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Export Control Reform Act Is Finalized in Congress
July 30, 2018, Covington Alert
On July 23, the final text of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (“ECRA”) was released as part of the Conference Report to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for fiscal year 2019. The NDAA is a must-pass piece of legislation that authorizes funding for the Department of Defense, and we expect it to be enacted and signed within the next two weeks.
November 20, 2018, Covington Alert
On November 19, 2018, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) requesting public comment on the criteria to identify emerging technologies essential to U.S. national security. The comments will inform the interagency process that was authorized under the Export Control ...
March 8, 2018, Covington Alert
On February 15, 2018, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation—the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (“ECRA”)⸺to modernize U.S. export control regulation of commercial and dual-use items.
November 8, 2017, Covington Alert
During the past two weeks, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the U.S. Department of State have taken a number of steps toward implementing aspects of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”), a major piece of sanctions legislation passed by the U.S. Congress in July and signed by ...