I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3288 
To authorize the President to remove commercial satellites and related compo-
nents from the United States Munitions List subject to certain restric-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2011 
Mr. BERMAN (for himself, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 
CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to remove commercial satellites 
and related components from the United States Muni-
tions List subject to certain restrictions, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding United 
States Satellite Leadership and Security Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO REMOVE SATELLITES AND RELATED 
COMPONENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES 
MUNITIONS LIST. 
Subject to section 5, the President is authorized to 
remove commercial satellites and related components from 
the United States Munitions List, consistent with the pro-
cedures in section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2778(f)). 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON SATELLITE SALES TO THE PEO-
PLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
No satellite or related component may be transferred 
to, directly or indirectly, or launched into outer space by, 
the Government of the People’s Republic of China or any 
entity or person of the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON SATELLITE SALES TO STATE 
SPONSORS 
OF 
TERRORISM 
AND 
NORTH 
KOREA. 
No satellite or related component may be transferred 
to, directly or indirectly, or launched into outer space by, 
the Government of Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, or North 
Korea or any entity or person of Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, 
or North Korea. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The President may not exercise the authority pro-
vided in section 2 of this Act before— 
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(1) the date that is 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, 
(2) the date on which the President submits to 
Congress a determination that the transfer of com-
mercial satellites from the United States Munitions 
List does not pose an unacceptable risk to the na-
tional security of the United States, or 
(3) the date on which the President submits to 
Congress a report regarding the risk-mitigating li-
censing controls, procedures, and safeguards the 
President will put in place to reduce such risk to an 
absolute minimum, 
whichever occurs last. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, 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)). 
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