S 1334 · 98th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Export Administration Improvement Amendments of 1983
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.(1983-05-19)
Plain Language Summary
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Export Administration Improvement Amendments of 1983 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit requiring permission under the national security export controls for exports of goods or technology to countries which participate in multilateral export controls on such goods or technology. Authorizes the issuance of a comprehensive operations export license and a distribution export license. Declares that an item on the list of militarily critical technologies shall become part of the commodity control list only if: (1) the Secretary of Defense finds that an item would contribute directly and significantly to the military capabilities of countries subject to national security export controls and would permit a significant advance in the military system of such country; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce finds that countries subject to national security export controls do not have another source for nor possess the item or a like item. Prohibits imposing national security export controls on a good solely because the good contains an imbedded microprocessor or microcomputer. Authorizes imposing a national security export control on a good containing a microprocessor or mi…
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