 42 FR 4311; 1977 Comp., p. 79; 22 
U.S.C. 2651a.

    7. Section 122.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), 
(b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) to read as follows:


Sec.  122.1  Registration requirements.

    (a) Any person who engages in the United States in the business of 
manufacturing or exporting defense articles or furnishing defense 
services is required to register with the Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls under Sec.  122.2 of this subchapter. For the purpose of this 
subchapter, engaging in such a business requires only one occasion of 
manufacturing or exporting a defense article or furnishing a defense 
service. A manufacturer who does not engage in exporting must 
nevertheless register. (See part 129 of this subchapter for 
requirements for registration of persons who engage in brokering 
activities.)
    (b) Exemptions. The registration requirements of paragraph (a) of 
this section do not apply to:
    (1) Officers and employees of the U.S. Government acting in an 
official capacity;
    (2) Persons whose pertinent business activity is confined to the 
production of unclassified technical data only;
    (3) Persons all of whose manufacturing and export activities are 
licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; or
    (4) * * *

    Note:  Persons who qualify for the exemptions in paragraphs 
(b)(2) or (b)(4) of this section remain subject to the requirements 
for licenses or other approvals for exports of defense articles 
(including technical data) and defense services and may not receive 
an export license or approval unless registered under Sec.  122.2 of 
this subchapter.

* * * * *
    8. Section 122.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)(1), 
(b)(1)(i), and (b)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  122.2  Submission of registration statement.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (1) Whether the intended registrant, chief executive officer, 
president, vice-presidents, secretary, partner, member, other senior 
officers or officials (e.g., comptroller, treasurer, general counsel), 
or any member of the board of directors of the registrant or of its 
parent, subsidiary, joint venture, or other affiliate or other persons 
required to be listed in the Statement of Registration:
    (i) Has ever been indicted or otherwise charged (e.g., by 
information) for or convicted of violating any of the U.S. criminal 
statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter; or
    (ii) * * *
    (2) Whether the intended registrant is foreign owned or foreign 
controlled (as defined in Sec.  120.37 of this subchapter). If the 
intended registrant is foreign owned or foreign controlled, the 
certification shall include an explanation of such ownership or 
control, including the identities of all foreign persons who ultimately 
own or control the registrant.
    9. Section 122.4 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (a)(2) 
to read as follows:


Sec.  122.4  Notification of changes in information furnished by 
registrants.

    (a) A registrant must, within five days of the event, provide the 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls a written notification, signed by 
a senior officer (e.g., chief executive officer, president, secretary, 
partner, member, treasurer, general counsel), if:
    (1) * * *
    (2) There is a change in the following information contained in the 
Statement of Registration: (i) Registrant's name, (ii) registrant's 
address, (iii) registrant's legal organization structure, (iv) 
ownership or control, (v) the establishment, acquisition, or divestment 
of a U.S. or foreign subsidiary, joint venture, or other affiliate who 
is engaged in manufacturing defense articles, exporting defense 
articles or defense services, or otherwise required to be listed on 
registrant's Statement of Registration.

    Note:  All other changes in the Statement of Registration must 
be provided as part of annual registration renewal.

* * * * *

PART 126--GENERAL POLICIES AND PROVISIONS

    10. The authority citation for part 126 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  Sections. 2, 38, 40, 40A, 42, and 71, Pub. L. 90-
629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2780, 2781, 2791, and 
2797); E.O. 11958, 42 FR 4311; 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p.79; 22 U.S.C. 
2651a; 22 U.S.C. 287c; E.O. 12918, 59 FR 28205; 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., 
p. 899; Sec. 1225, Pub. L. 108-375; Sec. 7089, Pub. L. 111-117.

    11. Section 126.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  126.1  Prohibited exports, imports, and sales to or from certain 
countries.

    (a) General. It is the policy of the United States to deny licenses 
and other approvals for exports and imports of defense articles and 
defense services, destined for or originating in certain countries. 
This policy applies to

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Belarus, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela. This 
policy also applies to countries with respect to which the United 
States maintains an arms embargo (e.g., Burma, China, and the Republic 
of the Sudan) or whenever an export would not otherwise be in 
furtherance of world peace and the security and foreign policy of the 
United States. Information regarding certain other embargoes appears 
elsewhere in this section. Comprehensive arms embargoes are normally 
the subject of a State Department notice published in the Federal 
Register. The exemptions provided in the regulations in this 
subchapter, except Sec.  123.17(c) through Sec.  123.17(e) of this 
subchapter, do not apply with respect to articles originating in or for 
export to any proscribed countries, areas, or other persons referred to 
in this Sec.  126.1 or to brokering activities involving such 
countries, areas or persons. (See Sec.  129.5 of this subchapter, which 
imposes restrictions on brokering activities similar to those in this 
section.)
    (b) Shipments. A defense article licensed or otherwise authorized 
for export, temporary import, reexport, or retransfer under this 
subchapter may not be shipped on a vessel, aircraft, spacecraft, or 
other means of conveyance that is owned by, operated by, leased to, or 
leased from any of the proscribed countries, areas, or other persons 
referred to in this section.
* * * * *
    12. Section 126.13 is amended by re-designating paragraph (c) as 
paragraph (d) and adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  126.13  Required information.

* * * * *
    (c) All applications for licenses or other approvals under this 
subchapter and amendments thereto shall identify all brokers and 
describe the brokering activities involved in the transaction subject 
to such application or prior notification.
    (d) In cases when foreign nationals are employed at or assigned to 
security-cleared facilities, provision by the applicant of a Technology 
Control Plan will facilitate processing.

PART 127--VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES

    13. The authority citation for part 127 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  Sections 2, 38, and 42, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 
(22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2791); E.O. 11958, 42 FR 4311; 3 CFR, 1977 
Comp., p. 79; 22 U.S.C. 401; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 2779a; 22 
U.S.C. 2780.

    14. Section 127.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (b), (c), 
(c)(1), and (c)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  127.1  Violations.

* * * * *
    (b) Any person who is granted a license or other approval or acts 
pursuant to an exemption under this subchapter is responsible for the 
acts of employees, agents, brokers, and all authorized persons to whom 
possession of the defense article or technical data has been entrusted 
regarding the operation, use, possession, transportation, and handling 
of such defense article or technical data abroad. All persons abroad 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction who obtain custody of a defense article 
exported from the United States or produced under an agreement 
described in part 124 of this subchapter, and irrespective of the 
number of intermediate transfers, are bound by the regulations of this 
subchapter in the same manner and to the same extent as the original 
owner or transferor.
    (c) A person who is ineligible pursuant to Sec.  120.1(c)(2) of 
this subchapter, or a person with knowledge that another person is 
ineligible pursuant to Sec.  120.1(c)(2), may not, directly or 
indirectly, in any manner or capacity, without prior disclosure of the 
facts to and written authorization from the Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls:
    (1) Apply for, obtain, or use any export control document as 
defined in Sec.  127.2(b) of this subchapter for such ineligible 
person; or
    (2) Order, buy, receive, use, sell, deliver, store, dispose of, 
forward, transport, finance, or otherwise service or participate in any 
manner in any transaction that may involve any defense article, 
including technical data, defense service, or brokering activities 
subject to this subchapter where such ineligible person may obtain any 
benefit there from or have any direct or indirect interest therein.
* * * * *
    15. Section 127.2 is amended by revising paragraph (b)(13) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  127.2  Misrepresentation and omission of facts.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (13) Any other document used in the regulation or control of a 
defense article, including technical data, defense service, or 
brokering activities regulated by this subchapter.
    16. Section 127.7 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  127.7  Debarment.

    (a) Debarment. In implementing Sec.  38 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs 
may prohibit any person from participating directly or indirectly in 
the export of defense articles, including technical data, in the 
furnishing of defense services, or in brokering activities that are 
subject to this subchapter for any of the reasons listed below. Any 
such prohibition is referred to as a debarment for purposes of this 
subchapter. The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military 
Affairs shall determine the appropriate period of time for debarment, 
which shall generally be for a period of three years. Reinstatement is 
not automatic, however, and in all cases the debarred persons must 
submit a request for reinstatement and be approved for reinstatement 
before engaging in any export or brokering activities subject to the 
Arms Export Control Act or this subchapter.
* * * * *
    17. Section 127.8 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  127.8  Interim suspension.

    (a) The Managing Director of the Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls or the Director of the Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance is authorized to order the interim suspension of any person 
when the Managing Director or Director of Compliance believes that 
grounds for debarment (as defined in Sec.  127.7 of this subchapter) 
exist and where and to the extent the Managing Director or Director of 
Compliance, as applicable, finds that interim suspension is reasonably 
necessary to protect world peace or the security or foreign policy of 
the United States. The interim suspension order prohibits that person 
from participating directly or indirectly in the export of any defense 
article or defense service or in brokering activities subject to this 
subchapter. A copy of the interim suspension order will be served upon 
the suspended person in the same manner as provided in Sec.  128.3(b) 
of this subchapter. The interim suspension order may be made 
immediately effective, without prior notice. The order will state the 
relevant facts, the grounds for issuance of the order, and describe the 
nature and duration of the interim suspension. No person may be 
suspended for a period exceeding 60 days, absent extraordinary 
circumstances, (e.g., unless proceedings under part 128 of this 
subchapter, or criminal proceedings, are initiated).
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PART 129--REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BROKERS

    18. Section Contents for part 129 is revised to read as follows:

Contents

Sec.
129.1 Purpose.
129.2 Definitions.
129.3 Requirement to register.
129.4 Submission of Statement of Registration, registration fees, 
and notification of changes in information furnished by registrants.
129.5 Policy on embargoes and other proscriptions.
129.6 Requirement for prior approval.
129.7 Exemptions from prior approval.
129.8 Procedures for obtaining prior approval.
129.9 Guidance.
129.10 Reports.
129.11 Maintenance of brokering records by registrants.

    19. The authority citation for part 129 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  Section 38, Pub. L. 104-164, 110 Stat. 1437, (22 
U.S.C. 2778).

    20. Section 129.2 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), and 
(c) and adding paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), (d), (e), and (f) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  129.2  Definitions.

    (a) Broker means any person (as defined by Sec.  120.14 of this 
subchapter) who engages in brokering activities.
    (b) Brokering activities means any action to facilitate the 
manufacture, export, reexport, import, transfer, or retransfer of a 
defense article or defense service. Such action includes, but is not 
limited to:
    (1) Financing, insuring, transporting, or freight forwarding 
defense articles and defense services, or
    (2) Soliciting, promoting, negotiating, contracting for, arranging, 
or otherwise assisting in the purchase, sale, transfer, loan, or lease 
of a defense article or defense service.
    (c) For the purposes of this subchapter, engaging in the business 
of brokering activities requires only one action as described above.
    (d) The activities subject to part 129 include brokering 
activities:
    (1) by any U.S. person wherever located;
    (2) by any foreign person located in the United States;
    (3) by any foreign person located outside the United States 
involving a U.S.-origin defense article or defense service;
    (4) by any foreign person located outside the United States 
involving the import into the United States of any defense article or 
defense service; or
    (5) by any foreign person located outside the United States acting 
on behalf of a U.S. person.
    (e) Brokering activities do not include:
    (1) Activities by a U.S. person in the United States that are 
limited exclusively to U.S. domestic sales or transfers (e.g., not for 
export, which includes transfer in the United States to a foreign 
person);
    (2) Activities by employees of the U.S. Government acting in an 
official capacity; or
    (3) Activities that do not extend beyond administrative services, 
such as providing or arranging office space and equipment, hospitality, 
advertising, or clerical, visa, or translation services, or activities 
by an attorney that do not extend beyond providing legal advice to a 
broker.
    (f) The term ``foreign defense article or defense service'' means 
any non-U.S.-origin article or service described on the U.S. Munitions 
List. Unless otherwise provided in this part, the terms ``defense 
article'' and ``defense service'' refer to both U.S. and foreign origin 
defense articles and defense services described on the U.S. Munitions 
List. A ``defense article'' and ``defense service'' are determined 
exclusively in accordance with the ITAR, irrespective of any 
designation (either affirming or contrary) that may be attributed to 
same article by any foreign government or international organization.
    21. Section 129.3 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), 
(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and by adding paragraphs (b)(4), (c), (d), and 
(e) to read as follows:


Sec.  129.3  Requirement to register.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec.  129.3(b) of this subchapter, any 
person who engages in brokering activities, as defined by Sec.  129.2 
of this subchapter, is required to register with the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls. Registration under this section is generally a 
precondition for the issuance of prior approval for brokering 
activities required under part 129 of this subchapter or the use of 
exemptions from prior approval.
    (b) Exemptions. Registration, prior approval, or reporting under 
this section is not required as provided in paragraphs (b)(1) through 
(b)(4):
    (1) Employees of foreign governments or international organizations 
acting in an official capacity are exempt from registration. Such 
employees are also exempt from the requirements in Sec.  129.6 of this 
subchapter for prior approval for brokering activities, as well as 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    (2) Persons exclusively in the business of financing, insuring, 
transporting, or freight forwarding, whose activities do not extend 
beyond financing, insuring, transporting, or freight forwarding, are 
exempt from registration. Examples include air carriers or other 
freight forwarders who merely transport or arrange transportation for 
licensed U.S. Munitions List items, and banks or credit companies who 
merely provide commercially available lines or letters of credit to 
persons registered or required to register in accordance with parts 122 
or 129 of this subchapter. Such persons exempt from registration are 
also exempt from the requirements in Sec.  129.6 of this subchapter for 
prior approval for brokering activities, as well as reporting and 
record-keeping requirements. However, banks, firms, or other persons 
providing financing for defense articles or defense services are 
required to register under certain circumstances, such as when the bank 
or its employees are directly involved in arranging transactions 
involving defense articles or defense services or hold title to defense 
articles, even when no physical custody of defense articles is 
involved.
    (3) Persons registered pursuant to part 122 of this subchapter, 
their U.S. person subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other affiliates 
listed and covered in their Statement of Registration, their bona fide 
and full-time regular employees, and their eligible (see Sec.  120.1 of 
this subchapter) foreign person brokers listed and identified as their 
exclusive brokers in their Statements of Registration, whose brokering 
activities (A) involve only such registered persons' defense articles 
or defense services that are currently subject to an export approval 
under this subchapter obtained by the part 122 registrant or will 
require such an approval prior to their export, or (B) are on behalf of 
the part 122 registrant and involve only defense articles and defense 
services that are located and obtained from a manufacturer or source in 
the United States for export outside the United States under an export 
approval under this subchapter. Such persons are registered under part 
129 but are not required to submit a separate broker registration or 
pay a separate broker registration fee and are exempt from prior 
approval and reporting, but are still required to perform the record-
keeping requirements of part 129 (see Sec.  129.11 of this subchapter).
    (4) Persons (including their bona fide regular employees) whose 
activities do not extend beyond acting as an end-user of a defense 
article or defense service exported pursuant to a license or approval 
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as a reexporter or retransferor of such article or service under such 
license or approval or under an approval under Sec.  123.9 of this 
subchapter are exempt from registration. Such persons exempt from 
registration are also as to these activities generally exempt from the 
requirements in Sec.  129.6 of this subchapter for prior approval for 
brokering activities, as well as reporting and record-keeping 
requirements.
    (c) Persons exempt from registration, prior approval, or reporting 
as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section are subject to 
the policy on embargoes and other proscriptions as outlined in Sec.  
129.5 of this subchapter.
    (d) If Sec.  129.3(b)(3) of this subchapter is not applicable, U.S. 
persons who are registered as a manufacturer or exporter in accordance 
with part 122 of this subchapter, including their U.S. or foreign 
subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other affiliates listed on their 
Statement of Registration who are required to register under part 129, 
are not required to submit a separate broker registration or pay a 
separate broker registration fee as long as they have listed and 
identified themselves as brokers within their manufacturer or exporter 
Statement of Registration. All other requirements of part 129 apply to 
such brokers and their brokering activities.
    (e) Registration under this section is generally a precondition for 
the issuance of prior approval for brokering activities required under 
this section or the use of exemptions from prior approval.
    22. Section 129.4 is amended by revising the section heading, 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), and adding paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(1)(i), 
(c)(1)(ii), (c)(2), and (d) through (h) to read as follows:


Sec.  129.4  Submission of registration statement, registration fees, 
and notification of changes in information furnished by registrants.

    (a) An intended registrant must submit a Department of State form 
DS-2032 (Statement of Registration) by registered or overnight mail 
delivery to the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, and must 
submit an electronic payment via Automated Clearing House (ACH) or 
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT), 
payable to the Department of State of a registration fee as set forth 
in paragraph (b) of this section. ACH is an electronic network used to 
process financial transactions in the United States and SWIFT is the 
messaging service used by financial institutions worldwide to issue 
international transfers for foreign accounts. Payment methods (i.e., 
ACH and SWIFT) are dependent on the source of the funds (U.S. or 
foreign bank) drawn from the applicant's account and not a third 
party's account. Intended registrants should access the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls Web site at www.pmddtc.state.gov for detailed 
guidelines on submitting an ACH and SWIFT electronic payment. Payments, 
including from foreign brokers, must be in U.S. currency and must be 
payable through a U.S. financial institution. Cash, checks, foreign 
currency, or money orders will not be accepted. The Statement of 
Registration must be signed by a senior officer (e.g., chief executive 
officer, president, secretary, partner, member, treasurer, general 
counsel) who has been empowered by the intended registrant to sign such 
documents. The intended registrant, whether a U.S. or foreign person, 
shall submit documentation that demonstrates it is incorporated or 
otherwise authorized to do business in its respective country. Foreign 
persons who are required to register shall provide information that is 
substantially similar in content to that which a U.S. person would 
provide under this provision (e.g., foreign business license or similar 
authorization to do business). The Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls will notify the registrant if the Statement of Registration is 
incomplete either by notifying the registrant of what information is 
required or through the return of the entire registration package. 
Registrants may not establish new entities for the purpose of reducing 
registration fees.
    (b) A person who is required to register must do so on an annual 
basis upon submission of a completed Form DS-2032 and a fee of $2,250. 
Registrants are not required to submit a separate statement of 
registration and pay an additional fee when provisions in Sec. Sec.  
129.3(b)(3) or 129.4(c) of this subchapter are met.
    (c) Statement of Registration Certification. The Statement of 
Registration of the intended registrant shall include a certification 
by an authorized senior officer of the following:
    (1) Whether the intended registrant, chief executive officer, 
president, vice presidents, secretary, partner, member, other senior 
officers or officials (e.g., comptroller, treasurer, general counsel), 
or any member of the board of directors of the intended registrant, or 
of any parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate or other person required 
to be listed in the Statement of Registration:
    (i) Is the subject of an indictment or has otherwise been charged 
(e.g., by information) for or has been convicted of violating any U.S. 
criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter or 
foreign criminal statutes dealing with subject matter similar to that 
in the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this 
subchapter; or
    (ii) Is ineligible to contract with, or to receive a license or 
other approval to import defense articles or defense services from, or 
to receive an export license or other approval from, any agency of the 
U.S. Government, or is ineligible to contract with, or to receive a 
license or other form of authorization or otherwise participate in 
export or brokering activities under the laws of a foreign country; or
    (2) Whether the intended registrant is foreign owned or foreign 
controlled (see Sec.  120.37 of this subchapter). If the intended 
registrant is foreign owned or foreign controlled, the certification 
shall include an explanation of such ownership or control, including 
the identities of the foreign person or persons who ultimately own or 
control the registrant. This requirement applies to a registrant who is 
a U.S. person and is owned or controlled by a foreign person. It also 
applies to a registrant who is a foreign person and is owned or 
controlled by a foreign person from the same country or a foreign 
person from another country.
    (d) A broker that is the parent of a person registered in 
accordance with part 129 may upon request to the Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls be covered by the registrant's Statement of 
Registration, provided that the broker is listed in the registrant's 
Statement of Registration and meets the same certification requirements 
in Sec.  129.4(b) of this section as the registrant. If the broker is a 
foreign person, it must provide the registrant with a written 
certification signed by a senior officer acknowledging that it will be 
subject to the requirements of this subchapter, to include part 129. 
The registrant must maintain the letter as part of its record-keeping 
requirements in Sec.  129.11 of this subchapter. The foreign person 
broker is subject to the same eligibility and certification criteria as 
the registrant.
    (e) A registrant must, within five days of the event, provide the 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls a written notification, signed by 
a senior officer (e.g., chief executive officer, president, secretary, 
partner, member, treasurer, general counsel) if:
    (1) Any of the persons referred to in Sec.  129.4(b)(1) of this 
subchapter are indicted or otherwise charged (e.g., by information) for 
or convicted of violating any of the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated 
in Sec.  120.27 of this

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subchapter or foreign criminal statutes dealing with subject matter 
similar to that in the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  
120.27; or become ineligible to contract with, or to receive a license 
or other approval to export or import defense articles or defense 
services from any agency of the U.S. government; or are ineligible to 
contract with, or to receive a license or other form of authorization 
or otherwise participate in export or brokering activities under the 
laws of a foreign country; or
    (2) There is a change in the following information contained in the 
Statement of Registration: (i) Registrant's name, (ii) registrant's 
address, (iii) registrant's legal organization structure, (iv) 
ownership or control, or (v) the establishment, acquisition or 
divestment of a U.S. or foreign subsidiary or other affiliate who is 
engaged in brokering activities or otherwise required to be listed 
registrant's Statement of Registration.
    All other changes in the Statement of Registration must be provided 
as part of annual registration renewal.
    (f) A U.S. or foreign registrant must provide written notification 
to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls at least sixty (60) days 
in advance of any intended sale or transfer to a foreign person of 
ownership or control of the registrant or any parent, subsidiary, joint 
venture, or other affiliate listed and covered in their Statement of 
Registration. This requirement applies to a foreign person required to 
register pursuant to this part who intends to sell or transfer 
ownership or control to a foreign person from the same country or to a 
foreign person from another country. Such notice does not relieve the 
registrant from obtaining any prior approval required under this 
subchapter.
    (g) The new entity formed when a registrant merges with another 
company or acquires, or is acquired by, another company or a subsidiary 
or division of another company, shall advise the Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls of the following:
    (1) The new firm name and all previous firm names being disclosed;
    (2) The registration number that will survive and those that are to 
be discontinued (if any); and
    (3) The numbers of all approvals for brokering activities under the 
surviving registration number, since any approval not the subject of 
notification will be considered invalid.
    (h) A registrant whose registration lapses because of failure to 
renew and, after an intervening period, seeks to register again must 
pay registration fees for any part of such intervening period during 
which the registrant engaged in the business of brokering activities.
    23. Section 129.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), (c) 
and (d) and removing paragraph (e) to read as follows:


Sec.  129.5  Policy on embargoes and other proscriptions.

    (a) This section applies to brokering activities defined in Sec.  
129.2 of this subchapter, regardless of whether the person involved in 
such activities has registered or is exempt from registration under 
Sec.  129.3 of this subchapter. The exemptions in Sec.  129.7 of this 
subchapter from the requirement for prior approval are not applicable 
to brokering activities subject to this section.
    (b) No person may engage in or make a proposal to engage in 
brokering activities that involve any country, area, or other person 
referred to in Sec.  126.1 of this subchapter without first obtaining 
the approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
    (c) No person may engage in or make a proposal to engage in 
brokering activities without the prior approval of the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls if such activities involve other countries or 
persons identified from time to time by the Department of State through 
notice in the Federal Register, with respect to which certain 
limitations on defense articles or defense services are imposed for 
reasons of U.S. national security, foreign policy, or law enforcement 
interests (e.g., an individual subject to debarment pursuant to Sec.  
127.7 of this subchapter). (See Sec.  127.1(c) of this subchapter for 
additional disclosure and approval requirements applicable to brokering 
activities.)
    (d) It is the policy of the Department of State to deny requests 
for approval of brokering activities or proposals to engage in 
brokering activities involving the countries or other persons referred 
to in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section. Any person who knows or has 
reason to know of brokering activities involving such countries or 
other persons must immediately inform the Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls.
    24. Section 129.6 is amended by revising the section heading, 
removing paragraphing, and revising the text to read as follows:


Sec.  129.6  Requirement for prior approval.

    Except as provided in Sec.  129.7 of this subchapter, no person who 
is required to register as a broker pursuant to Sec.  129.3 of this 
subchapter may engage in the business of brokering activities without 
the prior approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
    25. Section 129.7 is amended by revising the section heading and 
paragraphs (a), (a)(1), (a)(2), (b), (b)(1), (b)(2), (c), and (d), 
removing paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (a)(1)(vii), (a)(2)(i) through 
(a)(2)(iv), and adding paragraphs (a)(3), (b)(2)(i), (b)(2)(ii), 
(c)(1), (c)(2), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e), (e)(1) through (e)(14), and (f), 
to read as follows:


Sec.  129.7  Exemptions from prior approval.

    (a) The exemptions in this section from prior approval requirements 
for certain brokering activities may not be used if:
    (1) The broker is not registered as required by Sec.  129.3 of this 
subchapter;
    (2) The broker or any person who has a direct or indirect interest 
in or may benefit from the brokering activities, including any related 
defense article or defense service transaction, is ineligible as 
defined in Sec.  120.1(c)(2) of this subchapter; or
    (3) A country or other person referred to in Sec.  126.1 of this 
subchapter is involved in the brokering activities or such activities 
are otherwise subject to Sec.  129.5 of this subchapter.
    (b) Brokering activities are exempt from the requirement for prior 
approval if undertaken for an agency of the U.S. Government pursuant to 
a contract between the broker and that agency provided that:
    (1) The brokering activities concern defense articles or defense 
services solely for the use of the agency; or
    (2) The brokering activities are undertaken for carrying out a 
foreign assistance or sales program authorized by law and subject to 
control by the President by other means, as demonstrated by one of the 
following conditions being met:
    (i) The U.S. Government agency contract with the broker contains an 
explicit provision stating the contract supports a foreign assistance 
or sales program authorized by law and the contracting agency has 
established control of the activity covered by the contract by other 
means equivalent to that established under the International Traffic in 
Arms Regulations; or
    (ii) The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls provides written 
concurrence in advance that the condition is met.
    (c) Brokering activities are exempt from the requirement for prior 
approval if:
    (1) The brokering activities are undertaken wholly within and 
involve defense articles or defense services located within and 
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Organization (NATO), any member country of that organization, 
Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or the Republic of South Korea; and
    (2) The brokering activities do not pertain to the defense articles 
or defense services that are excluded from this exemption by paragraph 
(e) of this section.
    (d) Brokering activities are exempt from the requirement of prior 
approval if they involve U.S. defense articles or defense services that 
are not designated as significant military equipment as defined by 
Sec.  120.7 of this subchapter and are for end-use by an international 
organization or foreign government. This exemption does not apply to 
brokering activities pertaining to:
    (1) Defense articles or defense services excluded from this 
exemption by paragraph (e) of this section; or
    (2) Defense articles or defense services valued at or greater than 
$25 million.
    (e) The exemptions in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section do not 
apply to brokering activities pertaining to the following defense 
articles or associated defense services:
    (1) Firearms and other weapons of a nature described by Category 
I(a) through (d), Category II(a) and (d), and Category III(a) of part 
121 of this subchapter;
    (2) Rockets, bombs and grenades as well as launchers for such 
defense articles of a nature described by Category IV(a), and launch 
vehicles and missile and anti-missile systems of a nature described by 
Category IV(b) of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (3) Nuclear weapons strategic delivery systems and all components, 
parts, accessories, or attachments specifically designed for such 
weapons and associated equipment;
    (4) Naval nuclear propulsion equipment of a nature described by 
Category VI(e) of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (5) Night vision-related defense articles and inertial platform, 
sensor, and guidance-related systems of a nature described by Category 
XII(c) and (d) of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (6) Chemical agents and precursors described by Category XIV(a), 
(c), and (e) of part 121 of this subchapter, biological agents and 
biologically derived substances described by Category XIV(b), and 
equipment described by Category XIV(f) for dissemination of the 
chemical agents and biological agents described by Category XIV(a), 
(b), and (e) of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (7) Spacecraft of a nature described by Category XV of part 121 of 
this subchapter that is significant military equipment;
    (8) Nuclear weapons design and test equipment of a nature described 
by Category XVI of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (9) Directed energy weapons of a nature described by Category XVIII 
of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (10) Submersible vessels, oceanographic and associated equipment of 
a nature described by Category XX of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (11) Miscellaneous articles of a nature described by Category XXI 
of part 121 of this subchapter;
    (12) Classified defense articles, related technical data, and 
defense services;
    (13) Missile Technology Control Regime Annex items in Sec.  121.16 
of this subchapter; or
    (14) Foreign defense articles and defense services of a nature that 
are described in various categories of Sec.  121.1 of this subchapter 
other than those that are involved in brokering activities meeting the 
criteria of paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section.
    (f) Brokers who use the exemptions in this section must comply with 
all other provisions of part 129 of this subchapter.
    26. Section 129.8 is amended by revising the section heading and 
paragraphs (a) and (b), and adding paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(2)(i) 
through (a)(2)(iii), (b)(1) through (b)(5)(iii), (c), (d), and (e), to 
read as follows:


Sec.  129.8  Procedures for obtaining prior approval.

    (a) All requests for prior approval of brokering activities must be 
made to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, be signed by an 
empowered official, and include the following information:
    (1) The applicant's name, address and registration code;
    (2) A certification on whether:
    (i) The applicant, chief executive officer, president, vice 
president, secretary, partner, member, other senior officers or 
officials (e.g., comptroller, treasurer, general counsel), or any 
member of the board of directors of the registrant or of its parent, 
subsidiary, joint venture, or other affiliate required to be listed in 
the Statement of Registration is the subject of an indictment or has 
been otherwise charged (e.g., by information) for, or has been 
convicted of, violating any of the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated in 
Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter, or is the subject of an indictment or 
has otherwise been charged (e.g., by information) for or has been 
convicted of violating any foreign criminal statutes dealing with 
subject matter similar to that in the U.S. criminal statutes enumerated 
in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter;
    (ii) The applicant, chief executive officer, president, vice 
president, secretary, partner, member, other senior officers or 
officials (e.g., comptroller, treasurer, general counsel), or any 
member of the board of directors of the registrant or of its parent, 
subsidiary, joint venture, or other affiliate required to be listed in 
the Statement of Registration is ineligible to contract with, or to 
receive a license or other approval to import defense articles or 
defense services from, or to receive an export license or other 
approval from, any agency of the U.S. Government, or is ineligible to 
contract with any foreign government agency, or to receive an export 
license or other form of authorization or otherwise participate in 
export or brokering activities under the laws of a foreign country; and
    (iii) To the best of the applicant's knowledge, any other person 
involved in the brokering activities that are the subject of the 
request for prior approval as defined in Sec.  129.2 of this subchapter 
is the subject of an indictment or has been otherwise charged (e.g., by 
information) for or has been convicted of violating any of the U.S. 
criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter, or is 
the subject of an indictment or has otherwise been charged (e.g., by 
information) for or has been convicted of violating any foreign 
criminal statutes dealing with subject matter similar to that in the 
U.S. criminal statutes enumerated in Sec.  120.27 of this subchapter, 
or is ineligible to contract with, or to receive a license or other 
approval to import defense articles or defense services from, or to 
receive an export license or other approval from any agency of the U.S. 
Government, or is ineligible to contract with any foreign government 
agency, or to receive an export license or other form of authorization 
or otherwise participate in defense trade under the laws of a foreign 
country.
    (b) The request for prior approval shall describe fully the 
brokering activities that will be undertaken, including:
    (1) The action to be taken by the applicant to facilitate the 
manufacture, export, import, or transfer of a defense article or 
defense service (which may be referred to as a ``defense article or 
defense service transaction'');
    (2) The name, nationality and country where located of all persons 
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    (3) A description of each defense article or defense service that 
may be involved, including:
    (i) The U.S. Munitions List category and sub-category;
    (ii) Name or military nomenclature of the defense article;
    (iii) Whether the article or service is significant military 
equipment;
    (iv) Estimated quantity of defense articles;
    (v) Estimated U.S. dollar value of defense articles and defense 
services;
    (vi) Security classification; and
    (vii) End-user and end-use;
    (4) A statement whether the brokering activities are related to a 
sale through commercial channels or under the U.S. Foreign Military 
Sales Program or other activity in support of the U.S. Government; and
    (5) The type of consideration received or expected to be received, 
directly or indirectly (consideration includes, for example, any fee, 
commission, loan, gift, donation, political contribution, or other 
payment made, or offered or agreed to be made, directly or indirectly, 
in cash or in kind):
    (i) by the applicant;
    (ii) by other persons who may participate in such brokering 
activities from or at the direction of the applicant, and the identity 
of such other persons; and
    (iii) the U.S. dollar value amount and source thereof.
    (c) The empowered official signing the request for prior approval 
shall include a certification that the request is complete and 
accurate.
    (d) If at the time of submission certain information required by 
paragraph (b) of this section is not yet available, this fact must be 
stated and explained in the certification required by paragraph (c) of 
this section. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will take any 
such explanation into account in deciding whether or not to approve the 
request.
    (e) The period of validity for a prior approval may not exceed four 
years.
    27. Section 129.9 is amended by revising the section heading and 
text, to include new paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), to read as follows:


Sec.  129.9  Guidance.

    (a) Any person desiring guidance on whether an activity constitutes 
a brokering activity within the scope of part 129 of this subchapter 
may request in writing guidance from the Directorate of Defense Trade 
Controls. The request for guidance shall identify the applicant and 
registrant code (if applicable) and describe fully the activities that 
will be undertaken, including:
    (1) The specific activities to be undertaken by the applicant and 
any other U.S. or foreign person;
    (2) The name, nationality, and country where located of all U.S. 
and foreign persons who may participate in the activities;
    (3) A description of the item, including name or military 
nomenclature, or the service and a complete copy of the data that may 
be involved in potential transactions;
    (4) End-user and end-use;
    (5) The type of consideration offered, expected to be made, paid or 
received, directly or indirectly, to or by the applicant in connection 
with such activity, and the amount and source thereof (consideration 
includes, for example, any fee, commission, loan, gift, donation, 
political contribution, or other payment, in cash or in kind); and
    (6) A copy of any agreement or documentation between or among the 
requester and other persons who will be involved in the activity or 
related transactions that describes the activity to be taken by such 
persons.
    (b) If at the time of submission certain information is not yet 
available, this circumstance must be stated and explained. The 
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will take the completeness of the 
information into account in providing guidance on whether or not the 
activities constitute brokering activities. The guidance will 
constitute an official determination by the Department of State. The 
guidance shall not substitute for prior approval when required under 
Sec.  129.8 of this subchapter.
    (c) Persons desiring guidance on other aspects of part 129 may also 
request guidance from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls in a 
similar manner by submitting a description of the relevant facts or 
copies of relevant documentation.
    28. Section 129.10 is amended by revising the section heading and 
text, to include new paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), to read as follows:


Sec.  129.10  Reports.

    (a) Any person required to register under this part (including 
those registered in accordance with Sec.  129.3(d) of this subchapter) 
shall provide to the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls on an annual 
basis a report of its brokering activities in the previous calendar 
year. Such report shall be submitted along with the registrant's annual 
renewal submission or, if not renewing, within 30 days after expiration 
of registration.
    (b) The report shall include brokering activities that received or 
were exempt from prior approval as follows:
    (1) The report shall identify the broker's name, address, and 
registration code and be signed by an empowered official who shall 
certify that the report is complete and accurate. The report shall 
describe each of the brokering activities, including the number of the 
prior approval or the exemption claimed; and
    (2) For each of the brokering activities, the report shall identify 
all persons who participated in the activities, including each person's 
name, address, nationality, and country where located and role or 
function; the quantity, description, and U.S. dollar value of the 
defense articles or defense services; the type and U.S. dollar value of 
any consideration received or expected to be received, directly or 
indirectly, by any person who participated in the brokering activities, 
and the source thereof.
    (c) If there were no brokering activities, the report shall certify 
that there were no such activities.
    29. Section 129.11 is added to read as follows:


Sec.  129.11  Maintenance of Brokering Records by Registrants.

    A person who is required to register pursuant to this part 
(including those registered in accordance with Sec.  129.3(d) of this 
subchapter) must maintain records concerning brokering activities in 
accordance with Sec.  122.5 of this subchapter.

     Dated: December 12, 2011.
Ellen O. Tauscher,
Under Secretary, Arms Control and International Security, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2011-32432 Filed 12-16-11; 8:45 am]
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