IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 829 
Expressing support for completion of President Obama’s Export Control Re-
form Initiative, which will fundamentally reform the United States export 
control system and enhance United States national security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2016 
Mr. PETERSON (for himself and Mr. MARINO) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for completion of President Obama’s Ex-
port Control Reform Initiative, which will fundamentally 
reform the United States export control system and en-
hance United States national security. 
Whereas the United States export control system is highly 
flawed and limits the competitiveness of American busi-
nesses in the global marketplace; 
Whereas the United States export control system currently is 
enforced by multiple overlapping agencies utilizing sepa-
rate and often redundant information technology systems; 
Whereas President Obama undertook an interagency review 
of the United States export control system in 2009 with 
the goal of doubling United States exports within 5 
years; 
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Whereas review of the Bureau of Industry and Security’s 
Commerce Control List and the Directorate of Defense 
Trade Controls’ United States Munitions List is part of 
phase one of President Obama’s Export Control Reform 
Initiative; 
Whereas 18 of the 21 categories on the United States Muni-
tions List have begun the transition from the Depart-
ment of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to 
the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 
Security’s Commerce Control List; 
Whereas the remaining 3 categories still remain under regu-
lation by the Department of State’s Directorate of De-
fense Trade Controls with no indication of movement 
since 2013; 
Whereas the remaining 3 categories represent an opportunity 
to increase United States competition in a rapidly in-
creasing global marketplace and grow United States ex-
ports without impacting national security; and 
Whereas American manufacturers face a competitive dis-
advantage, which limits the ability of manufacturers to 
grow their businesses here at home: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports President Obama’s Export Control 
Reform Initiative; 
(2) recognizes the economic burden imposed on 
those United States Munitions List categories that 
remain unnecessarily regulated by the Department 
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of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls; 
and 
(3) encourages publication of proposed rules to 
shift the remaining United States Munitions List 
categories to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau 
of Industry and Security’s Commerce Control List 
by the end of 2016. 
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