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The United States government has adopted two types of regulations to control exports of military-relevant items: ITAR, which cover weapons and defense articles specifically (such as missiles); and the Export Administration Regulations, which cover items that may have uses in defense articles (such as a radar component used in a certain missile).
Export Administration Act of 1979; Long title: An Act to provide authority to regulate exports, to improve the efficiency of export regulation, and to minimize interference with the ability to engage in commerce.
The Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Title II of Pub. L. 94–329, 90 Stat. 729, enacted June 30, 1976, codified at 22 U.S.C. ch. 39) gives the President of the United States the authority to control the import and export of defense articles and defense services.
The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs' Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) is the organization within the U.S. Department of State responsible for enforcing the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). In accordance with 22.
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) enforces the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which deals with military equipment and similar Office of Foreign Assets Control ( OFAC ) deals with programmes of sanctions against various entities
Itar or ITAR may refer to: International Traffic in Arms Regulations , a set of U.S. Department of State regulations Information Telegraph Agency of Russia , or TASS, a Russian state-owned news agency
From 2013 to 2018, DEFCAD remained offline, pending resolution to the legal case Defense Distributed brought against the U.S. State Department, namely that ITAR regulations placed a prior restraint on Defense Distributed's free speech, particularly since the speech in question regarded another constitutionally protected right: firearms. [13]
The announcement of the settlement, which involved a temporary modification of the ITAR, came as a surprise to many in the gun control movement and was immediately challenged by over 20 state attorneys general in various federal venues. [10] Cases prompted as a reaction to Defense Distributed I include: State of Washington v. U.S. Dept. of State