<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2vwOEO_0wDBHhvB00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2vwOEO_0wDBHhvB00" width="1500" height="1000" ><figcaption>Defense Advanced Research Products Agency’s (DARPA) Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle</figcaption></figure>The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has released three rules—one Final Rule, one Interim Final Rule, and one Proposed Rule—to modernize BIS’s space-related export controls.The proposed revisions remove certain licensing requirements for Australia, Canada and The UK; looser rules for another 40 destinations; and transfer of certain items from the US Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.The series of regulatory changes modernizing space-related export controls consists of the following rules:<ol><li>In a final rule, BIS is removing license requirements for exports of certain items involving remote sensing or space-based logistics, assembly, or servicing spacecraft destined for Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This rule deepens the United States’ commitment to some of its closest allies, furthering our collective security, reducing unnecessary export control restrictions, and ensuring secure trade.</li><li>In an Interim Final Rule, BIS is removing license requirements for exports of certain spacecraft components to over 40 allies and partners worldwide, reducing licensing requirements for the least sensitive components for most destinations, and broadening license exceptions to support additional National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) cooperative programs.</li><li>Additionally, in a Proposed Rule published in concert with the Department of State, BIS outlines initial proposals to transfer jurisdiction of certain space-related defense articles that no longer provide a critical military or intelligence advantage from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) maintained by the Department of State to the Commerce Control List.</li></ol><ul><li>Examples include spacecraft capable of refueling other spacecraft and spacecraft capable of autonomous collision avoidance. </li><li>This proposed transfer would enable the use of BIS license exceptions that facilitate exports of commercial space items to close allies and partners. BIS welcomes public comment from all interested parties on this Proposed Rule within 30 days of publication. </li></ul>“With today's updates to our export controls, the United States is taking a bold step forward in fostering a strong space industrial base,” said Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council Chirag Parikh. “These changes will strengthen international alliances and reflect America’s commitment to innovation and leadership in space.” The action is the result of a review directed by the National Space Council, “Modernizing our space-related controls to keep pace with today’s commercial space innovation and foreign policy environment is of critical importance,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan F. Estevez. “Today’s rules maintain stringent controls on sensitive technologies to destinations of concern while promoting collaboration and trade with our allies and partners around the world.”These rules follow and are informed by responses to a 2019 Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), recommendations from BIS’s Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (TRANSTAC), engagements with the private sector, and a recent survey and assessment of the U.S. civil space industrial base (CSIB) conducted by BIS in collaboration with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Through the survey, BIS was able to gather data on respondents’ views on current export control regulations as well as suggestions for revisions to inform the modernization of BIS’s space-related export controls.<ul><li>scheduled for publication on 10/23/2024.</li><li>scheduled for publication on 10/23/2024.</li><li>scheduled for publication on 10/23/2024.</li></ul></div></body>

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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has released three rules—one Final Rule, one Interim Final Rule, and one Proposed Rule—to modernize BIS’s space-related export controls. The proposed revisions remove certain licensing requirements for Australia, Canada and The UK; looser rules for another 40 destinations;...