[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 36040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15540]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Parts 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 and 
130

[Public Notice: 10799]
RIN 1400-AE29


Consolidation of Exemptions in the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: As part of an ongoing effort to better organize the 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) seeks public comment on consolidating and 
clarifying the various exemptions located throughout the regulations. 
DDTC does not seek input on whether individual exemptions in the ITAR 
should be expanded or eliminated, but rather requests comments 
regarding: Which exemptions, if any, are redundant or could be 
consolidated; and which exemptions, if any, contain language that 
introduces significant ambiguity or hinders the exemption's intended 
use.

DATES: The Department of State will accept comments in response to this 
notice until August 26, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments by one of the 
following methods:
     Email: [email protected] with the subject line, 
``Request for Comments Regarding Consolidation of ITAR Exemptions.''
     Internet: At www.regulations.gov, search for this notice 
using its docket number, DOS-2019-0022.
    Comments submitted through www.regulations.gov will be visible to 
other members of the public; the Department will publish responsive 
comments on the DDTC website (www.pmddtc.state.gov). Therefore, 
commenters are cautioned not to include proprietary or other sensitive 
information in their comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Foster, Regulatory and 
Multilateral Affairs, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, 
Department of State, telephone (202) 663-2811 email 
[email protected]. ATTN: Consolidation of ITAR Exemptions.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls 
(DDTC) of the Department of State regulates the export and temporary 
import of defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control 
Act (AECA) and its implementing regulations, the International Traffic 
in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR parts 120-130). DDTC is engaged in 
an ongoing effort to organize the ITAR more effectively in order to 
further streamline and clarify the subchapter. As part of that effort, 
DDTC seeks public comment on various exemptions located throughout the 
ITAR. Exemptions authorize the export, reexport, retransfer, temporary 
import, or brokering of a specific defense article or defense service 
without a license (as defined in the ITAR) or other written 
authorization.
    DDTC does not seek to broaden or eliminate (unless determined to be 
redundant) existing exemptions in a rulemaking on this issue. Instead, 
its goal is to consolidate the various exemptions located throughout 
the ITAR in a single location and to organize them more effectively. 
All commenters are encouraged to provide comments that are responsive 
specifically to the prompts set forth below.
    The Department requests comment on the topics below. Excluding the 
exemptions currently located in Part 126 of the ITAR:
    1. Which exemptions, if any, are redundant or could be 
consolidated?
    2. Which exemptions, if any, contain language that introduces 
significant ambiguity or hinders the exemption's intended use?
    If the Department issues a notice of proposed rulemaking on this 
topic, it will address responsive comments at that time.

R. Clarke Cooper,
Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-15540 Filed 7-25-19; 8:45 am]
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