Document ID: BIS-2017-0004-1750
Agency: bis
Document Type: Rule
Title: Control of Firearms, Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List; Interim Measures with Respect to Court Order
Posted Date: 2020-04-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 64 (Thursday, April 2, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18438-18439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05934]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Parts 732 and 734

[Docket No. 200312-0076]
RIN 0694-AF47

Control of Firearms, Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles the 
President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States 
Munitions List (USML); Notifying the Public of the Bureau's Interim 
Measures With Respect to March 6, 2020 Court Order

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

ACTION: Notification of court order.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this 
notification to alert the public of the Bureau's interim measures with 
respect to a court order issued on March 6, 2020.

DATES: The court order was effective March 6, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Clagett, Office of 
Nonproliferation Controls and Treaty Compliance, Nuclear and Missile 
Technology Controls Division, tel. (202) 482-1641 or email 
steven.clagett@bis.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 6, 2020, the Honorable Richard A. 
Jones, District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western 
District of Washington issued an order enjoining the U.S. Department of 
State from implementing or enforcing the regulation entitled 
International Traffic In Arms Regulations: U.S. Munitions List 
Categories I, II, and III, 85 FR 3819 (Jan. 23, 2020) ``insofar as it 
alters the status quo restrictions on technical data and software 
directly related to the production of firearms or firearm parts using a 
3D-printer or similar equipment.'' (Case No. 2:20-cv-00111-RAJ).
    As a result, any request for licenses of items that would otherwise 
fall under the U.S. Department of Commerce regulation, 15 CFR 732.2(b) 
and 734.7(c) (added by the final rule, entitled, Control of Firearms, 
Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles the President Determines No 
Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML); 
85 FR 4136, Jan. 23, 2020), should instead be directed to the U.S. 
Department of State.
    BIS posted information on its website to alert the public of the 
Bureau's

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interim measures with respect to this court order. See https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/component/docman/?task=doc_download&gid=2535. 
For additional information about the court ordered injunction 
pertaining to revisions to the U.S. https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_public_portal_news_and_events&timeframe=week.

    Dated: March 16, 2020.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-05934 Filed 4-1-20; 8:45 am]
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