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AEA PA E2 Reading, PA [Amended] 

Reading Regional Airport/Carl A. Spaatz 

Field, PA 

(Lat. 40°22′43′′ N, long. 75°57′55′′ W) 

That airspace extending from the surface 

within a 4.8-mile radius of Reading Regional/ 

Carl A. Spaatz Field. This Class E airspace 

area is effective during specific dates and 

times established in advance by a Notice to 

Airmen. The effective date and time will 

thereafter be continuously published in the 

Chart Supplement. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E2 Williamsport, PA [Amended] 

Williamsport Regional Airport, PA 

(Lat. 41°14′30′′ N, long. 76°55′19′′ W) 

Williamsport Regional Airport ILS localizer 

(Lat. 41°14′17′′ N, long. 76°56′17′′ W) 

Within a 4.2-mile radius of Williamsport 

Regional Airport. This Class E airspace area 

is effective during the specific dates and 

times established in advance by a Notice to 

Airmen. The effective date and time will 

thereafter be continuously published in the 

Chart Supplement. 

Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace 

Designated as an Extension to a Class D 

Surface Area. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E4 Lancaster, PA [Amended] 

Lancaster Airport, PA 

(Lat. 40°07′21′′ N, long. 76°17′40′′ W) 

Lancaster VORTAC 

(Lat. 40°07′12′′ N, long. 76°17′29′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 2.7 miles each side of the 

Lancaster VORTAC 260° radial extending 

from the VORTAC to 7.4 miles west of the 

VORTAC, and within 2.7 miles each side of 

the Lancaster VORTAC 128° radial extending 

from the VORTAC to 7.4 miles southeast of 

the VORTAC, and within 1.8 miles each side 

of the Lancaster VORTAC 055° radial 

extending from the VORTAC to 4.4 miles 

northeast of the VORTAC. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E4 Reading, PA [Amended] 

Reading Regional Airport/Carl A. Spaatz 

Field, PA 

(Lat. 40°22′43′′ N, long. 75°57′55′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface within 4 miles either side of the 172° 

bearing from Reading Regional/Carl A. 

Spaatz Field extending from the 4.8-mile 

radius of the airport to 10.1 miles south of 

the airport. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E4 Williamsport, PA [Amended] 

Williamsport Regional Airport, PA 

(Lat. 41°14′30′′ N, long. 76°55′19′′ W) 

Williamsport Regional Airport ILS localizer 

(Lat. 41°14′17′′ N, long. 76°56′17′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface from the 4.2-mile radius of 

Williamsport Regional Airport extending 

clockwise from a 270° bearing to the 312° 

bearing from the airport and within an 11.3- 

mile radius of the airport extending 

clockwise from the 312° bearing to the 350° 

bearing from the airport and within an 11.3- 

mile radius of the airport extending 

clockwise from the 004° bearing to the 099° 

bearing from the airport and within 3.5 miles 

south of the airport east localizer course 

extending from the 4.2-mile radius of the 

airport east to the 099° bearing from the 

airport. 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Reading, PA [Amended] 

Reading Regional Airport/Carl A. Spaatz 

Field, PA 

(Lat. 40°22′43′′ N, long. 75°57′55′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 10.3-mile 

radius of Reading Regional/Carl A. Spaatz 

Field. 

* * * * * 

AEA PA E5 Williamsport, PA [Amended] 

Williamsport Regional Airport, PA 

(Lat. 41°14′30′′ N, long. 76°55′19′′ W) 

Picture Rocks NDB 

(Lat. 41°16′37′′ N, long. 76°42′36′′ W) 

Williamsport Hospital, Point In Space 

Coordinates 

(Lat. 41°14′43′′ N, long. 77°00′04′′ W) 

Williamsport Regional Airport ILS localizer 

(Lat. 41°14′17′′ N, long. 76°56′17′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within a 17.9-mile 

radius of Williamsport Regional Airport 

extending clockwise from the 025° bearing to 

the 067° bearing from the airport, and within 

a 12.6-mile radius of Williamsport Regional 

Airport extending clockwise from the 067° 

bearing to a 099° bearing from the airport, 

and within a 6.7-mile radius of Williamsport 

Regional Airport extending clockwise from 

the 099° bearing to the 270° bearing from the 

airport, and within a 17.9-mile radius of 

Williamsport Regional Airport extending 

clockwise from the 270° bearing to the 312° 

bearing from the airport and within a 19.6- 

mile radius of Williamsport Regional Airport 

extending clockwise from the 312° bearing to 

the 350° bearing from the airport and within 

a 6.7-mile radius of Williamsport Regional 

Airport extending clockwise from the 350° 

bearing to the 025° bearing from the airport 

and within 4.4 miles each side of the 

Williamsport Regional Airport ILS localizer 

east course extending from the Picture Rocks 

NDB to 11.3 miles east of the NDB; and that 

airspace within a 6-mile radius of the point 

in space (Lat. 41°14′43′′ N, long. 77°00′04′′ W) 

serving Williamsport Hospital. 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 26, 

2018. 

Shawn Reddinger, 

Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 

Organization. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

15 CFR Parts 738, 740, 743, 758 and 

772 

[Docket No. 180228229–8229–01] 

RIN 0694–AH49 

U.S.-India Major Defense Partners: 

Implementation Under the Export 

Administration Regulations of India’s 

Membership in the Wassenaar 

Arrangement and Addition of India to 

Country Group A:5 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this rule, the Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS) amends the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) to formally recognize and 

implement India’s membership in the 

Wassenaar Arrangement (Wassenaar or 

WA). Further, BIS removes India from 

Country Group A:6 and places it in 

Country Group A:5. This action befits 

India’s status as a Major Defense Partner 

and recognizes the country’s 

membership in three of the four export 

control regimes: Missile Technology 

Control Regime (MTCR), WA and 

Australia Group (AG). This rule is 

another in the series of rules that 

implement reforms to which the United 

States and India mutually agreed to 

promote global nonproliferation, expand 

high technology cooperation and trade, 

and ultimately facilitate India’s full 

membership in the four multilateral 

export control regimes (Nuclear 

Suppliers Group, MTCR, WA, and AG). 

This rule also makes conforming 

amendments. 

DATES: This rule is effective August 3, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chantal Lakatos, Office of 

Nonproliferation and Treaty 

Compliance, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, by phone: 202–482–1739 or by 

email: Chantal.Lakatos@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The United States and India continue 

their commitment to work together to 

strengthen the global nonproliferation 

and export control framework and 

further transform bilateral export 

control cooperation to recognize the full 

potential of the global strategic 

partnership between the two countries. 

This commitment has been realized in 

the two countries’ mutually agreed upon 


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steps to expand cooperation in civil 

space, defense, and other hightechnology sectors and the 

complementary steps of the United 

States to remove India defense and 

space-related entities from the Entity 

List, realign India in U.S. export control 

regulations, and support India’s 

membership in the four multilateral 

export control regimes (Nuclear 

Suppliers Group, Missile Technology 

Control Regime, Wassenaar 

Arrangement and Australia Group). 

To date, with the effective support of 

the United States, India has been 

admitted to three of the four multilateral 

export control regimes: Missile 

Technology Control Regime (MTCR) on 

June 27, 2016, the Wassenaar 

Arrangement (Wassenaar or WA) on 

December 7, 2017 and the Australia 

Group (AG) on January 19, 2018. These 

memberships, important to the two 

countries’ global strategic partnership, 

are enhanced by the United States’ 

recognition of India as a Major Defense 

Partner in the India-U.S. Joint Statement 

of June 7, 2016, entitled, ‘‘The United 

States and India: Enduring Global 

Partners in the 21st Century.’’ This 

recognition facilitates and supports 

India’s military modernization efforts 

with the United States as a reliable 

provider of advanced defense articles. 

Therefore, in this rule, the Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS), formally 

recognizes under the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) 

India’s membership in the WA 

multilateral export control regimes and 

revises the EAR accordingly. Further, in 

this rule, BIS adds India to Country 

Group A:1 in Supplement No. 1 to Part 

740 (Country Groups) of the EAR to 

implement under the EAR India’s status 

as a member of the WA. In addition, to 

export control-related benefits for India 

as a result of prior amendments to the 

EAR in furtherance of the U.S.-India 

global strategic partnership, BIS places 

India in Country Group A:5, which 

provides the benefit of greater 

availability of License Exception 

Strategic Trade Authorization (STA) for 

exports and reexports to, and transfers 

within India under the EAR. 

Countries listed in Country Group A:5 

are countries included in STA 

§ 740.20(c)(1), which authorizes exports, 

reexports and in-country transfers that 

are subject to multiple reasons for 

control. With this rule, India becomes 

the 37th country to join Country Group 

A:5. 

Specific EAR Amendments Recognizing 

and Implementing India’s Membership 

in Wassenaar and Adding India to 

Country Group A:5 

Part 738 

BIS amends Supplement No. 1 to Part 

738, Commerce Country Chart, by 

removing the license requirements for 

National Security Column 2 (NS2) 

reasons. Accordingly, this rule removes 

the ‘‘X’’ in NS Column 2 for India. 

Part 740 

BIS amends Supplement No. 1 to Part 

740 to add, in alphabetical order, India 

to Country Groups A:1 and A:5. 

Conforming Amendments 

Part 738 

Consistent with India’s new 

multilateral export control regime 

status, this rule also removes the first 

sentence of footnote 7 to the Commerce 

Country Chart in Supplement No. 1 to 

Part 738, related to India. This 

amendment removes the requirement 

that exporters file in the Automated 

Export System when items controlled 

for Crime Control Columns 1 and 3 

reasons, and Regional Stability Column 

2 reasons were destined to India. As a 

conforming change, this rule removes 

the word ‘‘Also’’ from the second 

sentence of footnote 7 and capitalizes 

the ‘‘n’’ in ‘‘note’’ since it begins the 

sentence. 

Also, as a conforming change in Part 

738, BIS amends paragraph (b)(3) of 

§ 738.4, related to a sample analysis 

using the Commerce Control List and 

Country Chart to determine when a 

license is required, to remove the name 

‘‘India’’ and replace it with the name 

‘‘Chad.’’ The sample analysis used India 

as an example of a country with NS 

Column 2 controls. That reason for 

control no longer applies to India but 

currently applies to Chad. 

Part 740 

In adding India to Country Group A:5, 

BIS removes India from Country Group 

A:6 to avoid creating conflicting 

eligibility criteria for STA provisions. 

Part 743 

As a member of Wassenaar, India now 

is subject to reporting requirements for 

items controlled under Wassenaar, as 

set forth in Part 743, Special Reporting 

and Notification. Specifically, India is 

added, in alphabetical order, to 

Supplement No. 1 to Part 743, 

Wassenaar Arrangement Participating 

States. 

Part 758 

Also, consistent with India’s 

achievements and status as a Major 

Defense Partner, BIS removes the 

requirement that exporters file certain 

Electronic Export Information in AES as 

set forth in § 758.1(b)(9). Specifically, 

this amendment removes the 

requirement that exporters file in AES 

when items controlled for CC Columns 

1 and 3 reasons and RS Column 2 

reasons are destined to India. This 

reporting requirement had been 

instituted when the license requirement 

for such items was removed (see U.S.- 

India Bilateral Understanding: 

Additional Revisions to the U.S. Export 

and Reexport Controls Under the Export 

Administration Regulations; January 23, 

2015; 80 FR 3463). BIS has determined 

that this reporting requirement is no 

longer necessary. 

Part 772 

In this rule, BIS also adds India, in 

alphabetical order, to the list of 

countries under the term Australia 

Group in § 772.1, Definitions of terms as 

used in the Export Administration 

Regulations (EAR). This updates the 

definition consistent with formal 

recognition of India’s membership in 

the AG in a BIS final rule, entitled 

‘‘Implementation of the February 2017 

Australia Group (AG) Intersessional 

Decisions and June 2017 Plenary 

Understandings; Addition of India to 

the AG’’ (83 FR 13849, April 2, 2018). 

Export Administration Act 

Although the Export Administration 

Act of 1979 expired on August 20, 2001, 

the President, through Executive Order 

13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by 

Executive Order 13637 of March 8, 

2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013) and 

as extended by the Notice of August 15, 

2017, 82 FR 39005 (August 16, 2017), 

has continued the Export 

Administration Regulations in effect 

under the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act. BIS continues to 

carry out the provisions of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979, as 

appropriate and to the extent permitted 

by law, pursuant to Executive Order 

13222, as amended by Executive Order 

13637. 

Rulemaking Requirements 

1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 

direct agencies to assess all costs and 

benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

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effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). Executive Order 13563 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, of 

reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, 

and of promoting flexibility. This rule 

has been designated a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action,’’ although not 

economically significant, under section 

3(f) of Executive Order 12866. 

Accordingly, the rule has been reviewed 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). This rule is not subject 

to the requirements of E.O. 13771 (82 FR 

9339, February 3, 2017) because it is 

issued with respect to a national 

security function of the United States. 

2. Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, no person is required 

to respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.) (PRA), unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. This rule involves 

collections of information approved 

under OMB control number 0694–0088- 

Simplified Network Application 

Processing+ System (SNAP+) and the 

Multipurpose Export License 

Application, which carries an annual 

estimated burden of 31,833 hours; 

0694–0137—License Exceptions and 

Exclusions, which carries an annual 

estimated burden of 29,998 hours; and 

0694–0122—Miscellaneous Licensing 

Responsibilities and Enforcement which 

carries an annual estimated burden of 

104,288 hours. BIS believes that this 

rule will have no significant impact on 

those burdens. In fact, because India has 

been admitted to the MTCR, Wassenaar 

and AG multilateral regimes and is a 

Major Defense Partner, it is listed in 

favored country groups for purposes of 

license requirements, license 

application review policy and 

availability of license exceptions. 

Membership in favored country groups 

generally reduces the number of 

licenses required and increases the 

number of license exceptions available. 

Therefore, BIS believes that this rule 

will reduce the paperwork burden to the 

public. 

Send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of 

Management and Budget, by email at 

jseehra@omb.eop.gov or by fax to (202) 

395–7285. 

3. This rule does not contain policies 

with Federalism implications as that 

term is defined under Executive Order 

13132. 

4. The provisions of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 

553) requiring notice of proposed 

rulemaking and the opportunity for 

public participation, and a delay in 

effective date, are inapplicable because 

this regulation involves a military or 

foreign affairs function of the United 

States (see 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). This rule 

implements decisions of multilateral 

export control regimes, of which the 

United States is a supporting member, 

and the rule furthers the objectives of 

the strategic commitment established 

between the United States and India. 

Delay in implementing this rule to 

obtain public comment would 

undermine the foreign policy objectives 

that the rule is intended to implement. 

Further, no other law requires that a 

notice of proposed rulemaking and an 

opportunity for public comment be 

given for this rule. Because a notice of 

proposed rulemaking and an 

opportunity for public comment are not 

required to be given for this rule under 

5 U.S.C. 553, or by any other law, the 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

not applicable. 

List of Subjects 

15 CFR Part 738 and 772 

Exports. 

15 CFR Parts 740, 743 and 758 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Exports, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 15 CFR Chapter VII, 

Subchapter C is amended as follows: 

PART 738—COMMERCE CONTROL 

LIST OVERVIEW AND THE COUNTRY 

CHART 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 738 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; 10 U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C. 

7430(e); 22 U.S.C. 287c; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et 

seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 15 

U.S.C. 1824a; 50 U.S.C. 4305; 22 U.S.C. 7201 

et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 

58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 

13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 

783; Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 FR 39005 

(August 16, 2017). 

■ 2. Section 738.4 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b)(3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 738.4 Determining whether a license is 

required. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) Sample analysis. After consulting 

the CCL, I determine my item, valued at 

$10,000, is classified under ECCN 

2A000.a. I read that the entire entry is 

controlled for national security, and 

anti-terrorism reasons. Because my item 

is classified under paragraph .a, and not 

.b, I understand that though nuclear 

nonproliferation controls apply to a 

portion of the entry, they do not apply 

to my item. I note that the appropriate 

Country Chart column identifiers are NS 

Column 2 and AT Column 1. Turning to 

the Country Chart, I locate my specific 

destination, Chad, and see that an ‘‘X’’ 

appears in the NS Column 2 cell for 

Chad, but not in the AT Column 1 cell. 

I understand that a license is required, 

unless my transaction qualifies for a 

License Exception. From the License 

Exception LVS value listed in the entry, 

I know immediately that my proposed 

transaction exceeds the value limitation 

associated with LVS. Noting that 

License Exception GBS is ‘‘Yes’’ for this 

entry, I turn to part 740 of the EAR to 

review the provisions related to use of 

GBS. 

■ 3. In Supplement No. 1 to Part 738 

revise the entry for India to read as 

follows: 


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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PART 738—COMMERCE COUNTRY CHART

[Reason for control] 

Countries 

Chemical 

and 

biological 

weapons 

Nuclear 

nonproliferation 

National 

security 

Missile 

tech 

Regional 

stability 

Firearms 

convention 

Crime 

control 

Anti-terrorism 

CB 

1 

CB 

2 

CB 

3 

NP 1 NP 2 NS 1 NS 2 MT 1 RS 1 RS 2 FC 1 

CC 

1 

CC 

2 

CC 

3 AT 1 AT 2 

*******

India 7 ............................................................. X ...... ...... X .......... X ........ X X ........ ................ ...... ...... ...... ........ ........

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

7 Note that a license is still required for items controlled under ECCNs 6A003.b.4.b and 9A515.e for RS column 2 reasons when destined to India. 

* * * * * 

PART 740—LICENSE EXCEPTIONS 

■ 4. The authority citation for part 740 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; E.O. 

13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 

228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 

FR 39005 (August 16, 2017). 

■ 5. In Supplement No. 1 to part 740, in 

Country Group A, revise the entry for 

‘‘India’’ to read as follows: 

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PART 740—COUNTRY GROUPS

COUNTRY GROUP A 

Country 

[A:1] 

Wassenaar 

participating 

states 1

[A:2] 

Missile 

technology 

control 

regime 

[A:3] 

Australia 

group 

[A:4] 

Nuclear 

suppliers 

group 2

[A:5] [A:6] 

*******

India .............................................. X X X .......................... X ..........................

*******

1 Country Group A:1 is a list of the Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States, except for Malta, Russia and Ukraine. 

2 Country Group A:4 is a list of the Nuclear Suppliers Group countries, except for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). 

* * * * * 

PART 743—SPECIAL REPORTING AND 

NOTIFICATION 

■ 6. The authority citation for part 743 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 

2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 

3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 223; 78 FR 16129; 

Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 FR 39005 

(August 16, 2017). 

Supplement No. 1 to Part 743 

[Amended] 

■ 7. Supplement No. 1 to part 743— 

Wassenaar Arrangement Participating 

States is amended by adding ‘‘India’’ in 

alphabetical order after ‘‘Hungary’’. 

PART 758—EXPORT CLEARANCE 

REQUIREMENTS 

■ 8. The authority citation for part 758 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 

2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 15, 

2017, 82 FR 39005 (August 16, 2017). 

§ 758.1 [Amended] 

■ 9. Section 758.1 is amended by 

removing paragraph (b)(9). 

PART 772—DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 

■ 10. The authority citation for part 772 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 

2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 15, 

2017, 82 FR 39005 (August 16, 2017). 

§ 772.1 [Amended] 

■ 11. Amend the definition of Australia 

Group in § 772.1 by adding ‘‘India’’, in 

alphabetical order, after ‘‘Iceland,’’. 

Dated: July 31, 2018. 

Richard E. Ashooh, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16691 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

15 CFR Part 740 

[Docket No. 180228230–8230–01] 

RIN 0694–AH52 

Revision of Export and Reexport 

License Requirements for Republic of 

South Sudan Under the Export 

Administration Regulations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this rule, the Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS) is amending 

the Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) to conform to the Department of 

State’s (State) amendment of February 

14, 2018 to the International Traffic in 

Arms Regulations (ITAR) that placed 

restrictions on exports of defense 

articles (and defense services) to the 

Republic of South Sudan (South Sudan). 

The State action reflected a policy 

determination by the Secretary of State 


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