On November 23, 2012, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) filed a notice of proposed rulemaking with the Federal Register in regards to the control of military electronic equipment and related items, which the President determines no longer warrant control under the  United States Munition List (USML), and would be controlled under the Commerce Control List (CCL) by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

BIS explains that these changes are the result of a review of USML Category XI, which covers Military electronics, and Categories VI, VII, VIII, and XV for other related items, by the Departments of Defense, State and Commerce. Articles would stay under the USML under the following circumstances:

• They are inherently military and otherwise warrant control on the USML
• They are of a type common to non-military electronic equipment applications, possess parameters or characteristics that provide a critical military or intelligence advantage to the United States, and that are almost exclusively available from the United States

This proposed change is part of the Export Control Reform Initiative. The notice will be published on the Federal Register on November 28, 2012, and comments will be accepted for 60 days after this date.

The full text of the notice is available online here.