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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Parts 730, 747, 748 and 762
[Docket No. 160303182–6999–02]
RIN 0694–AG89
Amendment to the Export
Administration Regulations: Removal
of Special Iraq Reconstruction License
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this final rule, the Bureau
of Industry and Security (BIS) amends
the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) by removing the Special Iraq
Reconstruction License (SIRL) from the
EAR. This action furthers the objectives
of the Retrospective Regulatory Review
Initiative that directs BIS and other
federal agencies to streamline
SUMMARY:
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regulations and reduce unnecessary
regulatory burdens on the public.
Specifically, the SIRL is outdated and
seldom used by exporters, who now
have more efficient options for exports
and reexports to Iraq and transfers (incountry) in Iraq. This rule also makes
conforming changes.
DATES: This rule is effective January 4,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Andrukonis, Director, Export
Management and Compliance Division,
Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of
Industry and Security, by telephone at
(202) 482–6396 or by email at
Thomas.Andrukonis@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) issues this final rule to remove the
Special Iraq Reconstruction License
(SIRL) provisions from the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR),
consistent with the Retrospective
Regulatory Review Initiative. In the
preamble to the proposed rule
published in the Federal Register on
June 7, 2016 (81 FR 36481) (hereinafter
‘‘the June 7 proposed rule’’ or ‘‘the June
7 rule’’), BIS reviewed the origins of the
SIRL, established in 2004 (69 FR 46070,
July 30, 2004) to supplement options to
facilitate exports and reexports to Iraq
and transfers within Iraq of items in
furtherance of civil reconstruction and
other projects in Iraq funded by
specified entities, including the United
States government. BIS also reviewed
the record of related transactions since
the SIRL was established.
The record indicates that exporters
supplying items used in support of the
civil reconstruction efforts in Iraq have
not relied on the SIRL to advance those
efforts, apparently because of its
complexity and narrowness. Further,
since 2004, BIS processed only three
applications for the SIRL and approved
only one, as compared to over 400
approved individual license
applications for the export of items to
Iraq between 2012 and 2015. Finally,
with the implementation of updates to
the EAR, the relative advantages of the
SIRL have been offset by changes to
individual licenses and other types of
authorizations offered by BIS that
provide less complex alternatives to the
SIRL.
Thus, consistent with the President’s
Retrospective Regulatory Review
Initiative to streamline regulations and
reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens
on the public (see ‘‘Improving
Regulatory Review’’ (Executive Order
13563 of January 18, 2011)), BIS
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concluded that the SIRL proved not to
be useful.
BIS received no comments in
response to the June 7 rule. BIS,
therefore, publishes in final form the
amendments to the EAR to remove the
SIRL as described initially in the June
7 rule.
Export Administration Act
Although the Export Administration
Act expired on August 20, 2001, the
President, through Executive Order
13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001
Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by
Executive Order 13637 of March 8,
2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013) and
as extended by the Notice of August 4,
2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016), has
continued the Export Administration
Regulations in effect under the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act. BIS continues to carry out
the provisions of the Export
Administration Act, as appropriate and
to the extent permitted by law, pursuant
to Executive Order 13222 as amended
by Executive Order 13637.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866
direct agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility. This rule has been
determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
2. This rule amends collections
previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
Control Numbers 0694–0088,
‘‘Simplified Network Application
Processing + System (SNAP+) and the
Multi-Purpose Application,’’ which
carries a burden hour estimate of 43.8
minutes to prepare and submit form
BIS–748; and 0694–0137, ‘‘License
Exemptions and Exclusions.’’
The total burden hours associated
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA) and
the aforementioned OMB Control
Numbers are not expected to decrease
significantly as a result of this removal
of part 747 of the EAR because of the
infrequent use of part 747 of the EAR by
exporters.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, no person is required to
respond to, nor shall any person be
subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject
to the requirements of the PRA, unless
that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
3. This rule does not contain policies
with Federalism implications as that
term is defined under Executive Order
13132.
4. The Chief Counsel for Regulation at
the Department of Commerce certified
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the
Small Business Administration that this
rule, if adopted, would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The factual basis was published in the
proposed rule and is not repeated here.
BIS received no comments, which
means there were no comments that
addressed the economic impact of this
rule on small entities. Therefore, a final
regulatory flexibility analysis is not
required and one was not prepared.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 730
Administrative practice and
procedure, Advisory committees,
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Strategic and critical
materials.
15 CFR Part 747
Administrative practice and
procedure, Exports, Foreign trade,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Administrative practice and
procedure, Business and industry,
Confidential business information,
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Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.; 10 U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C.
7430(e); 22 U.S.C. 287c; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note;
22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 42
U.S.C. 2139a; 15 U.S.C. 1824a; 50 U.S.C.
4305; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210;
E.O. 11912, 41 FR 15825, 3 CFR, 1976 Comp.,
p. 114; E.O. 12002, 42 FR 35623, 3 CFR, 1977
Comp., p. 133; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3
CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12214, 45 FR
29783, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 256; E.O.
12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p.
608; E.O. 12854, 58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993
Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12918, 59 FR 28205, 3
CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 899; E.O. 12938, 59 FR
59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O.
12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p.
356; E.O. 12981, 60 FR 62981, 3 CFR, 1995
Comp., p. 419; E.O. 13020, 61 FR 54079, 3
CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 219; E.O. 13026, 61 FR
58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O.
13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p.
208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001
Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13338, 69 FR
26751, 3 CFR, 2004 Comp., p 168; E.O.
13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p.
223; Notice of November 12, 2015, 80 FR
70667 (November 13, 2015); Notice of
January 20, 2016, 81 FR 3937 (January 22,
2016); Notice of May 3, 2016, 81 FR 27293
(May 5, 2016); Notice of August 4, 2016, 81
FR 52587 (August 8, 2016); Notice of
September 15, 2016, 81 FR 64343 (September
19, 2016).
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1. The authority citation for part 730
is revised to read as follows:
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Supplement No. 1 to Part 730—
Information Collection Requirements
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act:
OMB Control Numbers
15 CFR Part 762
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Export and Reexport Controls For Iraq ............
PART 730—[AMENDED]
2. Supplement No. 1 to part 730 is
amended by revising the entry for
Collection number ‘‘0694–0129’’. The
revision reads as follows:
Administrative practice and
procedure, Exports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
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0694–0129 ...............................
Accordingly, under the authority of
50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., parts 730, 747,
748 and 762 of the Export
Administration Regulations (15 CFR
parts 730–774) are amended as follows:
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15 CFR Part 748
Collection No.
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
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PART 747—[REMOVED AND
RESERVED]
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3. Remove and reserve part 747.
PART 748—[AMENDED]
4. The authority citation for part 748
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR,
1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025,
3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August
4, 2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016).
§ 748.1
DATES:
[Amended]
This rule is effective December 5,
2016.
5. Section 748.1 is amended by
removing the parenthetical phrase
‘‘(other than Special Iraq Reconstruction
License applications)’’ from the first
sentence of paragraph (d).
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§ 748.7
Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) to remove one end-user from the
list of validated end-users in the
People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Specifically, BIS amends Supplement
Number 7 to part 748 of the EAR to
remove the Semiconductor
Manufacturing International
Corporation (SMIC) as a validated enduser in the PRC. BIS makes this change
at the company’s request, and not in
response to activities of concern.
[Amended]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair, End-User Review Committee,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export
Administration, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Phone: 202–482–5991; Email: ERC@
bis.doc.gov.
6. Section 748.7 is amended by
removing the parenthetical phrase
‘‘(other than Special Iraq Reconstruction
Licenses)’’ from paragraphs (a) and (d).
Background
PART 762—[AMENDED]
Authorization Validated End-User
7. The authority citation for part 762
continues to read as follows:
Validated end-users (VEUs) are
designated entities located in eligible
destinations to which eligible items may
be exported, reexported, or transferred
(in-country) under a general
authorization instead of a license. The
names of the VEUs, as well as the dates
they were so designated, and their
respective eligible destinations
(facilities) and items are identified in
Supplement No. 7 to part 748 of the
EAR (15 CFR part 748). Under the terms
described in that supplement, and in
conformity with section 748.15 of the
EAR, VEUs may obtain eligible items
without an export license from BIS.
Eligible items vary between VEUs, and
may include commodities, software, and
technology, except items controlled for
missile technology or crime control
reasons on the Commerce Control List
(CCL) (part 774 of the EAR).
VEUs are reviewed and approved by
the U.S. Government in accordance with
the provisions of section 748.15 and
Supplement Nos. 8 and 9 to part 748 of
the EAR. The End-User Review
Committee (ERC), composed of
representatives from the Departments of
State, Defense, Energy, Commerce, and
other agencies, as appropriate, is
responsible for administering the VEU
program. BIS amended the EAR in a
final rule published on June 19, 2007
(72 FR 33646), to create Authorization
VEU.
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Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR,
2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 4,
2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016).
§ 762.2
[Amended]
8. Section 762.2 is amended by
removing and reserving paragraph
(b)(17).
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Dated: November 23, 2016.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 748
[Docket No. 161005927–6927–01]
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Amendment to the Export
Administration Regulations: Removal
of Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corporation From the List
of Validated End-Users in the People’s
Republic of China
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In this rule, the Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS) amends the
SUMMARY:
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Amendment to the List of Validated
End Users (VEU) in the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)
Removal of the Semiconductor
Manufacturing International
Corporation (SMIC) From the List of
VEUs in the PRC
In this final rule, BIS amends
Supplement No. 7 to part 748 of the
EAR (Supplement No. 7) to remove the
VEU SMIC from the list of VEUs in the
PRC. Specifically, BIS removes
information for SMIC from Supplement
No. 7. BIS takes this action at SMIC’s
request. BIS makes this change to
Supplement No. 7 at the company’s
request and not in response to activities
of concern.
Export Administration Act
Although the Export Administration
Act expired on August 20, 2001, the
President, through Executive Order
13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001
Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by
Executive Order 13637 of March 8,
2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013),
and as extended by the Notice of August
4, 2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016),
has continued the EAR in effect under
the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act. BIS continues to carry out
the provisions of the Export
Administration Act, as appropriate and
to the extent permitted by law, pursuant
to Executive Order 13222 as amended
by Executive Order 13637.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866
direct agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility. This rule has been
determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
2. This rule involves collections
previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
Control Number 0694–0088, ‘‘MultiPurpose Application,’’ which carries a
burden hour estimate of 43.8 minutes to
prepare and submit form BIS–748; and
for recordkeeping, reporting and review
requirements in connection with
Authorization VEU, which carries an
estimated burden of 30 minutes per
submission. Total burden hours
associated with the Paperwork
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Parts 730, 747, 748 and 762
[Docket No. 160303182-6999-02]
RIN 0694-AG89
Amendment to the Export Administration Regulations: Removal of
Special Iraq Reconstruction License
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by removing the
Special Iraq Reconstruction License (SIRL) from the EAR. This action
furthers the objectives of the Retrospective Regulatory Review
Initiative that directs BIS and other federal agencies to streamline
regulations and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on the public.
Specifically, the SIRL is outdated and seldom used by exporters, who
now have more efficient options for exports and reexports to Iraq and
transfers (in-country) in Iraq. This rule also makes conforming
changes.
DATES: This rule is effective January 4, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Andrukonis, Director, Export
Management and Compliance Division, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau
of Industry and Security, by telephone at (202) 482-6396 or by email at
Thomas.Andrukonis@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issues this final rule to
remove the Special Iraq Reconstruction License (SIRL) provisions from
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), consistent with the
Retrospective Regulatory Review Initiative. In the preamble to the
proposed rule published in the Federal Register on June 7, 2016 (81 FR
36481) (hereinafter ``the June 7 proposed rule'' or ``the June 7
rule''), BIS reviewed the origins of the SIRL, established in 2004 (69
FR 46070, July 30, 2004) to supplement options to facilitate exports
and reexports to Iraq and transfers within Iraq of items in furtherance
of civil reconstruction and other projects in Iraq funded by specified
entities, including the United States government. BIS also reviewed the
record of related transactions since the SIRL was established.
The record indicates that exporters supplying items used in support
of the civil reconstruction efforts in Iraq have not relied on the SIRL
to advance those efforts, apparently because of its complexity and
narrowness. Further, since 2004, BIS processed only three applications
for the SIRL and approved only one, as compared to over 400 approved
individual license applications for the export of items to Iraq between
2012 and 2015. Finally, with the implementation of updates to the EAR,
the relative advantages of the SIRL have been offset by changes to
individual licenses and other types of authorizations offered by BIS
that provide less complex alternatives to the SIRL.
Thus, consistent with the President's Retrospective Regulatory
Review Initiative to streamline regulations and reduce unnecessary
regulatory burdens on the public (see ``Improving Regulatory Review''
(Executive Order 13563 of January 18, 2011)), BIS
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concluded that the SIRL proved not to be useful.
BIS received no comments in response to the June 7 rule. BIS,
therefore, publishes in final form the amendments to the EAR to remove
the SIRL as described initially in the June 7 rule.
Export Administration Act
Although the Export Administration Act expired on August 20, 2001,
the President, through Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 CFR,
2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by Executive Order 13637 of March
8, 2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013) and as extended by the Notice of
August 4, 2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016), has continued the Export
Administration Regulations in effect under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act. BIS continues to carry out the provisions of the
Export Administration Act, as appropriate and to the extent permitted
by law, pursuant to Executive Order 13222 as amended by Executive Order
13637.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility.
This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
2. This rule amends collections previously approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) under Control Numbers 0694-0088,
``Simplified Network Application Processing + System (SNAP+) and the
Multi-Purpose Application,'' which carries a burden hour estimate of
43.8 minutes to prepare and submit form BIS-748; and 0694-0137,
``License Exemptions and Exclusions.''
The total burden hours associated with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA) and the aforementioned OMB
Control Numbers are not expected to decrease significantly as a result
of this removal of part 747 of the EAR because of the infrequent use of
part 747 of the EAR by exporters.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number.
3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined under Executive Order 13132.
4. The Chief Counsel for Regulation at the Department of Commerce
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business
Administration that this rule, if adopted, would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The factual
basis was published in the proposed rule and is not repeated here. BIS
received no comments, which means there were no comments that addressed
the economic impact of this rule on small entities. Therefore, a final
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required and one was not
prepared.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 730
Administrative practice and procedure, Advisory committees,
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Strategic and
critical materials.
15 CFR Part 747
Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Foreign trade,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
15 CFR Part 748
Administrative practice and procedure, Exports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
15 CFR Part 762
Administrative practice and procedure, Business and industry,
Confidential business information, Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Accordingly, under the authority of 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., parts
730, 747, 748 and 762 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR
parts 730-774) are amended as follows:
PART 730--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 730 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 10
U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C. 7430(e); 22 U.S.C. 287c; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note;
22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 15 U.S.C.
1824a; 50 U.S.C. 4305; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O.
11912, 41 FR 15825, 3 CFR, 1976 Comp., p. 114; E.O. 12002, 42 FR
35623, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 133; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR,
1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12214, 45 FR 29783, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p.
256; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12854,
58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12918, 59 FR 28205, 3
CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 899; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp.,
p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O.
12981, 60 FR 62981, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 419; E.O. 13020, 61 FR
54079, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 219; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR,
1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p.
208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224,
66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13338, 69 FR 26751, 3
CFR, 2004 Comp., p 168; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp.,
p. 223; Notice of November 12, 2015, 80 FR 70667 (November 13,
2015); Notice of January 20, 2016, 81 FR 3937 (January 22, 2016);
Notice of May 3, 2016, 81 FR 27293 (May 5, 2016); Notice of August
4, 2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016); Notice of September 15, 2016,
81 FR 64343 (September 19, 2016).
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2. Supplement No. 1 to part 730 is amended by revising the entry for
Collection number ``0694-0129''. The revision reads as follows:
Supplement No. 1 to Part 730--Information Collection Requirements Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act: OMB Control Numbers
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Collection No. Title Reference in the EAR
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0694-0129..................... Export and Sec. Sec. 732.3,
Reexport 738, 744.18,
Controls For 746.3(b)(1), 750,
Iraq. 758, 762, 772, 774.
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PART 747--[REMOVED AND RESERVED]
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3. Remove and reserve part 747.
PART 748--[AMENDED]
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4. The authority citation for part 748 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O.
13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR
44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 4, 2016, 81 FR
52587 (August 8, 2016).
Sec. 748.1 [Amended]
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5. Section 748.1 is amended by removing the parenthetical phrase
``(other than Special Iraq Reconstruction License applications)'' from
the first sentence of paragraph (d).
Sec. 748.7 [Amended]
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6. Section 748.7 is amended by removing the parenthetical phrase
``(other than Special Iraq Reconstruction Licenses)'' from paragraphs
(a) and (d).
PART 762--[AMENDED]
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7. The authority citation for part 762 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O.
13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 4,
2016, 81 FR 52587 (August 8, 2016).
Sec. 762.2 [Amended]
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8. Section 762.2 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph
(b)(17).
Dated: November 23, 2016.
Kevin J. Wolf,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-29056 Filed 12-2-16; 8:45 am]
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