[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58449-58450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20418]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 560


Publication of Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations Web 
General License M and Subsequent Iterations

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of web general licenses.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing three general licenses (GLs) issued in the 
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions program: GLs M, M-1, and M-2, each 
of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL M-2 was issued on August 25, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for 
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & 
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/ofac.

Background

    On October 29, 2020, OFAC issued GL M to authorize certain 
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Iranian Transaction and 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560. GL M had an expiration date of 
September 1, 2021. On August 24, 2021, OFAC issued GL M-1, which 
replaced and superseded GL M and had an expiration date of September 1, 
2022. On August 25, 2022, OFAC issued GL M-2, which replaced and 
superseded GL M-1 and has an expiration date of September 1, 2023. All 
three GLs were made available on OFAC's website (www.treas.gov/ofac) at 
the time of publication. The text of GLs M, M-1, and M-2 is provided 
below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 560

GENERAL LICENSE M

Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational 
Services and Software

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic 
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S. 
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are 
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1, 
2021, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian 
students described in paragraph (b):
    (1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online 
educational services related to graduate educational courses, 
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily 
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the 
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, or are introductory 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses ordinarily 
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the 
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, and participation in 
all activities related to the provision of such online educational 
services to Iranian students described in paragraph (b).
    (2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to 
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate 
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of 
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General 
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR 
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
    (b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are 
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are 
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant 
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic 
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S. 
State Department, but are not physically present in the United 
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    (c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or 
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran 
or any other person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.

    Note 1 to General License M: The importation from Iran and the 
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as 
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise, 
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the 
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).


    Note 2 to General License M: U.S. persons are authorized to 
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran 
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and 
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and 
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General 
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.


Andrea Gacki,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: October 29, 2020.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 560

GENERAL LICENSE M-1

Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational 
Services and Software

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic 
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S. 
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are 
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1, 
2022, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian 
students described in paragraph (b):
    (1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online 
educational services related to graduate educational courses, 
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily 
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the 
humanities, social sciences, law, or

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business, or are introductory science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics courses ordinarily required for the completion of 
graduate degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, law, or 
business, and participation in all activities related to the 
provision of such online educational services to Iranian students 
described in paragraph (b).
    (2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to 
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate 
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of 
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General 
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR 
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
    (b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are 
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are 
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant 
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic 
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S. 
State Department, but are not physically present in the United 
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    (c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or 
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran 
or any other person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.
    (d) Effective August 24, 2021, General License M, dated October 
29, 2020, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General 
License M-1.

    Note 1 to General License M-1. The importation from Iran and the 
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as 
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise, 
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the 
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).


    Note 2 to General License M-1. U.S. persons are authorized to 
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran 
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and 
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and 
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General 
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.

Bradley T. Smith,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: August 24, 2021.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 560

GENERAL LICENSE M-2

Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational 
Services and Software

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic 
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S. 
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are 
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1, 
2023, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian 
students described in paragraph (b):
    (1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online 
educational services related to graduate educational courses, 
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily 
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the 
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, or are introductory 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses ordinarily 
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the 
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, and participation in 
all activities related to the provision of such online educational 
services to Iranian students described in paragraph (b).
    (2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to 
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate 
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of 
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General 
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR 
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
    (b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are 
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are 
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant 
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic 
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S. 
State Department, but are not physically present in the United 
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    (c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or 
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran 
or any other person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.
    (d) Effective August 25, 2022, General License M-1, dated August 
24, 2021, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General 
License M-2.

    Note 1 to General License M-2. The importation from Iran and the 
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as 
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise, 
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the 
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).


    Note 2 to General License M-2. U.S. persons are authorized to 
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran 
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and 
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and 
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General 
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.

Bradley T. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: August 25, 2022.

Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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