EXPORT LICENSE REVOCATIONS AHEAD- Commerce Publishes New Firearms License Requirements [More]
Here is the authoritative analysis of what this will do.
What Government Giveth, Government Taketh Away
Tag: export
Cartels to Capone: Hold Our Cervezas
Following Established Precedent
Biden Commerce Secretary Refuses to Answer House Chair on Firearms Export Licenses [More]
Let one get away with it and they all get cocky.
Much Ado About… What?
Still Giving Pause
“This action has raised concern about a possible extralegal attempt by the Biden Administration to harm the domestic firearms manufacturing industry in pursuit of an anti-firearm agenda by starving it of access to international markets for at least 90 days, perhaps indefinitely,” Chairman Comer wrote. [More]
I posted the October 30 Reeves and Dola alert on my WarOnGuns Placeholder blog.
It’s a Small World After All
Giving Pause
Commerce Implements 90-Day Pause on Issuing New Firearm and Ammunition Export Licenses [More]
Reeves & Dola, LLP, explain.
ATF Import Seminar
On September 19, 2023, Export Compliance Training Institute (ECTI) will host a 90-minute webinar, A Primer on Navigating ATF Import Controls, where attorney Johanna Reeves will demystify the ATF’s rules on importing defense articles into the United States. From firearms to destructive devices, we’ve got it all covered! [More]
I don’t see it on the Reeves & Dola LLP Alerts page yet so posted the email to my WOG Placeholder blog.
If you’re in the industry or just want to know about relevant import/export laws, you really ought to know about these alerts.
Close the Cartel Loophole!
Specifically, the new CAT Policy states “…no arms transfer will be authorized where the United States assesses that it is more likely than not that the arms to be transferred will be used by the recipient to commit, facilitate the recipients’ commission of, or to aggravate risks that the recipient will commit: genocide; crimes against humanity; grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, including attacks intentionally directed against civilian objects or civilians protected as such; or other serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, including serious acts of gender‑based violence or serious acts of violence against children.” This is a change from the previous policy requiring actual knowledge at the time of authorization that the transferred arms will be used to commit” the list of abuses. [More]
News from Reeves & Dola, LLP
State Department Publishes New Guidelines for Export Compliance Programs [and] ATF Revises the Form 4473 (5300.9) Firearms Transaction Record [More]
This should post to their “Alerts” page soon, and that’s the one you really ought to bookmark if you want expert analyses of industry legal and regulatory developments.
Alert – Commerce Publishes New Rule Requiring Congressional Notification for Semiautomatic Firearm Exports
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule adopting a new requirement for Congressional Notification for certain semiautomatic firearms exports under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The final rule will become effective on July 18, 2022. [More]
Another in a series of alerts I try to keep readers apprised of…
