To provide Israel a license exception to the Export Administration Regulations currently made available to 36 other nations.

Bill: 113-hr-3961
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2014-01-29
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation

Israel

Licensing and registrations

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Technology transfer and commercialization

Trade agreements and negotiations

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the President to direct the Secretary of State to undertake discussions with Israel to identify the steps necessary to include Israel within the list of countries eligible for the Strategic Trade Authorization exception to the requirement for a license for the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of an item subject to certain export controls.</p> <p>(This exception authorizes exports, re-exports, and transfers [in-country], including releases within a single country of software source code and technology to foreign nationals, in lieu of a license that would otherwise be required. The list of countries eligible for the license exception covers those countries with respect to which the reasons for control that would ordinarily impose the license requirement include national security, chemical or biological weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, regional stability, crime control, and/or significant items authorized for destinations in or nationals of a specified Country Group.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3961 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2014 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To provide Israel a license exception to the Export Administration Regulations currently made available to 36 other nations.

1. Expedited licensing procedures (a) In general The President shall direct the Secretary of State to undertake discussions with Israel to identify the steps required to be taken to include Israel within the list of countries described in section 740.20(c)(1) of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to eligibility for Strategic Trade Authorizations).