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December 11, 2012
Remarks of Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn at the Practicing Law Institute in Washington DC on December 10, 2012.
Speech

May 18, 2012
BIS publishes proposed rule Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Items that No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List and Items on the Wassenaar Arrangement Munitions List.
Proposed Rule

April 17, 2012
BIS publishes a final rule Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Export Control Classification Number 0Y521 Series, Items Not Elsewhere Listed on the Commerce Control List (CCL).
Final Rule

December 23, 2011
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules addressing submersible vessels and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control on the United States Munitions List. The comment period for both rules closes on February 6, 2012.
BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

December 23, 2011
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules addressing surface vessels and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control on the United States Munitions List. The comment period for both rules closes on January 20 2012.
BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

December 6, 2011
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules addressing gas turbine engines and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control on the United States Munitions List. The comment period for both rules closes on January 20, 2012.
BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

December 6, 2011
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules addressing vehicles and related items that the President determines no longer warrant control on the United States Munitions List. The comment period for both rules closes on January 20 2012.
BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

November 7, 2011
BIS and State Department publish proposed rules for aircraft and related items that no longer warrant control under Category VIII of the U.S. Munitions List. Comments will be accepted until December 22, 2011.
BIS Proposed Rule | State Proposed Rule

November 1, 2011
Statement by U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson on the Confirmation of Eric Hirschhorn as the Under Secretary of the Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security
Press Release

October 27, 2011
President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Open Meeting
Final Rule

August 31, 2011
BIS Publishes New “Best Practices” for Industry to Guard Against Unlawful Diversion through Transshipment Trade
Press Release

August 26, 2011
President’s Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Open Meeting
Federal Register Notice | Field Hearing Agenda

August 10, 2011
Jianwei Ding of Singapore Settles Conspiracy Charge for $100,000 and a 25-year Denial Order
Press Release

August 9, 2011
Dutch Citizen Arrested, Charged with Conspiracy to Export Goods to Iran
DOJ Press Release

July 19-21, 2011
BIS's 24th Annual Update Conference
Remarks of Under Secretary Hirschhorn | Remarks of Assistant Secretary Wolf | Remarks of Assistant Secretary Mills | White House Statement | Session and Panel Presentations | Videos and Transcripts

July 15, 2011
Proposed Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Control of Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML) 76 FR 419858
Proposed Rule | Teleconferences on Proposed Rule | BIS Fact Sheet

July 11, 2011
Remarks of Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn to the U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group
Speech

June 16, 2011
Export Control Reform Initiative: Strategic Trade Authorization License Exception
Press Release | Federal Register Notice

May 12, 2011
Under Secretary Hirschhorn Testifies on the President's Export Control Reform Initiative
Webcast | Testimony

March 21, 2011
Record of Public Comments: Export Control Modernization: Strategic Trade Authorization License Exception (Proposed Rule)
Record of Comments

March 8, 2011
Record of Public Comments: Commerce Control List: Revising Descriptions of Items and Foreign Availability
Record of Comments

February 28, 2011
Remarks of Under Secretary Eric L. Hirschhorn to the Export Control Forum
Speech

February 23, 2011
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Appointees to President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration
Press Release | Federal Register Notice

February 18, 2011
Certification Pertaining to the Release of Controlled Technology or Technical Data to Foreign Persons in the United States. Effective February 20, the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services requires a revised Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, certifying the applicability of U.S. export control regulations to the potential release of controlled technology to the foreign worker.
Fact Sheet

February 16, 2011
Remarks of Deputy Under Secretary Daniel O. Hill to the C5 European Forum on Export Controls
Speech

December 20, 2010
Weekly Teleconference Opportunity with Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Kevin Wolf
Teleconference Opportunity

December 10, 2010
Department of State: Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Revision of U.S. Munitions List Category VII
Amendment

December 10, 2010
Department of State Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Revisions to the United States Munitions List
Proposed Rule Making

December 9, 2010
President Obama Announces First Steps Toward Implementation of New U.S. Export Control System
Press Release

December 9, 2010
Consolidated List of Commerce, State and Treasury Lists of Potential Parties Where There or Which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports or transfers of items
Consolidated List

December 9, 2010
Department of Commerce Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting comments on how the CCL can be more positive and tiered
Proposed Rulemaking

December 9, 2010
Department of Commerce Proposed Rule establishing License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization that implements revised dual-use licensing policies to certain destinations
Proposed Rule

December 6, 2010
Remarks of Under Secretary Eric L. Hirschhorn to the Practising Law Institute
Speech

Executive Order to Create the Export Enforcement Coordination Center
November 9, 2010

U.S. - India Partnership On Export Controls and Non-Proliferation
November 8, 2010

Remarks of David W. Mills, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement
September 1, 2010

President Obama's Remarks on New Efforts to Reform Export Controls
August 31, 2010

White House Fact Sheet

Keynote Remarks of U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke
August 31, 2010

Remarks of Eric L. Hirschhorn, Under Secretary for Industry and Security
August 31, 2010

Remarks of Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration
August 31, 2010


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