State Department Request for Comments
On February 2, the Department of State published a notice (83 FR 5970) seeking comments on the following topics as they relate to U.S. Munitions List (USML) Categories V (Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and Their Constituents), X (Personal Protective Equipment), and XI (Military Electronics). Specifically, the notice requests comments on the following issues:
- Emerging and new technologies that are appropriately controlled by one of the referenced categories, but which are not currently described in subject categories or not described with sufficient clarity.
- Defense articles that are described in subject categories, but which have entered into normal commercial use since the most recent revisions to the category at issue. For such comments, be sure to include documentation to support claims that defense articles have entered into normal commercial use.
- Defense articles for which commercial use is proposed, intended, or anticipated in the next 5 years.
- Drafting or other technical issues in the text of all of the referenced categories.
- Comments regarding USML Category XI paragraph (b) modification.
- Potential cost savings to private entities from shifting control of specific commercial items from USML to the Export Administration Regulations. To the extent possible, please quantify the cost of compliance with USML control of commercial items, to include the time saved, the reduction in paperwork, and any other cost savings for a particular change.
Comments may be submitted by internet at www.regulations.gov (Docket No. DOS–2017–0017) or by email to DDTCPublicComments@ state.gov through April 13, 2018. Comments will be published and should not include proprietary or other sensitive information.
For the current USML categories, click here.
Commerce Department Request for Comments
In a related notice (83 FR 5968), the Department of Commerce requests comments on the following Commerce Control List (CCL) ECCNs (Export Control Classification Numbers): energetic materials (1B608, 1C608, 1D608 and 1E608); armored and protective equipment (1A613, 1B613, 1D613, 1E613); military electronics (3A611, 3B611, 3D611 and 3E611); and cryogenic and superconducting equipment (9A620, 9B620, 9D620 and 9E620). Specifically, the notice requests comments on the efficacy of the previous revisions, how to improve the implementation of these 600 series items on the CCL, and the potential cost savings of shifting control of these specific items from the USML to the CCL.
Comments may be submitted by internet at www.regulations.gov (Docket No BIS–2018–0004) through April 13, 2018. Comments will be published and should not include proprietary or other sensitive information.
For the current CCL categories click here.