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have been instituted and their existence 

has been made public, unless one of the 

exemptions in section 301(ll)(1) to (4) of 

the FD&C Act applies. In our review of 

this petition, we did not consider 

whether section 301(ll) of the FD&C Act 

or any of its exemptions apply to food 

containing this color additive. 

Accordingly, this order should not be 

construed to be a statement that a food 

containing this color additive, if 

introduced or delivered for introduction 

into interstate commerce, would not 

violate section 301(ll) of the FD&C Act. 

Furthermore, this language is included 

in all color additive orders that pertain 

to food and therefore should not be 

construed to be a statement of the 

likelihood that section 301(ll) of the 

FD&C Act applies. 

X. Objections 

This order is effective as shown in the 

DATES section, except as to any 

provisions that may be stayed by the 

filing of proper objections. If you will be 

adversely affected by one or more 

provisions of this regulation, you may 

file with the Dockets Management Staff 

(see ADDRESSES) either electronic or 

written objections. You must separately 

number each objection, and within each 

numbered objection you must specify 

with particularity the provision(s) to 

which you object, and the grounds for 

your objection. Within each numbered 

objection, you must specifically state 

whether you are requesting a hearing on 

the particular provision that you specify 

in that numbered objection. If you do 

not request a hearing for any particular 

objection, you waive the right to a 

hearing on that objection. If you request 

a hearing, your objection must include 

a detailed description and analysis of 

the specific factual information you 

intend to present in support of the 

objection in the event that a hearing is 

held. If you do not include such a 

description and analysis for any 

particular objection, you waive the right 

to a hearing on the objection. 

Any objections received in response 

to the regulation may be seen in the 

Dockets Management Staff between 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, and will be posted to the docket 

at https://www.regulations.gov. We will 

publish notice of the objections that we 

have received or lack thereof in the 

Federal Register. 

XI. References 

The following references are on 

display at the Dockets Management Staff 

(see ADDRESSES) and are available for 

viewing by interested persons between 

9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday; they are also available 

electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov. Although FDA 

verified the website addresses in this 

document, please note that websites are 

subject to change over time. 

1. Kurtzman C.P., ‘‘Biotechnological Strains 

of Komagataella (Pichia) Pastoris Are 

Komagataella Phaffii as Determined 

From Multigene Sequence Analysis,’’ 

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and 

Biotechnology, 36(11):1435–1438, 2009. 

Doi: 10.1007/s10295–009–0638–4. PMID: 

19760441. 

2. Memorandum from J. Mihalov, Chemistry 

Review Team, Division of Food 

Ingredients (DFI), Office of Food 

Additive Safety (OFAS), Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 

FDA to E. Anderson, DFI, OFAS, 

CFSAN, FDA, August 23, 2024. 

3. Memorandum from S. Choudhuri, 

Toxicology Review Team, DFI, OFAS, 

CFSAN, FDA to E. Anderson, DFI, 

OFAS, CFSAN, FDA, August 23, 2024. 

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 73 

Color additives, Cosmetics, Drugs, 

Foods, Medical devices. 

Therefore, under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under the 

authority delegated to the Commissioner 

of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 73 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 73—LISTING OF COLOR 

ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM 

CERTIFICATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 343, 

348, 351, 352, 355, 361, 362, 371, 379e. 

■ 2. Add § 73.297 to subpart A to read 

as follows: 

§ 73.297 Myoglobin. 

(a) Identity. (1) The color additive 

myoglobin is a stabilized product of 

controlled fermentation of a nonpathogenic and non-toxicogenic strain 

of the yeast, Komagataella phaffii, 

genetically engineered to express the 

myoglobin protein from Bos taurus. 

Myoglobin protein is the principal 

coloring component of the color 

additive and imparts a red color. 

(2) Color additive mixtures made with 

myoglobin may contain only those 

diluents that are suitable and are listed 

in this subpart as safe for use in color 

additive mixtures for coloring foods. 

(b) Specifications. Myoglobin must 

conform to the following specifications 

and must be free from impurities, other 

than those named, to the extent that 

such impurities may be avoided by good 

manufacturing practice: 

(1) Myoglobin protein purity on 

protein basis (weight/weight), not less 

than 85 percent. 

(2) Lead, not more than 0.01 

milligrams per kilogram (0.01 parts per 

million). 

(c) Uses and restrictions. Myoglobin 

may be safely used in ground meat and 

ground poultry analogue products (i.e., 

plant-based ground meat- and poultrylike food products subject to FDA 

regulation) where the amount of 

myoglobin protein does not exceed 2 

percent by weight of the uncooked 

analogue product. 

(d) Labeling. The label of the color 

additive and of any mixture prepared 

therefrom intended solely or in part for 

coloring purposes must conform to 

§ 70.25 of this chapter. 

(e) Exemption from certification. 

Certification of this color additive is not 

necessary for the protection of the 

public health, and therefore, batches 

thereof are exempt from the certification 

requirements of section 721(c) of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

Dated: January 14, 2025. 

P. Ritu Nalubola, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01239 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 121 

[Public Notice: 12441] 

RIN 1400–AF42 

International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations: U.S. Munitions List 

Targeted Revisions 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Interim final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State (the 

Department) amends the International 

Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to 

remove from the U.S. Munitions List 

(USML) items that no longer warrant 

inclusion, add to the USML items that 

warrant inclusion, and clarify certain 

entries. With these amendments, the 

Department also supersedes and thus 

terminates the temporary modification 

to USML Category VIII that was 

published on December 4, 2023, and 

extended on November 26, 2024. 

DATES: 

Effective date: September 15, 2025. 

Comment due date: Send comments 

by March 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit comments to the Department of 

State by any of the following methods: 

• Visit the Regulations.gov website at: 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for the docket number DOS–2024–0047. 


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• Email: DDTCPublicComments@

state.gov. Commenting parties must 

include RIN 1400–AF42 in the subject 

line of the email message. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

other information about electronic 

filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Rasmussen, Office of Defense 

Trade Controls Policy, Department of 

State, telephone (202) 663–2217; email 

DDTCCustomerService@state.gov 

SUBJECT: ITAR Amendment—USML 

Targeted Revisions (RIN 1400–AF42). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of State’s Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) 

administers the ITAR (22 CFR parts 120 

through 130) to, among other things, 

regulate the export, reexport, retransfer, 

and temporary import of the defense 

articles and defense services identified 

on the USML at ITAR § 121.1. Items not 

subject to the ITAR or to the exclusive 

licensing jurisdiction of any other 

department or agency of the U.S. 

Government are subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR, 15 

CFR parts 730 through 774, which 

includes the Commerce Control List 

(CCL) in Supplement No. 1 to part 774). 

The EAR is administered by the Bureau 

of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. 

Department of Commerce. This rule 

does not modify the list of defense 

articles and defense services controlled 

for purposes of permanent import by the 

Attorney General, as enumerated on the 

U.S. Munitions Import List (USMIL) at 

27 CFR 447.21. 

Section 38 of the Arms Export Control 

Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2778), the 

authority from which the ITAR is 

derived, requires periodic review to 

determine what articles and services, if 

any, no longer warrant designation on 

the U.S. Munitions List at 22 CFR 121.1. 

In maintaining the USML, DDTC’s 

Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy 

(DTCP) identifies articles and services 

for review through a variety of methods, 

including informal public and 

interagency comment, commodity 

jurisdiction reviews, advisory opinions, 

and technology monitoring. The 

Department maintains the USML such 

that it comprises those defense articles 

or defense services that provide a 

critical military or intelligence 

advantage or, in the case of firearms, 

have an inherently military function. 

The Department, informed by 

consultations with its interagency 

partners, determined that the additional 

defense articles this rule designates on 

the USML warrant ITAR control and 

those articles it removes from the USML 

no longer do. This rule also amends 

certain language that describes items on 

the USML to provide additional clarity 

to the regulatory language. 

22 CFR 121.0 

The Department incorporates 

definitional language and abbreviations 

currently found in various notes in the 

USML into 22 CFR 121.0, United States 

Munitions List descriptions and 

definitions. Section 121.0 is amended to 

remove the structure of paragraphs (a) 

and (b) and to add definitions to the 

USML in an alphabetical list. The 

definition previously at § 121.0(b) is 

now listed in its alphabetical order in 

§ 121.0. Current § 121.0(a) is moved to 

the introductory text of § 121.0. 

USML Category II 

In USML Category II, Note 2 to 

paragraph (a)(5) is revised to correct a 

typographical error. 

USML Category IV 

USML Category IV paragraph (c) is 

revised and paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) are 

added to more clearly describe the 

equipment controlled therein, and to 

differentiate between equipment 

specially designed for commodities 

enumerated in paragraphs (a) or (b) of 

Category IV under the new paragraph 

(c)(1), and equipment specially designed 

for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 

under the new paragraph (c)(2), similar 

to how they are differentiated in 

paragraph 4.b of the Wassenaar 

Arrangement Munitions List. This 

amendment also replaces the undefined 

term ‘‘apparatus and devices’’ with the 

§ 120.40 defined term ‘‘equipment.’’ 

USML Category V 

USML Category V paragraph (c)(2) is 

revised to add the CAS Registry Number 

for pentaborane and to replace the 

comma after ‘‘pentaborane’’ with a 

semicolon, in order to clarify this 

paragraph describes derivatives of 

carboranes, decaboranes, and 

pentaborane. Paragraph (f)(4)(x) is 

revised to correct the CAS Registry 

Number. Paragraphs (e)(10), (f)(19), and 

(g)(4) are revised to correct 

typographical errors. 

USML Category VII 

Note 3 to USML Category VII is 

revised to further clarify the universe of 

ground vehicles described, with no 

change to the scope of controls. 

Specifically, the types of vehicular 

control and locomotion employed are 

irrelevant when evaluating a vehicle 

against the control criteria. The 

Department affirms that although some 

unmanned ground vehicles, based on 

their method of control or locomotion, 

may be referred to by the public 

colloquially as ‘‘robots,’’ they must still 

be evaluated against the criteria in 

USML Category VII. 

USML Category VIII 

USML Category VIII(h)(1) is revised to 

clarify which commodities are 

described therein by incorporating 

relevant portions of the existing note to 

paragraph (h)(1). This revision also 

serves to facilitate reference to the 

included list of aircraft by other USML 

paragraphs, and to better align controls 

with the Department’s intent around 

U.S. Government technology 

demonstrators. Additionally, it 

precludes release of commodities from 

paragraph (h)(1) based solely on their 

subsequent use in aircraft included in 

USML Category XXI (pursuant to the 

procedures therein) or in foreign 

advanced military aircraft. Foreign 

advanced military aircraft, as newly 

defined in § 121.0, include non-U.S. 

origin aircraft and foreign derivatives of 

U.S. origin aircraft, either in 

development or entering production 

after 2023, with one or more of the 

following advanced military 

capabilities: Active Electronically 

Scanned Array (AESA) fire control 

radar, integrated signature management, 

electronic warfare systems, or the ability 

to engage targets beyond visual range 

(BVR). The Department further 

highlights the use of the term ‘‘AESA 

fire control radar’’ to ensure that AESA 

weather radars commonly used in civil 

aviation are clearly excluded from this 

list of advanced military capabilities. 

The year 2023 was chosen as the 

production year in this definition to 

ensure alignment with the temporary 

modification to the USML issued on 

December 4, 2023 (88 FR 84072), and 

extended on November 26, 2024 (89 FR 

93170), which states that parts used in 

or with the KF–21 continue to be 

described on the USML. 

As practitioners have confused the F– 

15SE (Silent Eagle) with the F–15E 

(Strike Eagle), the F–15SE nomenclature 

is also clarified. Further, the ‘‘B1B’’ is 

replaced by ‘‘B–1.’’ As the B–1A never 

entered into production, this change 

does not change the export classification 

of existing items. The Department 

makes this change consistent with the 

majority of aircraft listed in the 

paragraph and its intent to include 

future variants of those aircraft. The 

Department notes the only aircraft listed 

with series letters (F–15SE, F/A–18E/F, 

and EA–18G) in this paragraph 

intentionally exclude earlier variants 

(for example, the control does not 

include the F–15A, which is an F–15 

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Additionally, the Department adds the 

MQ–25 and the RQ–170 to the list of 

aircraft in paragraph (h)(1)(i). The MQ– 

25 provides a critical military advantage 

in its ability to support the future Navy 

carrier air wing and is central to the 

Navy’s strategic Unmanned Campaign 

Framework. The RQ–170 is a highaltitude, long-endurance, lowobservable unmanned aerial vehicle that 

provides a critical military and 

intelligence advantage in its ability to 

perform key intelligence, surveillance, 

reconnaissance, target acquisition, and 

electronic warfare functions. Paragraph 

(h)(1) describes articles used in some of 

the most advanced U.S. military aircraft. 

The changes to paragraph (h)(1) ensure 

those specially designed articles are not 

released from this entry based on their 

subsequent use in USML Category XXI 

aircraft, foreign advanced military 

aircraft, or U.S. Government (USG) 

technology demonstrator aircraft. 

Ensuring those elements are not 

released from paragraph (h)(1) based on 

subsequent use in foreign advanced 

military aircraft is consistent with the 

language of § 120.3(a)(2). With this 

change, the Department treats use of 

these commodities in foreign advanced 

military aircraft as it has in their use in 

advanced U.S. military aircraft. This 

addition facilitates opportunities for 

reuse and commonality with partner 

aircraft by enabling U.S. content to be 

utilized in those platforms without 

unnecessary redesigns or unmerited 

removal from the USML. 

The Department further considered 

amending the language to remove 

commodities designed exclusively for 

non-Department of Defense (DoD) USG 

technology demonstrators from 

paragraph (h)(1). The Department 

declines to do so, as such commodities 

are generally not currently described in 

paragraph (h)(1). Specifically, USG 

technology demonstrators are unique 

among the aircraft listed in paragraph 

(h)(1), as some technology 

demonstrators are described on the 

USML, while others are not. The 

Department notes commodities used in 

technology demonstrators are often 

developed exclusively for those 

demonstrators or repurposed from other 

USML or CCL platforms for time and 

cost savings; those commodities must be 

reviewed on a case-by-case basis for 

proper export classification. 

Specifically, for USG technology 

demonstrators that are themselves not 

described on the USML (‘‘these 

aircraft’’), it is generally the case that: 

—Articles designed for and used only in 

other aircraft listed in paragraph (h)(1) 

before and during subsequent 

unmodified use in these aircraft 

generally remain described in 

paragraph (h)(1), as explained by the 

following analysis: 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles meet the criteria in, and 

thus are caught by, § 120.41(a)(1) as 

having properties peculiarly 

responsible for the controlled 

characteristic (i.e., their use in the 

listed aircraft), and (a)(2) for their use 

in or with the other listed aircraft. 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles are not released by 

§ 120.41(b)(3), (4), or (5), as they were 

originally developed for aircraft 

described in either USML Category 

VIII or XXI, and the USG technology 

demonstrator does not enter 

production as defined in § 120.43. 

—Articles designed for, and used in, 

aircraft subject to the EAR prior to 

unmodified use in these aircraft are 

not described in paragraph (h)(1) but 

may be described elsewhere on the 

USML, as explained by the following 

analysis: 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

there are circumstances wherein such 

articles would be released by 

§ 120.41(b)(3), regardless of meeting 

the criteria in § 120.41(a). 

—With contemporaneous 

documentation, there are 

circumstances in which the articles 

would also be released by paragraph 

(b)(4) or (5). 

—Articles designed for, and only used 

in, these aircraft are not described in 

paragraph (h)(1), but may be 

described elsewhere on the USML, as 

explained by the following analysis: 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles meet the criteria in 

§ 120.41(a)(1) as having properties 

peculiarly responsible for the 

controlled characteristic (i.e., their 

use in the listed aircraft), but not 

(a)(2) unless they are used in or with 

a defense article. 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles are not released by 

§ 120.41(b)(3), as the USG technology 

demonstrator does not enter 

production. However, they could be 

released by paragraph (b)(4), as they 

were developed with the knowledge 

they would be used in these aircraft, 

often in a system that is subject to the 

EAR. 

—In contrast, articles designed for, and 

only used in, USG technology 

demonstrators described on the USML 

are described in paragraph (h)(1), as 

explained in the following analysis: 

—In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles meet the criteria in 

§ 120.41(a)(1) as having properties 

peculiarly responsible for the 

controlled characteristic (i.e., their 

use in the listed aircraft), and (a)(2) 

for their use in or with aircraft 

described in USML Category VIII. 

In the context of paragraph (h)(1), 

such articles are not released by 

§ 120.41(b)(3), (4), or (5), as they were 

originally developed for an aircraft 

described in USML Category VIII. The 

Department is also amending the text of 

the current ‘‘Note to paragraph (h)(1),’’ 

redesignating it as ‘‘Note 1 to paragraph 

to (h)(1),’’ and adding ‘‘Note 2 to 

paragraph (h)(1).’’ The addition of ‘‘Note 

2 to paragraph (h)(1)’’ outlines an 

example of the scope of paragraph (h)(1) 

for articles used in USG technology 

demonstrators. 

With these revisions to paragraph 

(h)(1) and the notes to paragraph (h)(1), 

the Department also terminates the 

temporary modification to Category VIII 

of the USML that was issued on 

December 4, 2023 (88 FR 84072) and 

extended on November 26, 2024 (89 FR 

93170). 

The Department notes certain 

commodities designed exclusively for 

DoD-funded developmental aircraft, 

including aircraft jointly funded by DoD 

and another agency, remain defense 

articles described in paragraph (f) of 

USML Category VIII. 

Paragraph (h)(29) of USML Category 

VIII is revised to clarify the 

commodities described therein include 

both those designed for the aircraft 

listed and the defense articles described 

in paragraph (h)(1), with a change in 

control via the removal of commodities 

specially designed for USG technology 

demonstrators. 

The note located at the end of USML 

Category VIII is moved to follow USML 

Category VIII paragraph (h), renamed 

‘‘Note 1 to paragraph (h),’’ and revised 

for clarity, with no change in scope. 

USML Category IX 

USML Category IX(e)(2) is placed in 

reserve to eliminate redundancy. 

Technical data directly related to the 

software and databases enumerated in 

paragraph (b)(4) is already described in 

paragraph (e)(1). 

USML Category X 

Developmental exoskeletons have 

been identified as a technology 

warranting ITAR control due to the 

critical military advantage they provide. 

Thus, Category X is amended by 

removing paragraph (b) from reserve 

and adding a new paragraph (b) to 

describe exoskeletons under 

development for DoD, along with 

standard exclusions applied to other 

developmental articles to provide 

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controlling those that do not provide a 

critical military advantage. 

The Department also amends Category 

X to align body armor protection levels 

with the most recent NIJ standard, 

0123.00, ‘‘Specification for NIJ Ballistic 

Protection Levels and Associated Test 

Threats.’’ All references to ‘‘NIJ Type 

IV’’ have been updated to NIJ RF3. 

‘‘Note 1 to paragraph (a)(1)’’ and ‘‘Note 

to paragraphs (a) and (d)’’ have also 

been updated to reference the new 

standard. ‘‘Note to paragraphs (a) and 

(d)’’ is redesignated as ‘‘Note 1 to 

paragraphs (a) and (d).’’ 

USML Category XI 

USML Category XI paragraphs 

(c)(10)(i) and (ii) are revised to reflect 

that certain anti-jam antennas no longer 

provide a critical military advantage, 

with increasing commercial utilization 

applicable to civil GPS resiliency. 

Following consultations with DoD, the 

beam switching speed criterion in 

paragraph (c)(10)(i) is revised from 50 

milliseconds down to one millisecond, 

and the convergence time criterion in 

paragraph (c)(10)(ii) is revised from one 

second down to one millisecond, as the 

Department seeks to control only the 

most sensitive and effective anti-jam 

antennas in USML Category XI(c)(10)(i) 

and (ii). The Department further intends 

to exclude Controlled Reception Pattern 

Antennas (CRPAs) for Position, 

Navigation, and Timing (PNT) from 

paragraph (c)(10). To implement this, 

the Department is removing all CRPAs 

from paragraphs (c)(10)(i) and (ii) and 

adding paragraphs (c)(10)(v) and (vi) to 

describe the CRPAs for non-PNT 

applications that meet the updated 

criteria used in paragraphs (c)(10)(i) and 

(ii) the CRPA antennas were moved 

from. In removing CRPAs for PNT, the 

Department intends to facilitate civil 

global navigation system resiliency. 

CRPAs use multiple elements and 

advanced signal processing techniques 

to dynamically control their reception 

pattern, thereby enhancing signal 

reception from desired directions and 

suppressing interference from undesired 

directions. Generally, in comparing 

CRPAs to the antennas that remain 

described in paragraphs (c)(10)(i) and 

(ii), CRPAs are more optimized to 

control the reception pattern instead of 

the transmission beam steering or 

switching. This is in line with the 

Position, Navigation, and Timing, 

Advisory Board’s (PNTAB) 

recommendation to remove CRPAs from 

the USML. The antennas removed from 

the USML by these changes are neither 

subject to multilateral controls nor 

controlled as munitions in other 

countries that produce them. Once 

removed from the USML, these anti-jam 

antennas will become subject to the 

EAR under the jurisdiction of the 

Department of Commerce. 

USML Category XII 

USML Category XII paragraph 

(d)(2)(ii) is revised to update the 

language to reflect the current 

description of Positioning Service from 

Precise Positioning Service to Protected 

Positioning Service (PPS). In the 2021 

Federal Radionavigation Plan published 

by the Departments of Defense, 

Transportation, and Homeland Security 

(available at https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/ 

view/dot/63024), PPS has been updated 

to ‘‘Protected’’ Positioning Service from 

the former ‘‘Precise’’ Positioning 

Service. This change accurately reflects 

the technology’s ability to operate in 

degraded environments as opposed to 

legacy encryption abilities that facilitate 

greater position precision and no longer 

provide a critical military advantage. 

USML Category XIII 

USML Category XIII paragraph (b)(4) 

is revised to update the name of the 

Unified Cross Domain Management 

Office (UCDMO) to the National Cross 

Domain Strategy and Management 

Office (NCDSMO). 

The Department further amends 

Category XIII to align armor protection 

levels with the most recent NIJ standard, 

0123.00, ‘‘Specification for NIJ Ballistic 

Protection Levels and Associated Test 

Threats.’’ All references to ‘‘NIJ Level 

III’’ are updated to NIJ RF1. As the new 

RF1 standard corresponds to the 

previous Type III standard, this is not a 

significant change in control. The 

reference in paragraph (m)(10) is also 

updated to reference the new standard. 

Additionally, paragraph (e)(2) is 

revised for clarification and to add 

paragraphs (e)(2)(i) and (ii). Category 

XIII is further revised to add specific 

fluids to the USML in paragraph (j)(3). 

Each of these fluids was developed for 

one or more critical military 

applications for which existing fluids 

were unsuitable; by including a 

specially designed criterion, generalpurpose fluids subsequently selected for 

use in a military application are not 

described by this control. Lastly, 

paragraph (m)(9) is amended to clarify 

the definitions of variables in the 

equation for Em. 

USML Category XIV 

Additional nerve agents and a 

defoliant are added to USML Category 

XIV in paragraphs (a)(1)(iv) through 

(viii) and (j), and controls on Chemical 

Agent Resistive Coatings (CARC) are 

clarified in paragraph (f)(7). The nerve 

agent additions are made pursuant to 

changes to Schedule 1 of the Chemical 

Weapons Convention, while the 

defoliant addition is a constituent of 

Agent Orange, for which the Department 

is unaware of current commercial 

applications. 

The clarification of CARC controls in 

paragraph (f)(7) is made consistent with 

longstanding policy published on 

DDTC’s website. As CARC is controlled 

only through the point of application 

and curing, export applications for 

CARC must specify the proposed endusers and end-uses, and export licenses 

for CARC impose limitations on the 

same. Of note, the control release for 

CARC that has been applied and cured 

only applies to USML Category 

XIV(f)(7); this release does not apply to 

coatings or materials described 

elsewhere on the USML. For example, 

when a USML Category XIII(j)(2) coating 

is applied to an item subject to the EAR, 

a DDTC license or other approval 

continues to be required for the coating, 

when the item to which the coating was 

applied is exported, reexported, or 

retransferred. 

USML Category XIX 

USML Category XIX paragraphs (d) 

and (f)(1) are amended to add specific 

DoD-funded aircraft engines in 

development that provide a critical 

military or intelligence advantage, as 

well as their specially designed parts, 

components, accessories, and 

attachments. Specifically, paragraph (d) 

is split into two parts, paragraphs (d)(1) 

and (2), and amended to include the 

XT900, which is a developmental 

engine resulting from the enumerated 

HPW3000 technology demonstrator. 

The note to paragraph (d) is 

redesignated as the note to paragraph 

(d)(1), to continue its applicability to the 

engines in former paragraph (d) 

following their movement to paragraph 

(d)(1), with no change in scope. 

Paragraph (f)(1) is amended to include 

specially designed parts, components, 

accessories, and attachments for the 

engine now described in paragraph 

(d)(2), and to incorporate a portion of 

the note to paragraph (f)(1). The 

remainder of the note to paragraph (f)(1) 

is redesignated as ‘‘Note 1 to paragraph 

(f)(1)’’ and revised for clarity. Paragraph 

(f)(1) is further amended to clarify that 

parts, components, accessories, and 

attachments are not released if common 

only to a listed engine and an engine 

designated in USML Category XXI(a), 

and to add a catch-all control for 

XA100, XA101, XA102, XA103, and 

T901 engine hardware. The XA-series 

engines represent a substantial leap in 

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designed for these engines provides a 

critical military or intelligence 

advantage in enabling the engines to 

provide improved thrust-to-weight 

capability while addressing fuel 

efficiency, affordability, and 

sustainment for warfighter operational 

readiness. The T901 powers the Future 

Vertical Lift platform and provides 33% 

more thrust than, but retains the same 

size as, its predecessor. 

Paragraph (f)(2) is amended to clarify 

the items described in paragraph (f)(2) 

by replacing a term of art (‘‘hot section 

components’’) with defined regulatory 

terms (hot section ‘‘parts’’ and 

‘‘components’’), with no change in 

scope, and to add related cooled 

structures for combustion chambers and 

liners. Punctuation is also updated with 

no change in scope. 

USML Category XX 

USML Category XX is amended to add 

paragraphs (a)(9) and (10) to control two 

new classes of uncrewed, untethered 

vessels and vehicles that provide a 

critical military advantage: specifically, 

those equipped with anti-recovery 

features, and larger systems with 

significant range or endurance. 

Paragraph (a)(10) includes criteria to 

avoid control of systems below certain 

weight and performance thresholds the 

Department assesses are best suited for 

scientific research or commercial 

applications. Tethered systems are 

similarly excluded from both 

paragraphs (a)(9) and (10). 

USML Category XX(b)(2) is revised for 

clarity, with no change to the scope of 

the control. 

USML Category XXI 

USML Category XXI is amended to 

move the second sentence of paragraph 

(a) into a new note, and to further clarify 

the considerations when designating an 

article in USML Category XXI. 

Effective Date and Updating of Licenses 

and Agreements 

The Department notes it previously 

provided a 180-day transition period 

between the publication of the final rule 

for reviews of entire USML categories 

revised under Export Control Reform 

and the effective date of the transition 

of items to updated classifications. See 

78 FR 22740, 22747 (Apr. 16, 2013). 

While the Department has also recently 

issued rules with shorter transition 

periods, the Department provides a 240- 

day delayed effective date for this rule. 

Consistent with prior revisions of USML 

categories, additional guidance that 

addresses specific licensing scenarios 

will be provided on DDTC’s website. 

Timeline for Applications, 

Amendments, and Grandfathering 

Items Transitioning Jurisdiction From 

the ITAR to the EAR 

Items removed from a USML 

paragraph by this rule may still be 

described in other USML paragraphs or 

may become subject to the export 

licensing jurisdiction of the Department 

of Commerce pursuant to the EAR. 

Exporters should evaluate the control 

status of their item using the orders of 

review in the ITAR and the EAR and 

may submit a commodity jurisdiction 

request to DDTC for assistance or—if 

there is no doubt it is subject to the 

EAR—a commodity classification 

request to BIS. Licensing requirements 

under the EAR are determined by the 

reasons for control applicable to the 

item, the destination, the end use, and 

the end user. General Order No. 5 in 

supplement no. 1 to part 736 of the EAR 

describes the transition process for 

items moving from the USML to the 

CCL upon the publication of the 

pertinent final rules. The general order 

describes the grandfathering of DDTC 

licenses and agreements, the use of BIS 

authorizations, and the submission of 

disclosures to BIS and DDTC related to 

the transition of items from the USML 

to the CCL. 

For those wishing to export under the 

authority of the EAR as soon as possible 

for items moving from the USML to the 

CCL, applicants may submit license 

applications immediately after the 

publication of the BIS final rule adding 

such items to the CCL. Thus, applicants 

may, in effect, pre-position license 

applications early to facilitate 

processing of the license application. 

Such a pre-positioned license 

application will be processed in 

accordance with § 750.4 of the EAR, but 

if BIS completes processing the 

application prior to the effective date of 

the applicable final rule, BIS will hold 

the application without action (HWA), 

until the effective date of that final rule. 

Applications for transitioned items 

received after the effective date of the 

final rule will be processed as described 

in § 750.4 of the EAR. 

Existing holders of DDTC licenses, 

agreements, or other approvals, may 

maintain existing authorizations or 

obtain new authorizations for items 

moving from the USML to the CCL. 

Questions regarding the continued use 

of DDTC licenses, agreements, or other 

approvals should be directed to DDTC. 

Acceptance of Licenses 

During the transition period, license 

applications will be accepted by both 

DDTC and BIS for items moving from 

the USML to the CCL. BIS will not issue 

approved licenses for such items until 

on or after the effective date of this rule. 

DSP–5 Licenses: Licenses for items 

transitioning to the CCL that are issued 

prior to the effective date of the final 

rule and do not include items remaining 

on the USML will remain valid until 

expired, returned by the license holder, 

or for a period of three years from the 

effective date of the final rule, 

whichever occurs first, unless otherwise 

revoked, suspended, or terminated. 

Licenses containing both transitioning 

and non-transitioning items (mixed 

authorizations) will remain valid until 

expired or returned by the license 

holder, unless otherwise revoked, 

suspended, or terminated. Any 

limitation, proviso, or other requirement 

required by the DDTC authorization 

remains in effect if the DDTC 

authorization is relied upon for export, 

re-export, or re-transfer. License 

amendment requests received by DDTC 

prior to the effective date of the rule will 

be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis 

up until the effective date of the rule. 

DSP–61 and DSP–73 Licenses: All 

temporary licenses that are issued in the 

period prior to the effective date of the 

rule will remain valid until expired or 

returned by the license holder, unless 

otherwise revoked, suspended, or 

terminated. Any limitation, proviso, or 

other requirement imposed on the 

DDTC authorization will remain in 

effect if the DDTC authorization is relied 

upon for export. License amendment 

requests received by DDTC before the 

effective date of the rule will be 

adjudicated on a case-by-case basis until 

the effective date of the rule. All license 

applications, including amendments, 

received after the effective date for items 

that are transitioning to the CCL that are 

not identified in an (x) paragraph entry 

will be Returned Without Action (RWA) 

with instructions to contact the 

Department of Commerce. 

Technical Assistance Agreements, 

Manufacturing License Agreements, 

Distribution Agreements, and Related 

Reporting Requirements: Agreements 

and amendments containing both USML 

and CCL items will be adjudicated up to 

the effective date of the final rule. 

Agreements containing transitioning 

and non-transitioning items that are 

issued prior to the effective date of the 

final rule will remain valid until 

expired, unless they require an 

amendment, or for a period of three 

years from the effective date of the final 

rule, whichever occurs first, unless 

otherwise revoked, suspended, or 

terminated. In order for an agreement to 

remain valid beyond three years, an 

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authorize the CCL items using the new 

(x) paragraph from the relevant USML 

category. Any activity conducted under 

an agreement will remain subject to all 

limitations, provisos, and other 

requirements stipulated in the 

agreement. 

Agreements containing solely 

transitioning items issued prior to the 

effective date of the final rule will 

remain valid for a period of three years 

from the effective date of the rule, 

unless revoked, suspended, or 

terminated. After the three-year period 

ends, any ongoing activity must be 

conducted under the appropriate 

Department of Commerce authorization. 

Agreements and agreement amendments 

solely for items moving to the CCL 

which are received after the effective 

date of the rule will be Returned 

Without Action (RWA) with 

instructions to contact the Department 

of Commerce. 

All reporting requirements for 

Manufacturing License Agreements and 

Distribution Agreements must be 

complied with and such reports must be 

submitted to the Department of State 

while the agreement is relied upon as an 

export authorization by the exporter. 

Reexport/Retransfer of USML Items 

That Have Transitioned to the CCL: 

Foreign persons or U.S. persons abroad 

that have USML items in their inventory 

at the effective date of transition should 

review both the USML and the CCL to 

determine the proper export jurisdiction 

of those items. If the item is controlled 

by the Department of Commerce, any 

reexport or retransfer must comply with 

the requirements of the EAR. If doubt 

exists on the jurisdiction of the items, 

the foreign person should contact the 

original exporter or manufacturer. In 

instances when those parties are 

unavailable, the foreign person should 

review the DDTC or BIS website for 

guidance and support options. 

Following the effective date, foreign 

persons (including end-users, 

consignees, and intermediate 

consignees) who receive, via a 

Department of State authorization, an 

item they are certain has transitioned to 

the CCL (e.g., confirmed in writing by 

manufacturer or supplier), should treat 

the item as such and submit requests for 

post-transition reexports or retransfers 

to the Department of Commerce, as may 

be required by the EAR. If reexport or 

retransfer was previously authorized 

under an MLA or WDA that continues 

to provide the export authority or any 

stand-alone reexport/retransfer 

authorization received pursuant to ITAR 

§ 123.9, such authorizations remain 

valid. 

Items Transitioning to the USML 

For those wishing to export under the 

authority of the ITAR as soon as 

possible for items moving onto the 

USML, applicants may submit license 

applications as soon as this rule is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Submission of Voluntary SelfDisclosures 

In reviewing the clarifications 

provided by this rule, if you identify a 

potential violation of the ITAR, you are 

encouraged to submit a voluntary 

disclosure to DDTC, consistent with the 

procedures outlined in § 127.12. For 

potential violations of the EAR, persons 

are encouraged to submit voluntary selfdisclosures to BIS. For potential 

violations of both the EAR and the 

ITAR, persons are encouraged to submit 

disclosures to both agencies. 

Request for Comments 

Consistent with its ongoing USML 

review process, the Department is 

requesting public comments on the 

revisions described in this rulemaking. 

The Department encourages the public 

to provide comments directly related to 

this rule and responsive to the questions 

described below. To facilitate timely 

review and assessment, comments 

should be provided in a concise 

sentence or paragraph, followed by 

supporting explanatory paragraphs and 

examples, with each distinct comment 

treated separately (as opposed to 

multiple comments in one paragraph or 

section). The Department requests 

comments focused on the following 

questions: 

1. How much would practitioners 

benefit from the Department defining 

the term ‘‘Controlled Reception Pattern 

Antennas (CRPAs)’’ as used in USML 

Category XI(c)(10)? Are there criteria, 

other than those described in the 

preamble of this rule, that may help 

better distinguish between CRPAs 

described in paragraph (c)(10)(v) and 

antennas described in paragraph 

(c)(10)(i)? 

2. The addition of paragraph (h)(1)(iii) 

to USML Category VIII ensures that 

parts, components, accessories, and 

attachments specially designed for 

aircraft listed in paragraphs (h)(1)(i) and 

(ii) are not released from paragraph 

(h)(1) due to their use in foreign 

advanced military aircraft described in 

paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of USML 

Category VIII. 

a. The Department requests comment 

on its consideration of adding to 

paragraph (h)(1) a new paragraph 

(h)(1)(iv), to retain parts used in 

paragraphs (h)(1)(i) or (ii) aircraft even 

when they are used in ‘‘aircraft 

described in paragraph (a)(3) of USML 

Category VIII,’’ as the Department 

assesses that training aircraft described 

in paragraph (a)(3) often serve as 

proving grounds for future paragraph 

(a)(1) or (2) aircraft. 

b. The Department requests comment 

on its consideration of expanding 

paragraph (h)(1) to add parts, 

components, accessories, and 

attachments specially designed for the 

foreign advanced military aircraft listed 

in paragraph (h)(1)(iii), even if they are 

not utilized in an aircraft listed in 

paragraph (h)(1)(i) or (ii), commensurate 

with the Department’s regulation of 

similar items for the advanced U.S. 

aircraft described in paragraphs (h)(1)(i) 

and (ii). For example, what effect would 

describing these foreign articles in 

paragraph (h)(1) have on existing 

international defense industrial 

cooperation and supply chains? 

3. With this rule, the Department 

changes paragraph (d) of USML 

Category XIX to read ‘‘The following 

engines:’’ and then describes specific 

aircraft engines in paragraphs (d)(1) and 

(2). The Department requests comment 

on its consideration of changing that 

language to ‘‘The following engine 

series:’’ in order to more completely 

describe engines that provide a critical 

military or intelligence advantage. 

4. Paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of USML 

Category XIX describe specific aircraft 

engines. The Department requests 

comment on its consideration of 

expanding that scope to include 

‘‘military variants’’ of those engines, 

similar to its regulation of certain gas 

turbine engine parts in paragraph 

(f)(1)(i) of USML Category XIX for 

military variants of the listed engines. 

5. Are there commodities, services, or 

technical data closely related to these 

revisions that warrant ITAR control, but 

are currently either not described on the 

USML, or not described with sufficient 

clarity? If so, please provide examples 

and a concise explanation. 

6. Are there specific commodities, 

services, or technical data described on 

the USML following these revisions that 

are, or have previously been, in normal 

commercial use, that were previously 

transitioned to another agency’s 

jurisdiction, or that were previously 

determined not to be subject to the ITAR 

via a Commodity Jurisdiction 

determination? If so, please include 

supporting documentation. 

7. Are there specific commodities, 

services, or technical data described on 

the USML following these revisions for 

which civil use is proposed, intended, 

or anticipated in the next five years? 

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documentation and a point of contact 

familiar with the details. 

8. Are there specific functions, 

performance levels, or characteristics 

related to these revisions that could 

better: 

a. Distinguish between the 

commodities that do, and do not, 

warrant ITAR control; 

b. Delineate the criteria for control, in 

lieu of using the term ‘specially 

designed’; or 

c. Align with the constructions or 

language used in other USML entries? 

9. Can any of these revisions be more 

concisely stated? 

Comment Submissions 

Instructions 

Include the Regulatory Information 

Number (RIN) (1400–AF42) for all 

submissions related to this rule. Parties 

who wish to comment anonymously 

may do so by submitting their 

comments via www.regulations.gov, 

leaving the fields that would identify 

the commenter blank and including no 

identifying information in the comment 

itself. Commenters are cautioned not to 

include proprietary, export-controlled, 

personal, or other sensitive information 

in their comments that they would not 

want to be made public. If such 

information would provide useful 

insight to the comment: (1) assemble 

that information in a separate document 

with proprietary markings; (2) include 

‘‘Proprietary supplement on file with: 

[provide POC]’’ as the first line in the 

body of the email submission; (3) 

submit the public portion of the 

comment via email; and (4) call DDTC 

at (202) 663–1282 to coordinate 

submission of the proprietary 

supplement. 

Regulatory Analysis and Notices 

Administrative Procedure Act 

This rulemaking is exempt from the 

rulemaking requirements of section 553 

of the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) pursuant to section 553(a)(1) as a 

military or foreign affairs function of the 

United States. Although the Department 

has elected to publish this interim final 

rule with a concurrent 30-day request 

for public comment and a 240-day 

delayed effective date, it does so 

without prejudice to its determination 

that controlling the export, reexport, 

retransfer, and temporary import of 

defense articles and defense services is 

a military or foreign affairs function. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Since this rule is exempt from the 

notice-and-comment rulemaking 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553, it does not 

require analysis under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This rulemaking does not involve a 

mandate that will result in the 

expenditure by state, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector of $100 million or more 

in any year and it will not significantly 

or uniquely affect small governments. 

Therefore, no actions are deemed 

necessary under the provisions of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This rule does not meet the criteria of 

5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132 

This rulemaking does not have 

sufficient federalism implications to 

require consultations or warrant the 

preparation of a federalism summary 

impact statement. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental 

consultation on Federal programs and 

activities do not apply to this 

rulemaking. 

Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 

14094 

Executive Order 12866, as amended 

by Executive Orders 13563 and 14094, 

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 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributed 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. After review by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), this 

rule has been deemed a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action.’’ This rule was 

undertaken pursuant to a statutory 

directive to periodically review the 

items on the USML. The Department 

generally determines which items 

warrant addition to, or removal from, 

the USML by assessing whether each 

provides a critical military or 

intelligence advantage based on national 

security and foreign policy 

considerations. Because the costs and 

benefits of changing what is controlled 

focus on the effect or utility of the item 

or service, rather than its market 

prevalence or economic value, 

quantitative analyses cannot be usefully 

estimated and are not available, 

particularly since the global prevalence 

or availability of the item or service are 

not known. Moreover, the Department 

does not have useful estimates or 

models to predict whether or how 

frequently the items added to the USML 

by this rule will be applied for export 

or to which countries, or for temporary 

import and from which countries. 

Qualitatively, the rule was assessed for 

costs and benefits. Because listing 

individual items or model numbers 

would necessarily lead to incomplete 

controls when an item is renamed or 

slightly modified, the USML contains 

many descriptive controls that are based 

on broader characteristics, including 

form, fit, function, and performance 

capability. To more accurately describe 

only what the Department intends to 

control, and to provide companies and 

individuals with better certainty, some 

USML revisions made by this rule are 

aimed to improve and clarify various 

entries and to more precisely focus 

controls. These revisions are also 

informed by confidential commodity 

jurisdiction determination and advisory 

opinion requests, submitted by industry. 

The Department takes into account 

common questions and strives to 

streamline and simplify USML entries 

based on how it understands industry 

experience with certain parts of the 

USML. Finally, when a complete 

redundancy is identified, as in one 

revision made by this rule, it is removed 

so that exporters, brokers, and 

temporary importers may better rely on 

a single entry, which can help to reduce 

compliance costs and increase the 

accuracy of relevant metrics. One 

alternative to this is inaction or delay. 

The Department could have waited to 

amend larger parts of the USML at once 

or continued to gather data to evaluate 

the controls affected by this rule. These 

alternatives were rejected. Statutory 

requirements, including section 38(f) of 

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2778(f)), and section 1345 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2024, require a periodic 

review of the USML for edits like those 

made by this rule. While the 

Department continuously reviews the 

entire USML, it aims to focus on 

particular USML categories for targeted 

revisions in cycles, as it has done in 

implementing this rule. 

Executive Order 12988 

The Department of State has reviewed 

this rulemaking in light of sections 3(a) 

and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 to 

eliminate ambiguity, minimize 

litigation, establish clear legal 

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Executive Order 13175 

The Department of State has 

determined that this rulemaking will 

not have tribal implications, will not 

impose substantial direct compliance 

costs on Indian tribal governments, and 

will not preempt tribal law. 

Accordingly, the requirements of 

Executive Order 13175 do not apply to 

this rulemaking. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rulemaking does not impose or 

revise any information collections 

subject to 44 U.S.C. chapter 35. 

Signing Authority 

Assistant Secretary C.S. Eliot Kang, 

having reviewed and approved this 

document, has delegated the authority 

to electronically sign this document to 

Stanley L. Brown, Acting Assistant 

Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military 

Affairs, for purposes of publication in 

the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 121 

Arms and munitions, Classified 

information, Exports. 

For reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Department of State amends 22 CFR 

part 121, the United States Munitions 

List, as follows: 

PART 121—THE UNITED STATES 

MUNITIONS LIST 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 121 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797; 22 

U.S.C. 2651a; Sec. 1514, Pub. L. 105–261, 112 

Stat. 2175; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 

2013 Comp., p. 223. 

■ 2. Revise § 121.0 to read as follows: 

§ 121.0 United States Munitions List 

description and definitions. 

For a description of the U.S. 

Munitions List and its designations, 

including the use of asterisks and the 

parenthetical ‘‘(MT)’’, see § 120.10 of 

this subchapter. Within this part, the 

following definitions apply: 

CCL. See Commerce Control List. 

Commerce Control List means 

Commerce Control List in 15 CFR part 

774, supplement no. 1. 

Department of Defense means U.S. 

Department of Defense. 

DoD. See Department of Defense. 

EAR means Export Administration 

Regulations in 15 CFR parts 730 through 

774. 

ECCN means Export Control 

Classification Number, the 

alphanumeric designation used on the 

CCL. See definition at 15 CFR part 772. 

Foreign advanced military aircraft 

means non-U.S.-origin aircraft, 

including foreign derivatives of U.S.- 

origin aircraft, in development, or 

entering production, after 2023 with one 

or more of the following advanced 

military capabilities: an Active 

Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 

fire control radar, integrated signature 

management or electronic warfare 

systems, or the ability to engage targets 

beyond visual range (BVR). 

■ 3. Amend § 121.1 as follows: 

■ a. In Category II, revise Note 2 to 

paragraph (a)(5); 

■ b. In Category IV, revise paragraph (c); 

■ c. In Category V, revise paragraphs 

(c)(2), (e)(10), (f)(4)(x), (f)(19), and (g)(4); 

■ d. In Category VII, revise Note 3 to 

Category VII; 

■ e. In Category VIII: 

■ i. Revise paragraphs (h)(1) and (29); 

■ ii. Add Note 1 to paragraph (h); and 

■ iii. Remove the Note at the end of the 

category. 

■ f. In Category IX: 

■ i. Revise paragraph (e)(1); and 

■ ii. Remove and reserve paragraph 

(e)(2); 

■ g. In Category X: 

■ i. Revise paragraphs (a)(1) and (6); 

■ ii. Add paragraph (b); 

■ iii. Revise paragraph (d)(1); and 

■ iv. Redesignate the Note to paragraphs 

(a) and (d) as Note 1 to paragraphs (a) 

and (d) and revise newly redesignated 

Note 1 to paragraphs (a) and (d). 

■ h. In Category XI, revise paragraph 

(c)(10). 

■ i. In Category XII, revise paragraph 

(d)(2)(ii). 

■ j. In Category XIII: 

■ i. Revise paragraphs (b)(4) and (d)(1) 

and (2); 

■ ii. Redesignate Note to paragraph (d) 

as Note 1 to paragraph (d); 

■ iii. Remove the Note to paragraph 

(d)(2) following newly redesignated 

Note 1 to paragraph (d); and 

■ iv. Revise paragraphs (e)(1), (2), (5), 

and (6), (j), and (m)(9) and (10). 

■ k. In Category XIV: 

■ i. Revise paragraph (a)(1)(ii); 

■ ii. Add paragraphs (a)(1)(iv) through 

(viii); 

■ iii. Revise paragraph (f)(7); and 

■ iv. Add paragraph (j). 

■ l. In Category XIX, revise paragraphs 

(d) and (f)(1) and (2). 

■ m. In Category XX: 

■ i. Revise paragraphs (a)(7) and (8); 

■ ii. Add paragraphs (a)(9) and (10); and 

■ iii. Revise paragraph (b)(2). 

■ n. In Category XXI, revise paragraph 

(a) and add Note 1 to Category XXI. 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 121.1 The United States Munitions List. 

* * * * * 

Category II—Guns and Armament 

(a) * * * 

Note 2 to paragraph (a)(5): Note 1 to 

paragraph (a)(5) does not apply to defense 

articles enumerated on the U.S. Munitions 

List, whether in production or development. 

* * * * * 

Category IV—Launch Vehicles, Guided 

Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, 

Torpedoes, Bombs, and Mines 

* * * * * 

(c) Equipment specially designed for 

the handling, control, activation, 

monitoring, detection, protection, 

discharge, or detonation of any of the 

following: 

(1) A commodity enumerated in 

paragraphs (a) or (b) of this category 

(MT for those systems enumerated in 

paragraph (a)(1) or (2) or (b)(1) of this 

category); or 

(2) Improvised Explosive Devices 

(IEDs). 

Note 1 to paragraph (c): This paragraph (c) 

includes specialized handling equipment 

(e.g., transporters, cranes, and lifts) specially 

designed to handle articles enumerated in 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this category for 

preparation and launch from fixed and 

mobile sites. The equipment in this 

paragraph (c) also includes specially 

designed robots, robot controllers, and robot 

end-effectors, and liquid propellant tanks 

specially designed for the storage or handling 

of the propellants controlled in USML 

Category V, CCL ECCNs 1C011, 1C111, and 

1C608, or other liquid propellants used in the 

systems enumerated in paragraph (a)(1), (2), 

or (5) of this category. 

Note 2 to paragraph (c): Aircraft Missile 

Protection Systems (AMPS) are controlled in 

USML Category XI. 

* * * * * 

Category V—Explosives and Energetic 

Materials, Propellants, Incendiary 

Agents, and Their Constituents 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(2) Carboranes; decaborane (CAS 

17702–41–9); pentaborane (CAS 19624– 

22–7); and derivatives thereof (MT); 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(10) Poly-NIMMO (poly 

nitratomethylmethyoxetane, polyNMMO, (poly[3-nitratomethyl-3-methyl 

oxetane])) (CAS 84051–81–0); 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(x) Diethylferrocene (CAS 1273–97– 

8); 

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(19) TEPANOL (HX-878) 

(tetraethylenepen

taamineacrylonitrileglycidol) (CAS 

68412–46–4); cyanoethylated 

polyamines adducted with glycidol and 

their salts (MT for TEPANOL (HX-878)); 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(4) CL-20 precursors (any molecule 

containing hexaazaisowurtzitane) (e.g., 

HBIW (hexabenzylhexaazaiso

wurtzitane), TAIW 

(tetraacetyldibenzylhexa

azaisowurtzitane)); 

* * * * * 

Category VII—Ground Vehicles 

* * * * * 

Note 3 to Category VII: Ground vehicles 

include any vehicle meeting the control 

parameters, regardless of: the surface upon 

which the vehicle is designed to operate (e.g., 

highway, off-road, amphibious, or rail); the 

manner of control of the vehicle (e.g., 

manual, remote, or autonomous); or the mode 

of locomotion of the vehicle (e.g., wheeled, 

tracked, or multi-pedal). 

* * * * * 

Category VIII—Aircraft and Related 

Articles 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(1) Parts, components, accessories, 

and attachments specially designed for 

aircraft listed within paragraphs (h)(1)(i) 

through (ii) of this category, excluding 

those common to aircraft that are or 

were in production and are not listed 

within paragraphs (h)(1)(i) through (iv), 

as follows: 

(i) B–1, B–2, B–21, F–15SE (Silent 

Eagle), F/A–18E/F, EA–18G, MQ–25, F– 

22, F–35, F–117, RQ–170, or future 

variants thereof; 

(ii) U.S. Government technology 

demonstrators; 

(iii) Foreign advanced military aircraft 

described in paragraph (a)(1), (2), or (3) 

of USML Category VIII; or 

(iv) Aircraft included in a USML 

Category XXI(a) determination; 

Note 1 to paragraph (h)(1): The following 

is an example of the scope of this paragraph 

(h)(1) for an article common to multiple 

aircraft: A part common to the F–16 (not 

listed within paragraphs (h)(1)(i) through (iv) 

of this category) and F–35 (listed) is not 

described in this paragraph (h)(1), while a 

part common only to the F–22 and F–35 

(both listed) is described in this paragraph 

(h)(1), subject to a specially designed analysis 

as set forth in § 120.41 of this subchapter. 

Note 2 to paragraph (h)(1): The following 

is an example of the scope of this paragraph 

(h)(1) for articles used in U.S. Government 

(USG) technology demonstrators: A part used 

only in a USG technology demonstrator, 

where the USG technology demonstrator is 

otherwise subject to the EAR, is not 

described in this paragraph (h)(1) (see 

§ 120.41(b)(4)), while a part common only to 

the EA–18G (listed in paragraph (h)(1)(i) of 

this category) and a USG technology 

demonstrator is described in this paragraph 

(h)(1), subject to the analysis set forth in 

§ 120.41 of this subchapter. 

* * * * * 

(29) Any of the following equipment 

if specially designed for defense articles 

described in this paragraph (h)(1) or 

aircraft listed in paragraph (h)(1)(i), (ii), 

or (iii) of this category or developmental 

aircraft described in paragraph (f) of this 

category: 

(i) Scale test models; 

(ii) Full scale iron bird ground rigs 

used to test major aircraft systems; or 

(iii) Jigs, locating fixtures, templates, 

gauges, molds, dies, or caul plates. 

Note 1 to paragraph (h): Parts, 

components, accessories, and attachments in 

paragraphs (h)(3) through (5) or paragraph 

(h)(7), (14), (17), or (19) of this category are 

licensed by the Department of Commerce 

when incorporated in an aircraft subject to 

the EAR and classified under ECCN 9A610. 

Replacement parts, components, accessories, 

and attachments remain subject to the ITAR. 

* * * * * 

Category IX—Military Training 

Equipment and Training 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) Directly related to the defense 

articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) 

and (b) of this category; or 

* * * * * 

Category X—Personal Protective 

Equipment 

(a) * * * 

(1) Body armor providing a protection 

level equal to or greater than NIJ RF3; 

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(1): For body armor 

providing a level of protection of NIJ HG1, 

NIJ HG2, NIJ RF1, or NIJ RF2, see ECCNs 

1A005 and 1A613. 

Note 2 to paragraph (a)(1): See USML 

Category XIII(e) for controls on related 

materials. 

* * * * * 

(6) Helmets and helmet shells 

providing a protection level equal to or 

greater than NIJ RF3; 

* * * * * 

(b) Developmental exoskeletons 

funded by the U.S. Department of 

Defense via contract, or other funding 

authorization, dated after January 20, 

2026; and specially designed parts, 

components, accessories, and 

attachments therefor; excluding those 

that are: 

(1) Enumerated elsewhere on the 

USML; 

(2) In production; 

(3) Documented as subject to the EAR 

via a commodity jurisdiction 

determination (see § 120.4 of this 

subchapter); or 

(4) Identified in the relevant DoD 

contract or other funding authorization 

as being developed for both civil and 

military applications. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(1) Ceramic or composite plates that 

provide protection equal to or greater 

than NIJ RF3; 

* * * * * 

Note 1 to paragraphs (a) and (d): See 

National Institute of Justice Classification, 

NIJ Standard 0123.00, or national 

equivalents, for a description of level of 

protection for armor. 

* * * * * 

Category XI—Military Electronics 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(10) Antennas, and specially designed 

parts and components therefor, other 

than Traffic Collision Avoidance 

Systems (TCAS) equipment conforming 

to FAA TSO C–119c, as follows: 

(i) Antennas, other than Controlled 

Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPAs), 

that employ four or more elements, 

electronically steer angular beams, 

independently steer angular nulls, 

create angular nulls with a null depth 

greater than 20 dB, and achieve a beam 

switching speed faster than 1 

millisecond; 

(ii) Antennas, other than CRPAs, that 

form adaptive null attenuation greater 

than 35 dB with convergence time less 

than 1 millisecond; 

(iii) Antennas that detect signals 

across multiple RF bands with matched 

left hand and right hand spiral antenna 

elements for determination of signal 

polarization; 

(iv) Antennas that determine signal 

angle of arrival with an accuracy better 

than (less than) two degrees (e.g., 

interferometer antenna); 

(v) CRPAs specially designed for 

functions other than Position, 

Navigation, and Timing (PNT), that 

employ four or more elements, 

electronically steer angular beams, 

independently steer angular nulls, 

create angular nulls with a null depth 

greater than 20 dB, and achieve a beam 

switching speed faster than 1 

millisecond; or 

(vi) CRPAs specially designed for 

functions other than PNT, that form 

adaptive null attenuation greater than 

35 dB with convergence time less than 

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Category XII—Fire Control, Laser, 

Imaging, and Guidance Equipment 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) Global Positioning System (GPS) 

receiving equipment specially designed 

for encryption or decryption (e.g., YCode, M-Code) of GPS protected 

positioning service (PPS) signals (MT if 

designed or modified for airborne 

applications); 

* * * * * 

Category XIII—Materials and 

Miscellaneous Articles 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(4) Military or intelligence systems, 

equipment, assemblies, modules, 

integrated circuits, components, or 

software (including all previous or 

derived versions) authorized to control 

access to or transfer data between 

different security domains as listed on 

the National Cross Domain Strategy and 

Management Office (NCDSMO) Control 

List (UCL); or 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

* (1) Ablative materials fabricated or 

semi-fabricated from advanced 

composites (e.g., silica, graphite, carbon, 

carbon/carbon, and boron filaments) 

specially designed for the articles in 

USML Category IV or XV (MT if usable 

for nozzles, re-entry vehicles, nose tips, 

or nozzle flaps usable in rockets, space 

launch vehicles (SLVs), or missiles 

capable of achieving a range greater than 

or equal to 300 km); or 

(2) Carbon/carbon billets and 

preforms that are reinforced with 

continuous unidirectional fibers, tows, 

tapes, or woven cloths in three or more 

dimensional planes (MT if designed for 

rocket, SLV, or missile systems and 

usable in rockets, SLVs, or missiles 

capable of achieving a range greater than 

or equal to 300 km). 

Note 1 to paragraph (d)(2): This paragraph 

(d)(2) does not control carbon/carbon billets 

and preforms where reinforcement in the 

third dimension is limited to interlocking of 

adjacent layers only. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) Spaced armor with Em greater than 

1.4 and meeting NIJ RF1 or better; 

(2) Transparent armor with areal 

density less than or equal to 40 pounds 

per square foot (≤40 lb/ft2), having 

either: 

(i) Em greater than or equal to 1.3 (Em

≥1.3); or 

(ii) Em less than 1.3 (Em <1.3) and 

meeting or exceeding NIJ RF1 standards; 

* * * * * 

(5) Composite armor with Em greater 

than 1.4 and meeting or exceeding NIJ 

RF1; 

(6) Metal laminate armor with Em

greater than 1.4 and meeting or 

exceeding NIJ RF1; or 

* * * * * 

(j) Equipment, materials, coatings, 

treatments, and fluids not elsewhere 

specified in this section, as follows: 

(1) Specially treated or formulated 

dyes, coatings, and fabrics used in the 

design, manufacture, or production of 

personnel protective clothing, 

equipment, or face paints designed to 

protect against or reduce detection by 

radar, infrared, or other sensors at 

wavelengths greater than 900 

nanometers (see USML Category 

X(a)(2)); 

* (2) Equipment, materials, coatings, 

and treatments that are specially 

designed to modify the electro-optical, 

radiofrequency, infrared, electric, laser, 

magnetic, electromagnetic, acoustic, 

electro-static, or wake signatures of 

defense articles or 600 series items 

subject to the EAR through control of 

absorption, reflection, or emission to 

reduce detectability or observability 

(MT for applications usable for rockets, 

SLVs, missiles, drones, or UAVs capable 

of achieving a range greater than or 

equal to 300 km, and their subsystems. 

See note to paragraph (d) of this 

category); or 

(3) Fluids, including greases, specially 

designed for any of the following: 

(i) Aircraft listed in USML Category 

VIII(h)(1)(i), (ii), or (iii); 

(ii) Coatings described in USML 

Category XIV(f)(7); 

(iii) Engines listed in USML Category 

XIX(f)(1)(i) or (ii); or 

(iv) Articles described in USML 

Categories XVIII (Directed Energy 

Weapons) or XX (Submersible Vessels 

and Related Articles). 

* * * * * 

(m) * * * 

(9) Em is the line-of-sight target mass 

effectiveness ratio and provides a 

measure of the tested armor’s 

performance to that of rolled 

homogenous armor, where Em is defined 

as follows: 

Where: 

= density of MIL–A–12560 RHA, (7.85 g/cm3) 

Po = Baseline Penetration of RHA 

Pr = Residual Line of Sight Penetration, either 

positive or negative (RHA equivalent) 

ADRHA = Line-of-Sight Areal Density of RHA 

ADTARGET = Line-of-Sight Areal Density of 

Target 

If witness plate is penetrated, Pr is the 

distance from the projectile to the front 

edge of the witness plate. If the target 

armor has no measurable penetration, Pr

= 0, and the Em equation reduces to a 

ratio of ADRHA/ADTARGET. 

(10) NIJ is the National Institute of 

Justice and RF1 refers to the 

requirements specified in NIJ standard 

0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic 

Protection Levels and Associated Test 

Threats. 

* * * * * 

Category XIV—Toxicological Agents, 

Including Chemical Agents, Biological 

Agents, and Associated Equipment 

* (a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) O-Alkyl (equal to or less than C10, 

including cycloalkyl) N,N-dialkyl 

(Methyl, Ethyl, n-Propyl or Isopropyl) 

phosphoramidocyanidates, such as: 

Tabun (GA): O-Ethyl N, Ndimethylphosphoramidocyanidate (CAS 

77–81–6) (CWC Schedule 1A); 

* * * * * 

(iv) H-alkyl (H or equal to or less than 

C10, including cycloalkyl) N-(1-(dialkyl 

(equal to or less than C10, including 

cycloalkyl) amino)) alkylidene (H or 

equal to or less than C10, including 

cycloalkyl) phosphonamidic fluorides 

and corresponding alkylated or 

protonated salts; e.g., N-(1-(di-ndecylamino)-n-decylidene)-Pdecylphosphonamidic fluoride (CAS 

2387495–99–8) and Methyl-(1- 

(diethylamino) ethylidene) 

phosphonamidofluoridate (CAS 

2387496–12–8) (CWC Schedule 1A); 

(v) O-alkyl (H or equal to or less than 

C10, including cycloalkyl) N-(1-(dialkyl 

(equal to or less than C10, including 

cycloalkyl) amino)) alkylidene (H or 

equal to or less than C10, including 

cycloalkyl) phosphoramidofluoridates 

and corresponding alkylated or 

protonated salts; e.g., O-n-Decyl N-(1- 

(di-n-decylamino)-n-decylidene) 

phosphoramidofluoridate (CAS 

2387496–00–4), Methyl (1- 

(diethylamino) ethylidene) 

phosphoramidofluoridate (CAS 

2387496–04–8), and Ethyl (1- 

(diethylamino) ethylidene) 

phosphoramidofluoridate (CAS 

2387496–06–0) (CWC Schedule 1A); 

(vi) Methyl-(bis (diethylamino) 

methylene) phosphonamidofluoridate 

(CAS 2387496–14–0) (CWC Schedule 

1A); 

(vii) Quaternaries of 

dimethylcarbamoyloxypyridines: 1- 

[N,N-dialkyl (equal to or less than C10)- 

N-(n-(hydroxyl, cyano, acetoxy) alkyl 

(equal to or less than C10)) ammonio]-n- 

[N-(3-dimethylcarbamoxy-a-picolinyl)- 

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e.g., 1-[N,N-dimethyl-N-(2-hydroxy) 

ethylammonio]-10-[N-(3- 

dimethylcarbamoxy-a-picolinyl)-N,Ndimethylammonio] decane dibromide 

(CAS 77104–62–2) (CWC Schedule 1A); 

or 

(viii) Bisquaternaries of 

dimethylcarbamoyloxypyridines: 1,nBis[N-(3-dimethylcarbamoxy-a-picolyl)- 

N,N-dialkyl (equal to or less than C10) 

ammonio]-alkane-(2,(n-1)-dione) 

dibromide (n=2–12); e.g., 1,10-Bis[N-(3- 

dimethylcarbamoxy-a-picolyl)-N-ethylN-methylammonio] decane-2,9-dione 

dibromide(CAS 77104–00–8) (CWC 

Schedule 1A); 

* * * * * 

* (f) * * * 

(7) Chemical Agent Resistant Coatings 

(CARC), prior to the application and 

curing thereof, that have been qualified 

to military specifications (MIL–PRF– 

32348, MIL–DTL–64159, MIL–C–46168, 

or MIL–DTL–53039); or 

* * * * * 

(j) Constituent elements of defoliants, 

as follows: 2,4,5- 

Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (CAS 93– 

76–5). 

* * * * * 

Category XIX—Gas Turbine Engines 

and Associated Equipment 

* * * * * 

* (d) The following engines: 

(1) AGT1500, CTS800, GE38, GE3000, 

HPW3000, MT7, T55, T408, or T700; or 

Note 1 to paragraph (d)(1): Engines subject 

to the control of this paragraph (d)(1) are 

licensed by the Department of Commerce 

when incorporated in an aircraft subject to 

the EAR and controlled under ECCN 9A610. 

Such engines are subject to the controls of 

the ITAR in all other circumstances. 

(2) XT900. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(1) Parts, components, accessories, 

and attachments specially designed for 

the engines listed within paragraph 

(f)(1)(i) or (ii) of this category, excluding 

those common to engines that are or 

were in production that are not listed 

within paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (iii) 

of this category, as follows: 

(i) F101, F107, F112, F118, F119, 

F120, F135, F136, F414, F415, J402, 

T901, XA100, XA101, XA102, and 

XA103; and military variants thereof; 

(ii) Engines described in paragraph 

(d)(2) of this category; or 

(iii) Engines included in a USML 

Category XXI(a) determination. 

Note 1 to paragraph (f)(1): For example, a 

part common to the F110 (not listed within 

paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (iii) of this 

category) and F136 (listed) engines is not 

described in this paragraph (f)(1), while a 

part common only to the F119 and F135 

(both listed) is described in this paragraph, 

subject to a specially designed analysis using 

§ 120.41 of this subchapter. 

* (2) Hot section parts and 

components (i.e., combustion chambers 

and liners, and related cooled 

structures; high pressure turbine blades, 

vanes, disks, and related cooled 

structures; cooled intermediate pressure 

turbine blades, vanes, disks, and related 

cooled structures; cooled low pressure 

turbine blades, vanes, disks, and related 

cooled structures; cooled shaft-driving 

power turbine blades, vanes, disks, and 

related cooled structures; cooled 

augmenters; and cooled nozzles) 

specially designed for gas turbine 

engines controlled in this category; 

* * * * * 

Category XX—Submersible Vessels and 

Related Articles 

(a) * * * 

(7) Equipped with any mission 

systems controlled under this 

subchapter; 

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(7): ‘‘Mission 

system’’ is defined as a ‘‘system’’ (see 

§ 120.40(h) of this subchapter) that are 

defense articles that perform specific military 

functions such as by providing military 

communication, electronic warfare, target 

designation, surveillance, target detection, or 

sensor capabilities. 

(8) Developmental vessels funded by 

the Department of Defense via contract 

or other funding authorization; 

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(8): This paragraph 

(a)(8) does not control vessels, and specially 

designed parts, components, accessories, 

attachments, and associated equipment 

therefor, in production, determined to be 

subject to the EAR via a commodity 

jurisdiction determination, or identified in 

the relevant Department of Defense contract 

or other funding authorization as being 

developed for both civil and military 

applications. 

Note 2 to paragraph (a)(8): Note 1 to this 

paragraph (a)(8) does not apply to defense 

articles enumerated on the U.S. Munitions 

List, whether in production or development. 

Note 3 to paragraph (a)(8): This paragraph 

(a)(8) is applicable to those contracts and 

funding authorizations that are dated July 8, 

2014, or later. 

(9) Uncrewed, untethered vessels (and 

vehicles) that have an anti-recovery 

(e.g., scuttle or self-destruct) feature; or 

(10) Uncrewed, untethered vessels 

(and vehicles) with a gross weight rating 

exceeding three-thousand pounds (3,000 

lb), that are designed to operate without 

human interaction for longer than 24 

hours or for more than seventy nautical 

miles (70 nmi). 

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(10): ‘‘Gross weight 

rating’’ in this paragraph (a)(10) means the 

maximum operating weight, or displacement, 

of the conveyance, including the fully 

configured weight of all fuel, fluids 

(excluding wet ballast open to the operating 

environment), payloads, other deployables or 

expendables (e.g., countermeasures, other 

autonomous commodities, and torpedoes), 

and cargo. 

* (b) * * * 

(2) Electric motors specially designed 

for submarines that have a power output 

of more than 0.75 MW (1,000 hp), and 

are all of the following: 

(i) Quick reversing; 

(ii) Liquid cooled; and 

(iii) Totally enclosed. 

* * * * * 

Category XXI—Articles, Technical Data, 

and Defense Services Not Otherwise 

Enumerated 

* (a) Any article not enumerated on 

the U.S. Munitions List may be included 

in this category until such time as the 

appropriate U.S. Munitions List 

category is amended to describe the 

article. 

* * * * * 

Note 1 to Category XXI: The decision to 

designate an article in this category, whether 

to designate a catch-all control for that 

article, the Significant Military Equipment 

designation of those articles, and any 

exclusion of those articles from eligibility for 

specific licensing exemptions, shall be made 

by the Director, Office of Defense Trade 

Controls Policy. 

Stanley L. Brown, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Political-Military 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

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Extension of Compliance Date 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

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ACTION: Final rule; extension of 

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