50 U.S.C. § 4818: Review relating to countries…

Summary

Officials must review the rules for licenses needed to send, resend, or move items inside countries that are under a full U.S. arms embargo. The review must be done by the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and other federal agency heads as needed. The review should look at the export controls in title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations for military uses and users in U.S. and U.N. embargoed countries, and it should check Commerce Control List entries that now do not need a license to go to U.S. embargoed countries. The Secretary must put the review’s results into effect no later than 270 days after August 13, 2018.

Title 50, §4818

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(a)In general

The Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall conduct a review of license requirements for exports, reexports, or in-country transfers of items to countries subject to a comprehensive United States arms embargo, including, as appropriate—

(1)the scope of controls under title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, that apply to exports, reexports, and in-country transfers for military end uses and military end users in countries that are subject to a comprehensive United States arms embargo and countries that are subject to a United Nations arms embargo; and

(2)entries on the Commerce Control List maintained under title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, that are not subject to a license requirement for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of items to countries subject to a comprehensive United States arms embargo.

(b)Implementation of results of review

Not later than 270 days after August 13, 2018, the Secretary shall implement the results of the review conducted under subsection (a).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted period for semicolon at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(d), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3873, provided that the amendment made by section 1081(d)(8) is effective as of Aug. 13, 2018, and as if included in Pub. L. 115–232.

§4818 Review Relating to Countries Subject to Comprehensive United States Arms Embargo