Export Administration Act Policy Hearing to be Held by House Subcommittee

The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade will hold a hearing on various policy considerations associated with the lapsed Export Administration Act this Thursday at 10 a.m. on July 9th in room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. This hearing was originally scheduled to be held on June 18th and was postponed due to pending House business.

The witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing are:

• 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 lapsed in August 2001 and 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.