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Information Disclosure
This proposed rule revises the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (``OPIC'') Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA'') regulations by making substantive and administrative changes. These revisions are intended to supersede OPIC's current FOIA regulations, located at this Part. The proposed rule incorporates the FOIA revisions contained in the...
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Effect of Imported Articles on the National Security
The Department of Commerce is amending its regulation on the ``Effect of Imported Articles on the National Security'' to reduce the number of copies of a request or application for an investigation to be filed with the Department from 12 copies to 1 copy, plus the original, thereby reducing the burden on the applicant.
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Technical Amendments to the Customs Regulations
This document amends the Customs Regulations by correcting various referencing and typographical errors, and by making certain editorial changes to improve the clarity of the regulations. None of these technical corrections involve changes in substantive legal requirements.
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Administrative Rulings
This document sets forth proposed amendments to those provisions of the Customs Regulations that concern the issuance of administrative rulings and related written determinations and decisions on prospective and current transactions arising under the Customs and related laws. The proposed regulatory changes include amendments to Customs...
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Industry and Security Programs
On April 18, 2002, the Bureau of Export Administration changed its name to the Bureau of Industry and Security, and made conforming changes in its regulations (67 FR 20630, April 26, 2002). Consistent with that change, effective May 17, 2002, the names of the ``Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration'' and the ``Chief Counsel for...
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Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Denied Persons List
This rule removes references in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to the ``Denied Persons List'' maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security because the list is described, but not published, in the Code of Federal Regulations, and is not intended to be legally controlling. This rule also makes a format change in the template of...
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Confidentiality Protection for Vessel Cargo Manifest Information
This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to provide that, in addition to the importer or consignee, parties that electronically transmit vessel cargo manifest information directly to Customs 24 or more hours before cargo is laden aboard the vessel at the foreign port may request confidentiality with respect to the name and address...
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Establishment of a Petition Process To Review Eligibility of Countries for the Benefits of the Andean Trade Preference Act, as Amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act
This rule, on an interim final and emergency basis, provides for the establishment of a petition process to review the eligibility of countries for the benefits of the Andean Trade Preference Act, as amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.
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Exports and Reexports of Explosives Detection Equipment and Related Software and Technology; Imposition and Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations to expand the scope of explosives detection equipment controlled under Export Classification Control Number (ECCN) 2A983, previously 2A993, to include equipment that detects the presence of explosives, explosive residue, or detonators. BIS is also...
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Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information
This notice of proposed rulemaking establishes for Federal agencies the uniform procedures to implement Section 214 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the receipt, care, and storage of Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) voluntarily submitted to the Federal Government. The protection of critical infrastructure reduces the...
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Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information
This document proposes to amend the Customs Regulations to provide that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must receive, by way of a CBP-approved electronic data interchange system, information pertaining to cargo before the cargo is either brought into or sent from the United States by any mode of commercial transportation (sea, air, rail or...
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Establishment of a Petition Process To Review Eligibility of Countries for the Benefits of the Andean Trade Preference Act, as Amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act
This final rule provides for the establishment of a petition process to review the eligibility of countries for the benefits of the Andean Trade Preference Act, as amended by the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.
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Confidentiality of Commercial Information
This document amends Chapter I of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations on an interim basis regarding the disclosure procedures that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) follows when commercial information is provided to CBP by a business submitter. The predecessor of CBP--the U.S. Customs Service--as a component of the...
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Export Administration Regulations: Penalty Guidance in the Settlement of Administrative Enforcement Cases
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposes to amend the Export Administration Regulations by incorporating guidance on how BIS makes penalty determinations when settling administrative enforcement cases under part 766 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), 15 CFR 730-799 (2003). This guidance also addresses related aspects of...
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Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information
This document amends the Customs Regulations to provide that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must receive, by way of a CBP-approved electronic data interchange system, information pertaining to cargo before the cargo is either brought into or sent from the United States by any mode of commercial transportation (sea, air, rail...
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Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations: Electronic Submission of Declarations and Reports Through the Web-Data Entry System for Industry (Web-DESI)
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim rule, on December 30, 1999, that established the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) affecting U.S. industry and other U.S. persons. The CWCR include requirements to report certain activities, involving...
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Export Administration Regulations: Penalty Guidance in the Settlement of Administrative Enforcement Cases
On September 17, 2003, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a proposed rule regarding penalty guidance in the settlement of administrative enforcement cases (68 FR 54402). After considering public comments on that proposed rule, BIS is issuing this final rule, which discusses the comments received and the extent to which they were...
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Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information; Interim Rule
This interim rule establishes procedures to implement section 214 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the receipt, care, and storage of critical infrastructure information voluntarily submitted to the Department of Homeland Security. The protection of critical infrastructure reduces the vulnerability of the United States to acts of...
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Availability of Information to the Public
The Department of State proposes to revise its regulations governing access by the public to information that is under the control of the Department in order to reflect changes in the provisions of basic underlying laws and executive orders pertaining to access to information (i.e., the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, Executive...
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Revision of Export and Reexport Restrictions on Libya
In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the President's April 23, 2004, decision to revise United States sanctions against Libya. This rule also implements the transfer to the Department of Commerce from the Department of Treasury of the licensing jurisdiction for...