The U.S. Export Control System and the President's Reform Initiative.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ammunition.

Biological warfare.

Civil-military relations.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (37 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-1916b in the 2013 issue.

Provides overview of U.S. export control system, including its regulation of defense items or munitions, so-called "dual-use" goods and technology, certain nuclear materials and technology, and items that would assist in development of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons or the missile technology used to deliver them. Discusses roles of Defense Technology Security Administration, various Federal agencies, and multilateral control regimes in enforcement of export controls. Examines Obama Administration proposed export control initiative to create a single export control licensing agency for both dual-use and munitions exports, adopt a unified control list, establish a single enforcement coordination agency, and create a single integrated information technology system that would include a single database of sanctioned and denied parties. Summarizes related Congressional activity.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. U.S. Export Control System and the President's Reform Initiative

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