On February 12, the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a Federal Register Notice seeking comments to inform its review of controls implemented in recent revisions to the following United States Munitions List (USML) Categories:
V – Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and Their Constituents;
X – Personal Protective Equipment; and
XI – Military Electronics
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) also published a notice on February 12. The agency is seeking public comments to perform a complementary review of items on the Commerce Control List (CCL) concurrent with DDTC’s review to ensure that the descriptions of these items on the CCL are clear, items for normal commercial use are not inadvertently controlled as military items on the USML, technological developments are accounted for on the control lists, and controls properly implement the national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States.
This is part of DDTC and BIS’ periodic post-Export Control Review (ECR) of the USML/CCL.
Comments for both notices are due on April 13.