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DOC/BIS | RIN: 0694-AI08 | Publication ID: Spring 2022 |
Title: Commerce Control List: Expansion of Controls on Certain Biological Equipment "Software" | |
Abstract:
BIS is publishing this final rule to amend the Commerce Control List (CCL) by adding a new Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 2D352 to control "software" that is designed for automated nucleic acid assemblers and synthesizers controlled under ECCN 2B352 and is capable of designing and building functional genetic elements from digital sequence data. These proposed amendments to the CCL are based upon a finding, consistent with the emerging and foundational technologies interagency process set forth in section 1758 of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4817), that such "software" is capable of being utilized in the production of pathogens and toxins and, consequently, the absence of export controls on such software could be exploited for biological weapons purposes. In addition, this rule amends ECCN 2E001 to indicate that this ECCN controls "technology" for the "development" of "software" described in the new ECCN 2D352. |
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Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 | |
Legal Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801 to 4852 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq. 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. 10 U.S.C. 8720 |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Federalism: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher Export Administration Specialist Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 Phone:202 482-2440 Fax:202 482-3355 Email: willard.fisher@bis.doc.gov |