[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 162 (Monday, August 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41471-41472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16231]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12804]
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Rescission of Statutory
Debarment of Dominick DeQuarto, Under the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has
rescinded the statutory debarment of Dominick DeQuarto, included in
Federal Register (FR) notice of May 20, 2020 (85 FR 30783).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jae Shin, Director, Office of Defense
Trade Controls Compliance, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs,
Department of State: [email protected], (202) 663-2737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 38(g)(4) of the Arms Export Control
Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(4), prohibits the issuance of licenses or
other
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approvals for the export of defense articles or defense services where
the applicant, or any party to the export, has been convicted of
violating the AECA and other U.S. statutes enumerated in Sec. 38(g)(1)
of the AECA, or if that person, or any party to the export, is
ineligible to receive export licenses (or other forms of authorization
to export) from any agency of the United States Government subject to a
narrowly defined statutory exception. In addition, Sec. 127.7(b) of
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) provides for the
statutory debarment of any person who has been convicted of violating
or conspiring to violate the AECA. As stated in this provision of the
ITAR, it is the policy of the Department not to consider applications
for licenses or requests for approvals involving any person who has
been statutorily debarred. Persons subject to statutory debarment are
prohibited from participating directly or indirectly in any activities
that are subject to the ITAR.
Dominick DeQuarto pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the AECA,
and the Department notified the public of his statutory debarment,
imposed pursuant to ITAR Sec. 127.7(c), in Federal Register (FR) 85 FR
30783, May 20, 2020, corrected by 85 FR 39967 on July 2, 2020. The FR
notice provided that Dominick DeQuarto (whose last name was spelled as
Dequarto in both FR notices) was ``. . . prohibited from participating
directly or indirectly in activities regulated by the ITAR, including
any brokering activities and any export from or temporary import into
the United States of defense articles, technical data, or defense
services in all situations covered by the ITAR.''
In accordance with ITAR Sec. 127.7(b), the debarred person must
submit a request for reinstatement to the Department of State and be
approved for reinstatement before engaging in any activities subject to
the ITAR. The Department received such a request for reinstatement from
Dominick DeQuarto. The Department has conducted a thorough review of
the circumstances surrounding Dominick DeQuarto's convictions and has
determined that he has taken appropriate steps to address the causes of
the violations sufficient to warrant rescission of his statutory
debarment. Therefore, pursuant to ITAR Sec. 127.7(b), the Department
determines it is no longer in the national security and foreign policy
interests of the United States to maintain the policy as applied to
Dominick DeQuarto, and the Department hereby rescinds Dominick
DeQuarto's statutory debarment as published in 85 FR 30783, May 20,
2020, and the corrected FR notice 85 FR 39967, dated July 2, 2020.
The Department notes that 85 FR 39967 also states: Department of
State policy permits debarred persons to apply to the Director, Office
of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, for reinstatement from statutory
debarment beginning one year after the date of the debarment. In
response to a request for reinstatement from statutory debarment, the
Department may determine either to rescind only the statutory debarment
pursuant to Sec. 127.7(b), or to both rescind the statutory debarment
pursuant to Sec. 127.7(b) and reinstate export privileges as described
in Sec. 127.11 of the ITAR. See 84 FR 7411 for discussion on the
Department's policy regarding actions to both rescind the statutory
debarment and reinstate export privileges. However, the reinstatement
of export privileges can be made only after the statutory requirements
of section 38(g)(4) of the AECA have been satisfied.
This notice rescinds the statutory debarment of Dominick DeQuarto
but does not provide notice of reinstatement of export privileges for
Dominick DeQuarto pursuant to the statutory requirements of Sec.
38(g)(4) of the AECA and ITAR Sec. 127.11. And as required by the
AECA, the Department may not issue a license directly to Dominick
DeQuarto except as may be determined on a case-by-case basis after
interagency consultations, a thorough review of the circumstances
surrounding the conviction, and a finding that appropriate steps have
been taken to mitigate any law enforcement concerns. Any determination
by the Department regarding the reinstatement of export privileges for
Dominick DeQuarto will be made in accordance with these statutory and
regulatory requirements and will be the subject of a separate notice.
All otherwise eligible persons may engage in exports of any of Dominick
DeQuarto's manufactured defense articles, incorporate any of Dominick
DeQuarto's manufactured items into defense articles for export, or
otherwise engage in transactions subject to the ITAR without providing
prior written notification of Dominick DeQuarto's involvement as
otherwise required by ITAR Sec. 127.1(d) and the transaction exception
requirements of the Federal Register notice of statutory debarment.
Brent T. Christensen,
Senior Official, performing the functions of the Under Secretary, Arms
Control and International Security, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-16231 Filed 8-22-25; 8:45 am]
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