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(5) EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS.—
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means those regulations contained in sections 730 
through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or successor regulations). 
(6) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘foreign 
government’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 38(g)(9)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(B)). 
(7) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
38(g)(9)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(C)). 
(8) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 16(3) of the Export Admin-
istration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415(3)). 
(9) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA-
TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations’’ means those regulations contained in 
sections 120 through 130 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations). 
(10) ITEM.—The term ‘‘item’’ means any good or 
technology, defense article or defense service subject to 
the export jurisdiction of the United States under law 
or regulation.
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(11) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ means an of-
ficial written document of the United States Govern-
ment issued pursuant to the Export Administration 
Regulations or the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations, as the case may be, authorizing a spe-
cific export. 
(12) MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY
CONTROL
REGIME; 
MTCR.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology Control Re-
gime’’ or ‘‘MTCR’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 11B(c)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(2)). 
(13) MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY
CONTROL
REGIME 
ANNEX; MTCR ANNEX.—The term ‘‘Missile Technology 
Control Regime Annex’’ or ‘‘MTCR Annex’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(4) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2401b(c)(4)). 
(14) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 38(g)(9)(E) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(E)). 
(15) STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL.—The term 
‘‘strategic export control’’ means the control of items 
subject to the export jurisdiction of the United States 
pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regu-
lations or the Export Administration Regulations.
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(16) TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘technology’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 16(4) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2415(4)). 
(17) UNITED
STATES
MUNITIONS
LIST.—The 
term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list 
referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
SEC. 703. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Congress declares that, at a time of evolving threats 
and changing relationships with other countries, United 
States strategic export controls are in urgent need of a com-
prehensive review in order to assure such controls are 
achieving their intended purposes of protecting the national 
security interests of the United States in the Global War 
on Terrorism and of promoting the foreign policy purposes 
of the United States, in particular by assuring that—
(1) export license procedures are properly de-
signed to prioritize readily which exports may be ap-
proved quickly for United States friends and allies 
and which require greater scrutiny in order to safe-
guard national interests; 
(2) technology related to the military superiority 
of the United States Armed Forces is safeguarded
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during and after export to a high level of confidence; 
and 
(3) overlapping and duplicative functions among 
the responsible departments and agencies of the Gov-
ernment of the United States are consolidated and in-
tegrated wherever appropriate in order to enhance ef-
ficiency, information sharing, and the consistent exe-
cution of United States policy. 
Subtitle B—Revising and Strength-
ening Strategic Export Control 
Policies 
SEC. 711. AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC 
AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1956. 
(a) UNDER SECRETARY
FOR ARMS CONTROL
AND 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.—Section 1(b)(2) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2651a(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘There’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The Under Secretary for 
Arms Control and International Security shall 
be responsible for—
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‘‘(i) coordinating and executing a 
United States strategy for strengthening 
multilateral export controls; 
‘‘(ii) coordinating the activities of all 
bureaus and offices of the Department of 
State that have responsibility for export 
control policy, licensing, or assistance; and 
‘‘(iii) serving as the chairperson of the 
Strategic Export Control Board established 
under section 712 of the Strategic Export 
Control and Security Assistance Act of 
2005.’’. 
(b) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR STRATEGIC EX-
PORT CONTROL .—Section 1(b)(2) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(2)), as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) DEPUTY
UNDER
SECRETARY
FOR 
STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL.—There shall be in 
the Department of State a Deputy Under Sec-
retary for Strategic Export Control who shall 
have primary responsibility to assist the Under 
Secretary for Arms Control and International 
Security in carrying out the responsibility of the
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Under Secretary described in subparagraph 
(B)(iii).’’. 
(c) DEFENSE
TRADE
CONTROLS
REGISTRATION 
FEES.—Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) functions of the Strategic Export Control 
Board established under section 712 of the Strategic 
Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 
2005.’’. 
SEC. 712. STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROL BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Strategic 
Export Control Board (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Board’’). The Board shall consist of representatives from 
the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, 
the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 
Justice, the National Security Council, the intelligence com-
munity (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)), and other appropriate de-
partments and agencies of the Government of the United