[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78835-78836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22146]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Parts 730, 732, 734, 736, 740, and 744

[Docket: 240923-0249]
RIN 0694-AJ43


Proposed Amendments to End-Use and End-User Based Export 
Controls, Including U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and 
Intelligence End Uses and End Users; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 
published in the Federal Register the proposed rule, ``Proposed 
Amendments to End-Use and End-User Based Export Controls, Including 
U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and Intelligence End Uses 
and End Users'' with comments originally due September 27, 2024. This 
notification extends the deadline for written comments to October 15, 
2024. This extension is being made to allow for commenters to have 
additional time to review the proposed rule and to be informed by the 
public outreach that BIS is conducting on the rule in preparing their 
comments. Extending the public comment period will not in any way 
undermine the rule or national security of the United States.

DATES: The comments period for the proposed rule published July 29, 
2024, at 89 FR 60985 is extended. Comments must be received by BIS no 
later than October 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may be submitted to the Federal 
rulemaking portal (www.regulations.gov). The regulations.gov ID for 
this rule is: BIS-2024-0029. Please refer to RIN 0694-AJ43 in all 
comments.
    All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or 
entity submitting the comments as the name of their files, in 
accordance with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business 
confidential information should clearly identify the business 
confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement 
justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority 
claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the submission. For 
comments submitted electronically containing business confidential 
information, the file name of the business confidential version should 
begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing business 
confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS 
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked 
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin 
with the character ``P.'' Any submissions with file names that do not 
begin with either a ``BC'' or a ``P'' will be assumed to be public and 
will be made publicly available through https://www.regulations.gov. 
Commenters submitting business confidential information are encouraged 
to scan a hard copy of the non-confidential version to create an image 
of the file, rather than submitting a digital copy with redactions 
applied, to avoid inadvertent redaction errors which could enable the 
public to read business confidential information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions contact Sharron Cook, 
Senior Export Policy Analyst in the Regulatory Policy Division of the 
Bureau of Industry and Security at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6e5ded7c4c4d9d898d5d9d9ddf6d4dfc598d2d9d598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fead969f8c8c9190d09d919195be9c978dd09a919dd0999188">[email protected]</span></a> or Phone: 
(202) 482-4890. Please refer to RIN 0694-AJ43 in the subject line of 
emails.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 
published in the Federal Register the proposed rule, ``Proposed 
Amendments to End-Use and End-User Based Export Controls, Including 
U.S. Persons Activities Controls: Military and Intelligence End Uses 
and End Users'' (RIN 0694-AJ43)

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(89 FR 60985), which proposed 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 U.S. 
persons activities controls, as well as the proposed addition of a 
military-support end-user control. On that same day, the Department of 
State published a complementary proposed rule entitled ``International 
Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revisions to Definition and Controls 
Related to Defense Services'' (89 FR 60980) proposing a revision 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 
additions to the United States Munitions List at 22 CFR 121.1. In 
response to requests from the regulated community, the Department of 
Commerce is extending the comment period for this rule (RIN 0694-AJ43) 
by 15 days.
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Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-22146 Filed 9-24-24; 4:15 pm]
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