Satellites move from USML to Commerce Control List
The new regulations will change the nature of U.S. export controls on most commercial, scientific, and civil satellites and their parts and components.
The satellite items moving from the Department of State Category XV of USML (U.S. Munitions List) to BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) Commerce Control List include communications satellites that do not contain classified components, certain remote sensing satellites, spacecraft parts, components, accessories, attachments, equipment, or systems that are not specifically identified in the revised category.
The Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn said this about the Export Control Initiative:
“For the many American businesses that compete in this key technology sector, it means a stronger United States defense industrial base, the ability to focus the government’s limited resources on the technologies and destinations of greatest concern, an increase in the competitiveness of the U.S. satellite industry, and a reduction in the licensing burden on U.S. exporters.”
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