2024-22041: International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services; Extension of Comment Period
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The Department of State is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published July 29, 2024. The original comment period required submission of comments on or before September 27, 2024. In response to requests from the public, the Department extends the comment period through October 15, 2024.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
The rule, in full
439 words as published, September 25, 2024. View the original →
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 78278] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-22041] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF STATE 22 CFR Parts 120 and 121 [Public Notice: 12552; DOS-2024-0023] RIN 1400-AF29 International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services; Extension of Comment Period
Agency
Department of State.
Action
Proposed rule; extension of comment period. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary
The Department of State is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published July 29, 2024. The original comment period required submission of comments on or before September 27, 2024. In response to requests from the public, the Department extends the comment period through October 15, 2024.
Dates
The comment period for the proposed rule published July 29, 2024, at 89 FR 60980, is extended. Comments should be received on or before October 15, 2024.
Addresses
Interested parties may submit comments by one of the following methods: Email: [email protected] with the subject line: ``Regulatory Change: Defense Service Definition''. Internet: At www.regulations.gov, search for this notice, by docket number DOS-2024-0023. Additional instructions regarding submission of comments can be found in the document published at 89 FR 60980, July 29, 2024.
For Further Information Contact
Sarah Heidema, Director, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, Department of State, telephone (202) 663-1282; email [email protected]. ATTN: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services.
Supplementary Information
On July 29, 2024, the Department of State published a proposed rule proposing revisions to the definition of defense service at 22 CFR 120.32 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CFR parts 120 through 130) and to the United States Munitions List at 22 CFR 121.1 (89 FR 60980). On the same day, the Department of Commerce published a complementary proposed rule proposing changes to existing restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730 through 744) on military and intelligence end uses and end users and related controls on certain activities of U.S. persons, as well as the proposed addition of a military-support end-user control (89 FR 60985). In response to requests from the public received by the Department of Commerce, and due to their plan to extend the comment period for their complementary proposed rule for 15 more days, as published via separate notice, the Department of State is similarly extending the comment period for its proposed rule for 15 days. Stanley L. Brown, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024-22041 Filed 9-23-24; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4710-25-P
What this changes
Amends 2 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
Rulemaking docket
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Proposed Rule July 29, 2024International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services
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Proposed Rule September 25, 2024International Traffic in Arms: Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services
Public comments
What people are saying
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Anonymous Anonymous 2024-10-21
“See attached letter addressing the State Department’s ultra vires (in excess of statutory authority) controls on forms of assistance that do not transfer technical data relating to defense articles.”
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Anonymous Anonymous 2024-10-21
“Does the Department of State Hate Americans? The Number on the contact for more information leads to operators who refuse to identify themselves to create transparency and worse treat you like you are an enemy, Its Unbecoming of Honesty and Integrity in the Providing of assistance to Members of the Union. The Office of the General-Executor Is-an Independent, non-political, non-profit Organization of the Federal Union; We pride ourselves on preserving the the the foundation of the Founding-Fathers at a time were the world around us is ever evolving. Someone Wise once said "only an idiot woul...”
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University of California, Office of the President 2024-10-21
“Please see the attached document for comments from the University of California system on the proposed rulemaking: International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services, RIN 0694-AI35.”
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Professional Services Council 2024-10-21
“On behalf of the Professional Services Council (PSC), I am pleased to submit brief comments on the Department of State’s (the Department’s) proposed rule, “International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls Related to Defense Services,” as published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2024 (Docket ID: DOS-2024-0023). This proposed rule would revise the definition of defense service and the scope of related controls in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), reflecting a Department review of the current definition at ITAR §120.32. The Department int...”
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Association of University Export Control Officers (AUECO) 2024-10-21
“See attached file(s)”
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Documents
- Full text (Federal Register) · September 25, 2024
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