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PUBLIC LAW 91-184-DEC. 30, 1969

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Public Law 91-184 AN ACT December 30, 1969

To provide for continuation of authority for regulation of exports.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled, '

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. Export Administration Act of 1969.

SHORT TITLE

1. This Act may be cited as the "Export Administration Act of 1969". SECTION

FINDINGS

SEC. 2. The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The availability of certain materials at home and abroad varies so that the quantity and composition of United States exports and their distribution among importing countries may affect the welfare of the domestic economy and may have an important bearing upon fulfillment of the foreign policy of the United States. (2) The unrestricted export of materials, information, and technology without regard to whether they make a significant contribution to the military potential of any other nation or nations may adversely affect the national security of the United States. (3) The unwarranted restriction of exports from the United States has a serious adverse effect on our balance of payments. (4) The uncertainty of policj^ toward certain categories of exports has curtailed the efforts of American business in those categories to the detriment of the overall attempt to improve the trade balance of the United States. DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 3. The Congress makes the following declarations: (1) I t is the policy of the United States both (A) to encourage trade with all countries with which we have diplomatic or trading relations, except those countries with which such trade has been determined by the President to be against the national interest, and (B) to Restrict the export of goods and technology which would make a significant contribution to the military potential of any other nation or nations which would prove detrimental to the national security of the United States. (2) I t is the policy of the United States to use export controls (A) to the extent necessary to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the serious inflationary impact of abnormal foreign demand, (B) to the extent necessary to further significantly the foreign policy of the United States and to fulfill its international responsibilities, and (C) to the extent necessary to exercise the necessary vigilance over exports from the standpoint of their significance to the national security of the United States. (3) I t is the policy of the United States (A) to formulate, reformulate, and apply any necessary controls to the maximum extent possible in cooperation with all nations with which the United States has defense treaty commitments, and (B) to formulate a unified trade control policy to be observed by all such nations.

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