Department of State June 7, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, acting under authority delegated pursuant to an Executive order, has determined pursuant to section 306(a) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the Act), that the Government of the Russian Federation has used chemical weapons in violation of international law. In addition, the Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs has determined and certified to Congress pursuant to section 307(d) of the Act that it is essential to the national security interests of the United States to partially waive the application of the sanctions required under section 307(a) of the Act with respect to foreign assistance, licenses for the export of items on the U.S. Munitions List (USML), and the licensing of national security- sensitive goods and technology. The following is a notice of the sanctions to be imposed pursuant to section 307(a) of the Act, subject to these waivers.