[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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