Control of Firearms, Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML)
bis-export-control · Bureau of Industry and Security · Published 2020-01-23 · Effective 2020-03-09 · 85 FR 4136
Document
Document number
2020-00573
Federal Register citation
85 FR 4136
CFR reference
15 CFR 732
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
Bureau of Industry and Security
Publication date
2020-01-23
Effective date
2020-03-09
Commerce docket
Docket No. 191107-0079
Abstract
On May 24, 2018, the Department of Commerce published a proposed rule in conjunction with a Department of State proposed rule to revise Categories I (firearms, close assault weapons and combat shotguns), II (guns and armaments), and III (ammunition/ordnance) of the USML and transfer items that no longer warrant control on the USML to the Commerce Control List (CCL). This final rule responds to and adopts changes based on the comments received on the Commerce proposed rule and is being published simultaneously with a final rule by the Department of State that will revise Categories I, II, and III of the USML to describe more precisely the articles warranting continued control on that list. These revisions complete the initial review of the USML that the Department of State began in 2011 and the conforming changes made to the EAR to control these items not warranting control under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).