House Postpones Hearing on Export Administration Act

The hearing hearing on policy considerations associated with the Export Administration Act that was to be held at 2 p.m. today by House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade has been postponed. The new hearing date has not yet been set.

The witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing were:

• The Honorable John Engler, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Manufacturers
  

• Arthur Shulman, Esq., Senior Research Associate at the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

• Owen Herrnstadt, Esq., Director of Trade and Globalization Policy at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

The Export Administration Act of 1979, which lapsed in August 2001, has not been renewed by Congress. The Export Administration Regulations have remained in effect pursuant to Executive Order 13222 issued on August 17, 2001 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and extended annually by the President.