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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) controls the export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) of dual-use and less sensitive military items through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including the Commerce Control List (CCL). As controls on exports of technology are a key component of the effort to protect sensitive U.S. technology, many sensitive technologies are listed on the CCL, often consistent with the lists maintained by the multilateral export control regimes of which the United States is a member. Certain technologies, however, may not yet be listed on the CCL or controlled multilaterally because they are emerging technologies. As such, they have not yet been evaluated for their national security impacts. Responses to this proposed rule will help Commerce and other agencies identify and assess criteria used to control certain additive manufacturing equipment for "energetic materials" while discussions are ongoing at the Wassenaar Arrangement.