Amendment to Executive Order 12981
Changes Export License Review Rules for Certain Satellite and Engine Technologies
What it does
Agencies must follow the revised license review and appeal process for exports of commercial communication satellites and hot-section aircraft engine technologies transferred to the Commerce control list.
Real-world impact
- Shifts final decision authority to majority votes for specified export license cases.
- Creates a faster, short-window written appeal process for government reviewers.
- Limits judicial or administrative rights to challenge license decisions.
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Summary
This order changes the way the federal government reviews export license applications for commercial communication satellites and certain hot-section technologies used in commercial aircraft engines when those items are moved from the military list to the Commerce control list under new Commerce and State regulations.
It requires that reviewers be informed of the review committee's majority vote in those cases, creates a short written appeal process to a higher review panel, and clarifies that the order does not create rights to judicial review; it takes effect immediately.
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