State Dept. Completes Interagency Review for Proposed USML Changes

The State Department has completed a round of interagency review for a proposed rule that could revise the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by updating export controls on certain launch vehicles, ballistic missiles and other items in Category IV of the U.S. Munitions List and spacecraft and related items in Category XV of the USML. The rule, sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Sept. 17 and completed Oct. 10, would "describe more precisely the articles warranting control on the USML," the agency said, and build on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking issued in March 2019 that solicited comments on the changes.