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On October 12, 2016, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a rule in the Federal Register entitled Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Control of Fire Control, Laser, Imaging, and Guidance Equipment the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML) (81 FR 70320). This rule added to the Commerce Control List military electronics and related items the President determined no longer warrant control under the United States Munitions List (USML) of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR 120-130). The rule was published simultaneously with a Department of State rule that amended the list of articles controlled by USML Category XII (22 CFR 121.1) to control only those articles the President had determined warrant control in that category of the USML (81 FR 70340). The BIS rule was supposed to change the License Requirement section of Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 7A005 to modify the CCL to cover 7A005.b, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiving equipment employing ‘adaptive antenna systems’. This equipment had been removed from the USML. However, BIS inadvertently did not update the CCL as intended. The revisions described below provide that this equipment is covered by 7A005.b, and that items otherwise subject to 7A005.a are subject to the ITAR.