Statutory Debarment Under the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations; Correction

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 State [Public Notice: 11146] ACTION: Notice; correction. SUMMARY: 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 §&th…