Commission on Unalienable Rights; Notice of Open Meeting, 39967 [2020-14339]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11146]
[Public Notice: 11153]
Statutory Debarment Under the Arms
Export Control Act and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations; Correction
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Commission on Unalienable Rights;
Notice of Open Meeting
The Members of the Commission on
Unalienable Rights (‘‘Commission’’) will
meet from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on
Thursday, July 16, to present the
Commission’s proposed Report to the
public. The meeting will be in
Philadelphia at the National
Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street,
Independence Mall. Doors will open at
1:30 p.m. The Secretary of State will
attend, and there will not be late seating
available for the meeting.
The conclusion of the meeting will
start a two-week public comment period
on the Report ending July 30 at
midnight. An electronic facsimile of the
report will be posted on the
Commission’s web page: www.state.gov/
commission-on-unalienable-rights on
July 16. The final Report, following a
consideration of the comments received,
will be posted to the Commission’s
website after the conclusion of the
public comment period.
This meeting is open to the public,
though seating is limited and on a firstcome-first-served basis. To register for
the meeting, members of the public
planning to attend must, no later than
July 7, provide their full name and email
address to RSVPCommission@state.gov.
Requests for reasonable accommodation
should be made at the same time as the
notification. Late requests will be
considered, but might not be possible to
fulfill. Email addresses are collected for
purposes of notification, should the
meeting be postponed or cancelled due
to weather or other exigencies.
This announcement may appear in
the Federal Register less than 15 days
prior to the meeting. The Department of
State finds that there is an exceptional
circumstance in that this advisory
committee meeting must be held on July
16 due to the Secretary’s schedule.
For additional information, please
contact Duncan Walker, Policy Planning
Staff, at (202) 647–2236/3490,
orwalkerdh3@state.gov.
Duncan H. Walker,
Designated Federal Officer, Department of
State.
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ACTION:
Notice; correction.
The Department of State is
correcting Public Notice 11118
published in the Federal Register on
May 20, 2020 imposing statutory
debarment under the International
Traffic in Arms Regulations (‘‘ITAR’’) on
persons convicted of violating, or
conspiracy to violate, the Arms Export
Control Act (AECA). The effective date
for the imposition of statutory
debarment remains May 20, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jae
E. Shin, Director, Office of Defense
Trade Controls Compliance, Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs, Department of
State at (202) 632–2107.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of this correction is to
clarify Department policy as previously
noted in Federal Register notice 84 FR
26500 (June 6, 2019).
In FR Doc. 2020–10862, published on
May 20, 2020, on page 30783, in the
second column, through the end of the
notice on page 30784, in the second
column, the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section is corrected to read
as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
38(g)(4) of the AECA, 22 U.S.C.
2778(g)(4), restricts the Department of
State from issuing licenses for the
export of defense articles or defense
services where the applicant, or any
party to the export, has been convicted
of violating certain statutes, including
section 38 of the AECA. The Department
refers to this restriction as a limitation
on ‘‘export privileges,’’ and implements
it through § 127.11 of the ITAR. The
statute and regulations permit the
President to make certain exceptions to
the restriction on export privileges on a
case-by-case basis. Section 127.7(b) of
the ITAR also provides for ‘‘statutory
debarment’’ of any person who has been
convicted of violating or conspiring to
violate the AECA. Under this policy,
persons subject to statutory debarment
are prohibited from participating
directly or indirectly in any activities
that are regulated by the ITAR.
Statutory debarment is based solely
upon conviction in a criminal
proceeding, conducted by a United
States court, and as such the
administrative debarment procedures
outlined in part 128 of the ITAR are not
applicable.
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It is the policy of the Department of
State that statutory debarment as
described in § 127.7 of the ITAR lasts for
a three year period following the date of
conviction. Reinstatement from the
policy of statutory debarment is not
automatic, and in all cases the debarred
person must submit a request to the
Department of State and be approved for
reinstatement from statutory debarment
before engaging in any activities subject
to the ITAR.
Department of State policy permits
debarred persons to apply to the
Director, Office of Defense Trade
Controls Compliance, for reinstatement
from statutory debarment beginning one
year after the date of the debarment. In
response to a request for reinstatement
from statutory debarment, the
Department may determine either to
rescind only the statutory debarment
pursuant to § 127.7(b), or to both rescind
the statutory debarment pursuant to
§ 127.7(b) and reinstate export privileges
as described in § 127.11 of the ITAR.
See 84 FR 7411 for discussion on the
Department’s policy regarding actions to
both rescind the statutory debarment
and reinstate export privileges. The
reinstatement of export privileges can be
made only after the statutory
requirements of section 38(g)(4) of the
AECA have been satisfied.
Certain exceptions, known as
transaction exceptions, may be made to
this debarment determination on a caseby-case basis. However, such an
exception would be granted only after a
full review of all circumstances, paying
particular attention to the following
factors: Whether an exception is
warranted by overriding U.S. foreign
policy or national security interests;
whether an exception would further law
enforcement concerns that are
consistent with the foreign policy or
national security interests of the United
States; or whether other compelling
circumstances exist that are consistent
with the foreign policy or national
security interests of the United States,
and that do not conflict with law
enforcement concerns. Even if
exceptions are granted, the debarment
continues until subsequent
reinstatement from statutory debarment.
Pursuant to section 38(g)(4) of the
AECA and § 127.7(b) and (c)(1) of the
ITAR, the following persons, having
been convicted in a U.S. District Court,
are denied export privileges and are
statutorily debarred as of May 20, 2020
(Name; Date of Judgment; Judicial
District; Case No.; Month/Year of Birth):
(1) Asad-Ghanem, Rami Najm (aka
Ghanem, Rami Najm); August 19, 2019;
Central District of California; 2:15–cr–00704;
June 1966.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 11153]
Commission on Unalienable Rights; Notice of Open Meeting
The Members of the Commission on Unalienable Rights
(``Commission'') will meet from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday,
July 16, to present the Commission's proposed Report to the public. The
meeting will be in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center,
525 Arch Street, Independence Mall. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. The
Secretary of State will attend, and there will not be late seating
available for the meeting.
The conclusion of the meeting will start a two-week public comment
period on the Report ending July 30 at midnight. An electronic
facsimile of the report will be posted on the Commission's web page:
www.state.gov/commission-on-unalienable-rights on July 16. The final
Report, following a consideration of the comments received, will be
posted to the Commission's website after the conclusion of the public
comment period.
This meeting is open to the public, though seating is limited and
on a first-come-first-served basis. To register for the meeting,
members of the public planning to attend must, no later than July 7,
provide their full name and email address to [email protected].
Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made at the same time
as the notification. Late requests will be considered, but might not be
possible to fulfill. Email addresses are collected for purposes of
notification, should the meeting be postponed or cancelled due to
weather or other exigencies.
This announcement may appear in the Federal Register less than 15
days prior to the meeting. The Department of State finds that there is
an exceptional circumstance in that this advisory committee meeting
must be held on July 16 due to the Secretary's schedule.
For additional information, please contact Duncan Walker, Policy
Planning Staff, at (202) 647-2236/3490, [email protected].
Duncan H. Walker,
Designated Federal Officer, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-14339 Filed 7-1-20; 8:45 am]
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