Nice JoAnne! Thank you.
Stefan On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 1:02 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa <k9...@comcast.net> wrote: > This latest update shows that US Government agencies continue to work on > changes to ITAR and hopefully are making progress. Perhaps relief is closer > now as compared to a year ago. > > I thought it would be interesting to find the source document(s) to this > report. While the initial good news fits within a single press release, the > changes as published on May 13 in the Federal Register cover a few dozen > pages of legal language. > > Here are links to the ITAR rule changes as published in the Federal > Register: > > > https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/05/13/2014-10807/revisions-to- > > the-export-administration-regulations-ear-control-of-spacecraft-systems-and- > related > > In case our mailing list mangles the long URL here is an equivalent > tiny-URL to federalregister.gov: > > http://tinyurl.com/ITAR-FedRegister > > -- > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM > k9...@amsat.org > Editor, AMSAT Journal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Eric Rosenberg > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 07:38 > To: Amsat-bb Mailing List > Subject: [amsat-bb] New US Satellite Export Reforms Gets Positive Response > from Industry > > from Via Satellite. > > Enjoy! > > 73, > Eric W3DQ > Washington, DC > > --------------- > > New US Satellite Export Reforms Gets Positive Response from Industry > > By Caleb Henry | May 16, 2014 > > > [Via Satellite 05-16-2014] > > After 15 years of restrictions and intense scrutiny, the United States > Department of State has reclassified satellites and several related > components so they will no longer be treated as weapons. The changes > affect Category 15 of the U.S. Munitions List (USML), which covers > spacecraft and related articles, by shifting most commercial, civil and > scientific satellites and accompanying equipment to the Department of > Commerce’s Commerce Control List (CCL). > > The satellite industry has called for reforms to these policies for a > long time, citing lost revenue and missed opportunities internationally. > Congress transferred satellites under the domain of International > Traffic and Arms Regulations (ITAR) after a launch failure of the > Chinese Long March 3B carrying a U.S. payload in 1996. > > With satellites treated as armaments, international trade suffered, and > the industry atrophied. An estimated $21 billion in satellite revenue > was lost from 1999 to 2009, according to the Aerospace Industries > Association (AIA). This was compounded by the loss of roughly 9,000 > directly related jobs. > > The new revisions first remove most radiation-hardened microelectronic > microcircuits, taking effect 45 days after publication of the rule. > Communications satellites without classified components, remote sensing > satellites with certain performance parameters, and other spacecraft > parts not specifically identified in the revised category are cleared > 180 days after publication. The U.S. government will, under certain > conditions, allow CCL-classified satellites with some USML components to > remain CCL-controlled. The reform is also intended to make it easier for > the U.S. government to make use of hosted payloads on commercial > satellites. Exports to China remain forbidden along with other select > countries. > > “[The Satellite Industry Association] (SIA) congratulates the U.S. > government on this truly comprehensive overhaul to the U.S. satellite > export control system,” said Patricia Cooper, president of SIA. “With a > more modern regulatory environment for exports in place, we look forward > to unleashing the full force of American ingenuity and innovation at > work in the international market.” > > The amendment to ITAR is part of President Barack Obama’s Export Control > Reform (ECR) effort. With a few exceptions, items not subject to the > export control jurisdiction of ITAR fall under the Department of > Commerce’s less strict Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The CCL > is included under EAR, which still imposes license requirements on > exports, re-exports and retransfers, but with less stringency because > they are no longer considered easily repurposed for military applications. > > The AIA applauded the reclassification, calling the previous > restrictions “excessive,” and encouraged greater cooperation between > Congress and the Obama administration to continue making U.S. companies > more competitive internationally. The Department of State and the > Department of Commerce published final rules facilitating the transfer > of satellites and related components on May 13, 2014, but acknowledged > the need for an interim period. > > “The Department [of State] has committed to reviewing during the six > months after the publication of this rule whether further amendments to > the USML controls on civil and commercial remote sensing satellites are > warranted, and seeks additional public comment on this matter,” the > agency said in a statement released by the Federal Register. > > Comments during the interim period close on June 27, 2014. The effective > date is scheduled for Nov. 10, 2014. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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