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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4276 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4276

To amend the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 to provide that the export of certain commercial communications 
   satellites and associated equipment be regulated solely under the 
                   Export Administration Act of 1979.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1994

Ms. Harman (for herself and Mr. Berman) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 to provide that the export of certain commercial communications 
   satellites and associated equipment be regulated solely under the 
                   Export Administration Act of 1979.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REGULATION OF EXPORT OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS 
              SATELLITES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT UNDER THE EXPORT 
              ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.

    (a) Amendment to Arms Export Control Act.--Subsection (a) of 
section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``In exercising the 
        authorities'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph 
        (4), in exercising the authorities''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) The export of commercial communications satellites, including 
all integral components of such satellites, which are designed for 
civil applications, including items necessary to achieve the ultimate 
orbit location of such satellites, and associated ground and test 
equipment, when exported as part of a satellite system for purposes of 
launch, shall be regulated only by the Secretary of Commerce under the 
Export Administration Act of 1979.''.
    (b) Amendment to Export Administration Act of 1979.--Section 17 of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2416) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Regulation of Export of Certain Commercial Communications 
Satellites Solely Under This Act.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the export of commercial communications satellites, including 
all integral components of such satellites, which are designed for 
civil applications, including items necessary to achieve the ultimate 
orbit location of such satellites, and associated ground and test 
equipment, when exported as part of a satellite system for purposes of 
launch, shall be regulated under this Act. The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, 
shall prohibit the unauthorized transfer of missile equipment, data, or 
technology that are components of any such satellite which is 
authorized for export.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply only with respect to the export of satellites on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

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