The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking public comments on an information collection related to “miscellaneous" licensing, reporting and enforcement activities associated with exports. BIS said it's revising the title of the information collection to include certain reporting activities.
The U.S. government is taking several steps to curb the transfer of U.S. firearms to drug cartels and other violent groups in Mexico, a State Department official told a congressional panel last week.
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., led 13 other House Democrats in introducing a bill Dec. 18 that would block the sale of advanced AI chips to China and other U.S. arms embargoed countries.
Recently introduced bills that could codify aspects of the Bureau of Industry and Security's suspended 50% rule show that lawmakers may be moving toward giving BIS more Entity List authority, said Ashley Roberts, a trade and national security lawyer with Hogan Lovells.
The House Select Committee on China and the House and Senate Intelligence committees said in a report released Dec. 17 that many Energy Department-funded research projects have been conducted with Chinese entities the U.S. government has placed on restricted lists for their ties to China’s military or role in human rights abuses.
The Census Bureau updated its port of export code in the Automated Export System for Port Angeles in Washington to reflect the fact that it's now accepting "road" as a mode of transportation, it said in an email to AES users Dec. 16. The port, code 3007, now permits transport modes for vessel, air and road.
Nearly 21,000 companies could be affected by new export license requirements if the Bureau of Industry and Security reinstates its 50% rule, also known as the Affiliates Rule, financial services company Moody's said this week.
The Bureau of Industry and Security on Dec. 15 suspended the export privileges of six people after they were convicted of export-related offenses, including illegal shipments involving guns to Mexico, dual-use parts to Russia, items to Chinese companies on the Entity List, and more. The suspensions took effect from the date of their convictions.
The Commerce Department should use its upcoming AI exports program as an opportunity to address export licensing delays within the Bureau of Industry and Security, technology companies and trade groups told the agency in public comments this month.
Gregory LoGerfo, President Donald Trump’s nominee for counterterrorism coordinator at the State Department, said Dec. 11 that he would encourage other countries to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.