Commerce Department, Export Administration Bureau
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration On July 11, 1997, following a plea of guilty to one count of an Indictment, Robert Chaegon Kim (Kim) was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of violating Section 793(b) and (g) of the Espionage Act (currently codified at 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 792-799 (1976 & Supp. 2000)). Kim was convicted of conspiring to gather national defense information with the intent that the information be used to the advantage of a foreign nation, South Korea. Section 11(h) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (currently codified at 50 U.S.C.A. app. §§ 2401-2420 (1991 & Supp. 2000)) (the Act), [ 1 ] provides that, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce, [ 2 ] no person convicted of violating Section 793 of the Espionage Act, or certain other provisions of the United States Code, shall be eligible to apply for or use any export license issued pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or the Export Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR Parts 730-774 (1999), as amended ( 65 FR 14862 , March 20, 2000)) (the Regulations), for a period of up to 10 years from the date of the conviction. In addition, any license issued pursuant to the Act in which such a person had any interest at the time of conviction may be revoked. Pursuant to Sections 766.25 and 750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon notification that a person has been convicted of viol…
Citation: 65 FR 42664
