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States, and the Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
International Security of the Department of State. The 
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Secu-
rity shall serve as the chairperson of the Board. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Board shall—
(1) conduct a comprehensive review of United 
States strategic export controls in the context of the 
Global War on Terrorism in order to strengthen con-
trols by regulation, where appropriate, and to formu-
late legislative proposals for any new authorities that 
are needed for counter-terrorism purposes; 
(2) develop a strategy for ensuring a high level 
of confidence in the export control of any items im-
portant to the current and future military superiority 
of the United States Armed Forces, including in par-
ticular the security of sensitive software through the 
use of tamper-resistant security software and other 
emerging technologies; 
(3) design standards and best practices for infor-
mation assurance and protection for the robust infor-
mation technology systems, such as virtual private 
networks, already utilized by United States defense 
firms in the conduct of their export control regulated 
activities with foreign partners, which can also gain 
the support of United States friends and allies;
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(4) formulate, with the assistance of the United 
States defense industry and the support of United 
States friends and allies, an automated international 
delivery confirmation system for commercial ship-
ments of lethal and other high risk items in order to 
afford improved protection against attempts to dis-
rupt international supply chains or to divert sensitive 
items to gray arms markets; 
(5) prepare recommendations for the President 
and Congress, as appropriate, with respect to—
(A) the consolidation of overlapping or du-
plicative functions among the responsible depart-
ments and agencies of the Government of the 
United States in such areas as enforcement, end 
use monitoring, export licensing, watch lists, and 
related areas; 
(B) the cost-savings associated with integra-
tion of export licensing staffs and the promulga-
tion of integrated export control regulations; and 
(C) the resultant rationalization of budg-
etary resources to be authorized among the re-
sponsible departments and agencies of the United 
States Government; 
(6) establish the necessary departmental and 
inter-agency controls that will ensure legitimate ex-
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ports by United States business organizations can be 
readily identified and generally approved within 10 
days, but no later than 30 days in more complex 
cases, except in unusual circumstances, such as those 
requiring congressional notification or foreign govern-
ment assurances; 
(7) review and revise, where appropriate, plans 
for modernizing information technology systems of the 
relevant departments and agencies of the Government 
of the United States involved in export licensing, ex-
port enforcement, and screening of involved private 
parties to ensure efficient, reliable, and secure intra-
governmental networks, at the earliest practicable 
date among the relevant departments and agencies 
and United States exporters; and 
(8) develop a strategy for strengthening the mul-
tilateral control regimes or developing new regimes, 
as appropriate, to augment or supplement existing 
international arrangements. 
(c) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later 
than one year, two years, and three years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that contains—
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(1) an independent assessment of progress made 
by the Board in carrying out its functions under 
paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (b); 
(2) the budgetary impact of each of the rec-
ommendations prepared under subsection (b)(5) and 
any additional recommendations prepared by the 
Comptroller General and the budgetary impact of 
such recommendations; and 
(3) a certification as to whether the Comptroller 
General had access to sufficient information to enable 
the Comptroller General to make informed judgments 
on the matters covered by the report. 
SEC. 713. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL LICENSE AND 
COMPLIANCE OFFICERS. 
(a) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 101 of this Act, up to $13,000,000 
shall be available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 
for salaries and expenses related to the assignment of addi-
tional full time license and compliance officers in the Direc-
torate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds authorized 
under subsection (a) may be made available until 15 days 
after the date on which the Secretary of State submits a 
written report to the congressional committees specified in 
section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
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U.S.C.2394–1(a)) in accordance with the procedures appli-
cable to reprogramming notifications under such section, 
which sets forth the plans and timetable of the Department 
of State for measurable improvements in the quality and 
timeliness of the service it provides in support of United 
States Armed Forces abroad and routine exports by United 
States business organizations, as well as for the elaboration 
of enhanced compliance measures appropriate to the height-
ened security environment for arms exports during the 
Global War on Terrorism. 
Subtitle C—Procedures Relating to 
Export Licenses 
SEC. 721. TRANSPARENCY OF JURISDICTIONAL DETER-
MINATIONS. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares that 
the complete confidentiality surrounding several thousand 
commodity classification determinations made each year by 
the Department of Commerce pursuant to the Export Ad-
ministration Regulations and several hundred commodity 
jurisdiction determinations made each year by the Depart-
ment of State pursuant to the International Traffic in 
Arms Regulations is not necessary to protect legitimate pro-
prietary interests of persons or their prices and customers, 
is not in the best interests of the security and foreign policy 
interests of the United States, is inconsistent with the need