Export Controls Marci Copeland Office of Research Export Control Administrator
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Export ControlsMarci Copeland
Office of ResearchExport Control Administrator
Agenda• Why is Awareness Important? • What Are Export Controls? • What Is Your Involvement?• Tools• Where Do You Go For Help?
Why is Awareness Important?
Maintain academic freedom of university environment including freedom from restrictions based on nationality.
Violations can result in administrative (fines) and criminal (jail time) penalties.
What are export control regulations?
AGENCY: U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)Regulations: International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
U.S. Munitions List (USML)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Regulations: Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Commerce Control List (CCL) Denied Persons List Entity List
AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Sanctions programs Specially Designated Nationals List
AGENCY: U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
Regulations: International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) U.S. Munitions List (USML)
• Firearms• Artillery Projectors• Ammunition• Launch Vehicles, etc...• Explosives, Propellants, Incendiary
Agents and Their Constituents • Vessels of War and Special Naval
Equipment• Tanks and Military Vehicles• Aircraft and Associated Equipment• Military Training Equipment• Protective Personnel Equipment
• Military Electronics• Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance
and Control Equipment
• Auxiliary Military Equipment• Toxicological Agents and Equipment and
Radiological Equipment• Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment• Nuclear Weapons Design and Related Equipment• Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense
Services Not Otherwise Enumerated• Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and
Associated Equipment
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Regulations: Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Commerce Control List (CCL)
0 - Nuclear Materials, Facilities and Equipment and Misc.
1 - Materials, Chemicals, Microorganisms and Toxins
2 - Materials Processing
3 - Electronics
4 – Computers
5 - Telecommunications and Information Security
6 - Lasers and Sensors
7 - Navigation and Avionics
8 - Marine
9 - Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment
AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
Sanctions programs Specially Designated Nationals List
* Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria
Publish Share broadly
The Fundamental Research Exclusion (FRE)Fundamental research is "basic and applied research in science and engineering where the resulting information is ordinarily published and shared broadly within the scientific community, as distinguished from research the results of which are restricted for proprietary reasons or specific U.S. Government access and dissemination controls."
What Does the FRE Cover?(
Export of items
Export of technology & technical data
Deemed Exports
Fundamental Research Exclusion
(FRE)
Travel to and work involving sanctioned
countries• Mass Spectrometers
• Chromatography equip.
• Infrasound sensors
• Oscilloscopes
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria
End-Use & End-User Restrictions (EAR/ITAR)
AA Form Questions
Questions should be presented to and answered by the PI.
Proposals with “yes” to any of these questions are automatically flagged for export control review at the award stage.
New H1-B visa application requirement
effective 02/20/2011Check Box 1 or Box 2 as appropriate:With respect to the technology or technical data the petitioner will release or
otherwise provide access to the beneficiary, the petitioner certifies that it has reviewed the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and has determined that:
A license is not required from either U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State to release such technology or technical data to the foreign person; or
A license is required from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State to release such technology or technical data to the beneficiary and the petitioner will prevent access to the controlled technology or technical data by the beneficiary until and unless the petitioner has received the required license or other authorization to release it to the beneficiary.
New H1-B visa application requirement
effective 02/20/2011
New H1-B visa application requirement
effective 02/20/2011
Export Control Tools
Policy/Guidelineshttp://www.policies.uci.edu/adm/procs/400/480-20.html
Decision Treehttp://apps.research.uci.edu/ecdt/
OR Export Control [email protected]
Export Control Resources
OR export control websitehttp://www.research.uci.edu/ora/exportcontrol/
BIS online traininghttp://www.bis.doc.gov/seminarsandtraining/seminar-training.htm
Where to go for help?
Compliance and licensing issuesMarci CopelandExport Control AdministratorE-mail: [email protected]
Questions related to sponsored researchBen HolsteinPrincipal Contract and Grant OfficerE-mail: [email protected]
Matters related to educational activities CubaPadona Yeung (510) [email protected]