Administration of Export Controls on Encryption Products
Headline: Orders Controls on Export and Sharing of Encryption Products
What it does: Agencies must apply strict export controls to specified encryption products and allow national security and justice officials to review license applications.
- Restricts export and foreign sharing of certain encryption products.
- Adds government review steps for encryption export license approvals.
- Limits export of training, assistance, and technical help to foreign persons.
Summary
This order imposes controls on the export and foreign sharing of certain encryption products that used to be treated as munitions. It directs the government to treat encryption software as a product to be controlled and to place such items on the Commerce Control List.
The order gives the agency that issues export licenses authority to write rules, limits export of related training to foreign persons, and requires that national security and justice officials review license requests; it also allows measures to encourage strong encryption and key-recovery systems.
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