On February 9, 2016, the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a proposed rule to amend Categories VIII and XIX of the United States Munitions List (USML), which control aircraft and gas turbine engines, respectively. In parallel, BIS issued a proposed rule to amend parts of the Commerce Control List (CCL) that control military aircraft and gas turbine engines to clarify the types of military aircraft controlled on the CCL. The changes made by both DDTC and BIS are in furtherance of Export Control Reform, an interagency initiative designed to revise U.S. export control regulations to ensure that export controls do not inadvertently control items in normal commercial use, account for technological developments, and properly implement national security and foreign policy objectives. Both DDTC and BIS will accept comments on the proposed changes until March 25, 2016.
For more information, see the BIS and DDTC Proposed Rules published in the Federal Register.
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