BIS announces revival of PECSEA, the presidential advisory body on export controls
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (‘BIS’) has announced the revival of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (‘PECSEA’), as it called for nominations for membership.
‘The PECSEA will draw on the experiences and perspectives of its members to provide advice and make recommendations on protecting U.S. national security and foreign policy concerns through the administration of export controls while protecting U.S. technology leadership and commercial trade to ensure a strong U.S. defense industrial base,’ BIS explained in a notice in the Federal Register, 9 January.
‘The PECSEA will advise the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary’s designee on matters pertinent to the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and other relevant laws and regulations administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),’ it added.
The PECSEA was established in 1976 as a subordinate committee of the President’s Export Council (‘PEC’) by Executive Order (‘EO’) 11753. In 1979, EO 12131 revoked the previous presidential order but allowed the Council and subordinate subcommittees to continue to function. It granted the Export Council the authority to establish, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, subordinate committees, until December 31,1980. The PEC and its authority were continued by successive Executive Orders, most recently EO 13585 of 30 September 2011.
The Commerce Department said that nominations for PECSEA membership will remain open until 8 February but that it may continue to accept nominations for up to approximately two years to fill any vacancies that may arise.
