Title: Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018
This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the President from removing any of the following items under category I, II, or III (firearms, armament, ammunition) of the United States Munitions List in order to transfer them to the Commerce Control List: (1) significant military equipment or their components, parts, or accessories; (2) flame throwers designed or modified for military application; or (3) devices for launching or delivering ordnance.
Such items are currently under Department of State jurisdiction.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4765 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4765

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the removal of certain 
items under category I, II, or III of the United States Munitions List 
for purposes of transferring the item to or controlling the item under 
   any portion of the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the 
                   Export Administration Regulations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2018

Mrs. Torres (for herself, Mr. Engel, Mr. Raskin, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. 
   Gabbard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the removal of certain 
items under category I, II, or III of the United States Munitions List 
for purposes of transferring the item to or controlling the item under 
   any portion of the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the 
                   Export Administration Regulations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REMOVAL OF CERTAIN ITEMS UNDER CATEGORIES I, II, 
              AND III OF THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

    (a) In General.--Section 38(f)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2778(f)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(f)(1) The President'' and inserting 
        ``(f)(1)(A) The President'';
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``The President'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (B), the President''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B)(i) The President may not remove any item described in clause 
(ii) for purposes of transferring the item to or controlling the item 
under any portion of the Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the 
Export Administration Regulations (as such term is defined by 
subsection (k)(3)).
    ``(ii) The items described in this clause are items included in 
category I, II, or III of the United States Munitions List, as in 
effect on January 10, 2017, and designated as--
            ``(I) significant military equipment;
            ``(II) components, parts, accessories, or attachments of 
        significant military equipment;
            ``(III) flame throwers specifically designed or modified 
        for military application; or
            ``(IV) apparatus or devices for launching or delivering 
        ordnance.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to items controlled under category I, II, or III of the United States 
Munitions List on or after such date of enactment.
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