Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2022 / Notices 19477 

1ECRA was enacted on August 13, 2018, as part 

of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and as 

amended is codified at 50 U.S.C. 4801–4852. 

2The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2021). 

3The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is 

the authorizing official for issuance of denial orders 

pursuant to recent amendments to the Regulations 

(85 FR 73411, November 18, 2020). 

from any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, no person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export, reexport, or transfer (incountry) to or on behalf of the Denied 

Person any item subject to the 

Regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 

the Denied Person of the ownership, 

possession, or control of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States, including financing or other 

support activities related to a 

transaction whereby the Denied Person 

acquires or attempts to acquire such 

ownership, possession or control; 

C. Take any action to acquire from or 

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted 

acquisition from the Denied Person of 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been exported from the United 

States; 

D. Obtain from the Denied Person in 

the United States any item subject to the 

Regulations with knowledge or reason 

to know that the item will be, or is 

intended to be, exported from the 

United States; or 

E. Engage in any transaction to service 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been or will be exported from the 

United States and which is owned, 

possessed or controlled by the Denied 

Person, or service any item, of whatever 

origin, that is owned, possessed or 

controlled by the Denied Person if such 

service involves the use of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States. For purposes of this paragraph, 

servicing means installation, 

maintenance, repair, modification or 

testing. 

Third, pursuant to Section 1760(e) of 

the Export Control Reform Act (50 

U.S.C. 4819(e)) and Sections 766.23 and 

766.25 of the Regulations, any other 

person, firm, corporation, or business 

organization related to Perez-Barragan 

by ownership, control, position of 

responsibility, affiliation, or other 

connection in the conduct of trade or 

business may also be made subject to 

the provisions of this Order in order to 

prevent evasion of this Order. 

Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of 

the Regulations, Perez-Barragan may file 

an appeal of this Order with the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 

Security. The appeal must be filed 

within 45 days from the date of this 

Order and must comply with the 

provisions of Part 756 of the 

Regulations. 

Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to Perez-Barragan and shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Sixth, this Order is effective 

immediately and shall remain in effect 

until May 23, 2026. 

John Sonderman, 

Director, Office of Export Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07044 Filed 4–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Guadalupe Horacio 

Garza-Cavazos, Inmate Number: 

87312–479, FCI Butner Low, Federal 

Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 999, 

Butner, NC 27509; Order Denying 

Export Privileges 

On October 3, 2019, in the U.S. 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Texas, Guadalupe Horacio GarzaCavazos (‘‘Garza-Cavazos’’) was 

convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 554(a). 

Specifically, Garza-Cavazos was 

convicted of fraudulently and 

knowingly exporting and sending or 

attempting to export and send from the 

United States to Mexico, (1) SIG Sauer 

.380 Auto, (1) Beretta .22 LR, (1) Glock 

17 9mm, (1) Glock 19 9mm, (1) Smith 

and Wesson 9mm, (1) SIG Sauer 9mm, 

(2) 20 round boxes of .308 caliber 

ammunition, (1) 20 round box of .30–30 

caliber ammunition, and 12 pistol 

magazines, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 554. 

As a result of his conviction, the Court 

sentenced Garza-Cavazos to 46 months 

in prison and a $100 assessment. 

Pursuant to section 1760(e) of the 

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),1

the export privileges of any person who 

has been convicted of certain offenses, 

including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 

554, may be denied for a period of up 

to ten (10) years from the date of his/her 

conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e). In 

addition, any Bureau of Industry and 

Security (‘‘BIS’’) licenses or other 

authorizations issued under ECRA, in 

which the person had an interest at the 

time of the conviction, may be revoked. 

Id. 

BIS received notice of GarzaCavazos’s conviction for violating 18 

U.S.C. 554. As provided in Section 

766.25 of the Export Administration 

Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or the 

‘‘Regulations’’), BIS provided notice and 

an opportunity for Garza-Cavazos to 

make a written submission to BIS. 15 

CFR 766.25.2 BIS has not received a 

written submission from Garza-Cavazos. 

Based upon my review of the record 

and consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Exporter Services, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Garza-Cavazos’s 

export privileges under the regulations 

for a period of 10 years from the date of 

Garza-Cavazos’s conviction. The Office 

of Exporter Services has also decided to 

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which 

Garza-Cavazos had an interest at the 

time of his conviction.3

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

October 3, 2029, Guadalupe Horacio 

Garza-Cavazos, with a last known 

address of Inmate Number: 87312–479, 

FCI Butner Low Federal Correctional 

Institution, P.O. Box 999, Butner, NC 

27509, and when acting for or on his 

behalf, his successors, assigns, 

employees, agents or representatives 

(‘‘the Denied Person’’), may not directly 

or indirectly participate in any way in 

any transaction involving any 

commodity, software or technology 

(hereinafter collectively referred to as 

‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from 

the United States that is subject to the 

Regulations, including, but not limited 

to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, license exception, or export 

control document; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported from the United States that is 

subject to the Regulations, or engaging 

in any other activity subject to the 

Regulations; or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

that is subject to the regulations, or from 

any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, no person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export, reexport, or transfer (incountry) to or on behalf of the Denied 

Person any item subject to the 

regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 

the Denied Person of the ownership, 


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19478 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2022 / Notices 

1ECRA was enacted on August 13, 2018, as part 

of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and as 

amended is codified at 50 U.S.C. 4801–4852. 

2The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2021). 

3The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is 

the authorizing official for issuance of denial 

orders, pursuant to recent amendments to the 

Regulations (85 FR 73411, November 18, 2020). 

possession, or control of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States, including financing or other 

support activities related to a 

transaction whereby the Denied Person 

acquires or attempts to acquire such 

ownership, possession or control; 

C. Take any action to acquire from or 

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted 

acquisition from the Denied Person of 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been exported from the United 

States; 

D. Obtain from the Denied Person in 

the United States any item subject to the 

Regulations with knowledge or reason 

to know that the item will be, or is 

intended to be, exported from the 

United States; or 

E. Engage in any transaction to service 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been or will be exported from the 

United States and which is owned, 

possessed or controlled by the Denied 

Person, or service any item, of whatever 

origin, that is owned, possessed or 

controlled by the Denied Person if such 

service involves the use of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States. For purposes of this paragraph, 

servicing means installation, 

maintenance, repair, modification or 

testing. 

Third, pursuant to section 1760(e) of 

ECRA and sections 766.23 and 766.25 of 

the Regulations, any other person, firm, 

corporation, or business organization 

related to Garza-Cavazos by ownership, 

control, position of responsibility, 

affiliation, or other connection in the 

conduct of trade or business may also be 

made subject to the provisions of this 

Order in order to prevent evasion of this 

Order. 

Fourth, in accordance with part 756 of 

the regulations, Garza-Cavazos may file 

an appeal of this Order with the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 

Security. The appeal must be filed 

within 45 days from the date of this 

Order and must comply with the 

provisions of part 756 of the regulations. 

Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to Garza-Cavazos and shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Sixth, this Order is effective 

immediately and shall remain in effect 

until October 3, 2029. 

John Sonderman, 

Director, Office of Export Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07046 Filed 4–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Hicham Diab, Mar 

Maroun Street, Tedros Building, 6th 

Floor, Tripoli, Lebanon; Order Denying 

Export Privileges 

On June 11, 2019, in the U.S. District 

Court for the Western District of 

Washington, Hicham Diab (‘‘Diab’’) was 

convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 371. 

Specifically, Diab was convicted of 

knowingly and intentionally conspiring 

to willfully export firearms, defense 

articles designated on the United States 

Munitions List, from the United States 

to Lebanon, without having obtained 

from the United States Department of 

State a license or written approval for 

the export of these defense articles, in 

violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. As a result 

of his conviction, the Court sentenced 

Diab to 18 months imprisonment and a 

$200 assessment. 

Pursuant to Section 1760(e) of the 

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),1

the export privileges of any person who 

has been convicted of certain offenses, 

including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 

371, may be denied for a period of up 

to ten (10) years from the date of his/her 

conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e) (Prior 

Convictions). In addition, any Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS) licenses or 

other authorizations issued under 

ECRA, in which the person had an 

interest at the time of the conviction, 

may be revoked. Id. 

BIS received notice of Diab’s 

conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. 371 

and has provided notice and 

opportunity for Diab to make a written 

submission to BIS, as provided in 

Section 766.25 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or 

the ‘‘Regulations’’). 15 CFR 766.25.2 BIS 

has not received a written submission 

from Diab. 

Based upon my review of the record 

and consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Exporter Services, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Diab’s export 

privileges under the Regulations for a 

period of 10 years from the date of 

Diab’s conviction. The Office of 

Exporter Services has also decided to 

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which 

Diab had an interest at the time of his 

conviction.3

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

June 11, 2029, Hicham Diab, with a last 

known address of Mar Maroun Street, 

Tedros Building, 6th Floor, Tripoli, 

Lebanon, and when acting for or on his 

behalf, his successors, assigns, 

employees, agents or representatives 

(‘‘the Denied Person’’), may not directly 

or indirectly participate in any way in 

any transaction involving any 

commodity, software or technology 

(hereinafter collectively referred to as 

‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from 

the United States that is subject to the 

Regulations, including, but not limited 

to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, license exception, or export 

control document; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported from the United States that is 

subject to the Regulations, or engaging 

in any other activity subject to the 

Regulations; or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

that is subject to the Regulations, or 

from any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, no person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export, reexport, or transfer (incountry) to or on behalf of the Denied 

Person any item subject to the 

Regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 

the Denied Person of the ownership, 

possession, or control of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States, including financing or other 

support activities related to a 

transaction whereby the Denied Person 

acquires or attempts to acquire such 

ownership, possession or control; 

C. Take any action to acquire from or 

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted 

acquisition from the Denied Person of 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been exported from the United 

States; 

D. Obtain from the Denied Person in 

the United States any item subject to the 


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