[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8618-8619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02993]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:11034]


Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons, 
Including a Ban on U.S. Government Procurement

AGENCY: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons 
have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures 
pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on foreign 
entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran 
since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since 
January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea 
since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled 
under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, 
Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group, 
Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a 
material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction 
(WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category 
includes items of the same kind as those on multilateral lists but 
falling below the control list parameters when it is determined that 
such items have the potential of making a material contribution to WMD 
or cruise or ballistic missile systems, items on U.S. national control 
lists for WMD/missile reasons that are not on multilateral lists, and 
other items with the potential of making such a material contribution 
when added through case-by-case decisions.

DATES: The imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, 
North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act described in this notice 
went into effect February 3, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Pam Durham, Office 
of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of 
International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, 
Telephone (202) 647-4930. For U.S. Government procurement ban issues: 
Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State, 
Telephone: (703) 875-4079.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 3, 2020, the U.S. Government 
applied the measures authorized in Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, 
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Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109-353) against the following 
foreign persons identified in the report submitted pursuant to Section 
2(a) of the Act:
    Baoding Shimaotong Enterprises Services Company Limited (China) and 
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Dandong Zhensheng Trade Co., Ltd. (China) and any successor, sub-
unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Gaobeidian Kaituo Precise Instrument Co. Ltd (China) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Luo Dingwen (Chinese individual);
    Shenzhen Tojoin Communications Technology Co. Ltd (China) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Shenzhen Xiangu High-Tech Co., Ltd (China) and any successor, sub-
unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Wong Myong Son (individual in China);
    Wuhan Sanjiang Import and Export Co., Ltd (China) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) (Iraq) and any successor, sub-unit, 
or subsidiary thereof;
    Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (Russia) and any successor, 
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Instrument Building Design Bureau (KBP) Tula (Russia) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Scientific Production Association Mashinostroyeniya (NPOM) (Russia) 
and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Eren Carbon Graphite Industrial Trading Company, Ltd. (Turkey) and 
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof.
    Accordingly, pursuant to Section 3 of the Act, the following 
measures are imposed on these persons:
    1. No department or agency of the United States Government may 
procure or enter into any contract for the procurement of any goods, 
technology, or services from these foreign persons, except to the 
extent that the Secretary of State otherwise may determine;
    2. No department or agency of the United States Government may 
provide any assistance to these foreign persons, and these persons 
shall not be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the 
United States Government, except to the extent that the Secretary of 
State otherwise may determine;
    3. No United States Government sales to these foreign persons of 
any item on the United States Munitions List are permitted, and all 
sales to these persons of any defense articles, defense services, or 
design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act are 
terminated; and
    4. No new individual licenses shall be granted for the transfer to 
these foreign persons of items the export of which is controlled under 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration 
Regulations, and any existing such licenses are suspended.
    These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments 
and agencies of the United States Government and will remain in place 
for two years from the effective date, except to the extent that the 
Secretary of State may subsequently determine otherwise.

Choo S. Kang,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-02993 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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