(C) the license is issued within 5 days
after the Secretary receives the requested assur-
ances.
(4) EXCEPTION.—Whenever a prelicense check
described in paragraph (2) or assurances described
in paragraph (3) are not requested within the time
periods set forth therein, then the time expended for
such prelicense check or assurances shall be included
in calculating the time periods established by this
section.
(5) MULTILATERAL REVIEW.—Multilateral re-
view of a license application to the extent that such
multilateral review is required by a relevant multilat-
eral regime.
(6) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Such
time as is required for mandatory congressional noti-
fications under this Act.
(7) CONSULTATIONS.—Consultation with for-
eign governments, if such consultation is provided
for by a relevant multilateral regime as a pre-
condition for approving a license.
(h) CLASSIFICATION REQUESTS AND OTHER INQUIR-
IES.—
(1) CLASSIFICATION REQUESTS.—In any case
in which the Secretary receives a written request
asking for the proper classification of an item on the
Control List or the applicability of licensing require-
ments under this title, the Secretary shall promptly
notify the Secretary of Defense and the head of any
department or agency the Secretary considers appro-
priate. The Secretary shall, within 14 days after re-
ceiving the request, inform the person making the
request of the proper classification.
(2) OTHER INQUIRIES.—In any case in which
the Secretary receives a written request for informa-
tion under this Act, the Secretary shall, within 30
days after receiving the request, reply with that in-
formation to the person making the request.
SEC. 402. INTERAGENCY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—All license applications on which
agreement cannot be reached shall be referred to the inter-
agency dispute resolution process for decision.
(b) INTERAGENCY
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
PROC-
ESS.—
(1) INITIAL RESOLUTION.—The Secretary shall
establish, select the chairperson of, and determine
procedures for an interagency committee to review
initially all license applications described in sub-
section (a) with respect to which the Secretary and
any of the referral departments and agencies are not
in agreement. The chairperson shall consider the po-
sitions of all the referral departments and agencies
(which shall be included in the minutes described in
subsection (c)(2)) and make a decision on the license
application, including appropriate revisions or condi-
tions thereto.
(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The analytic
product of the intelligence community should be fully
considered with respect to any proposed license
under this title.
(3) FURTHER
RESOLUTION.—The President
shall establish additional levels for review or appeal
of any matter that cannot be resolved pursuant to
the process described in paragraph (1). Each such
review shall—
(A) provide for decision-making based on
the majority vote of the participating depart-
ments and agencies;
(B) provide that a department or agency
that fails to take a timely position, citing the
specific statutory and regulatory bases for a po-
sition, shall be deemed to have no objection to
the pending decision;
(C) provide that any decision of an inter-
agency committee established under paragraph
(1) or interagency dispute resolution process es-
tablished under this paragraph may be esca-
lated to the next higher level of review at the
request of an official appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice of the Senate, or
an officer properly acting in such capacity, of a
department or agency that participated in the
interagency committee or dispute resolution
process that made the decision; and
(D) ensure that matters are resolved or re-
ferred to the President not later than 90 days
after the date the completed license application
is referred by the Secretary.
(c) FINAL ACTION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Once a final decision is
made under subsection (b), the Secretary shall
promptly—
(A) issue the license and ensure that all
appropriate personnel in the Department (in-
cluding the Office of Export Enforcement) are
notified of all approved license applications; or
(B) notify the applicant of the intention to
deny the application.
(2) MINUTES.—The interagency committee and
each level of the interagency dispute resolution proc-
ess shall keep reasonably detailed minutes of all
meetings. On each matter before the interagency
committee or before any other level of the inter-
agency dispute resolution process in which members
disagree, each member shall clearly state the reasons
for the member’s position and the reasons shall be
entered in the minutes.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL AR-
RANGEMENTS; FOREIGN BOY-
COTTS; SANCTIONS; AND EN-
FORCEMENT
SEC. 501. INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.
(a) MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL REGIMES.—
(1) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United
States to seek multilateral arrangements that sup-
port the national security objectives of the United
States (as described in title II) and that establish
fairer and more predictable competitive opportunities
for United States exporters.
(2) PARTICIPATION
IN
EXISTING
REGIMES.—
Congress encourages the United States to continue
its active participation in and to strengthen existing
multilateral export control regimes.
(3) PARTICIPATION IN NEW REGIMES.—It is the
policy of the United States to participate in addi-
tional multilateral export control regimes if such
participation would serve the national security inter-
ests of the United States.
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON MULTILATERAL EXPORT
CONTROL REGIMES.—Not later than February 1 of each
year, the President shall submit to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives a report evaluating the effectiveness of
each multilateral export control regime, including an as-
sessment of the steps undertaken pursuant to subsections
(c) and (d). The report, or any part of this report, may
be submitted in classified form to the extent the President
considers necessary.
(c) STANDARDS FOR MULTILATERAL EXPORT CON-
TROL REGIMES.—The President shall take steps to estab-
lish the following features in any multilateral export con-
trol regime in which the United States is participating or
may participate:
(1) FULL MEMBERSHIP.—All supplier countries
are members of the regime, and the policies and ac-
tivities of the members are consistent with the objec-
tives and membership criteria of the multilateral ex-
port control regime.