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 99 STAT. 144

PUBLIC LAW 99-64—JULY 12, 1985 (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(k) CHANGES IN REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS.—Except as

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provided in subsection (b)(3) of this section, in any case in which, after a license application is submitted, the Secretary changes the requirements for such a license application, the Secretary may request appropriate additional information of the applicant, but the Secretary may not return the application to the applicant without action because it fails to meet the changed requirements. "(1) OTHER INQUIRIES.—(1) In any case in which the Secretary receives a written request asking for the proper classification of a good or technology on the control list, the Secretary shall, within 10 working days after receipt of the request, inform the person making the request of the proper classification. "(2) In any case in which the Secretary receives a written request for information about the applicability of export license requirements under this Act to a proposed export transaction or series of transactions, the Secretary shall, within 30 days after receipt of the request, reply with that information to the person making the request. "(m) SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the Congress a plan to assist small businesses in the export licensing application process under this Act. The plan shall include, among other things, arrangements for counseling small businesses on filing applications and identifying goods or technology on the control list, proposals for seminars and conferences to educate small businesses on export controls and licensing procedures, and the preparation of informational brochures. "(n) REPORTS ON LICENSE APPLICATIONS.—(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not later than the end of each 3-month period thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report listing— "(A) all applications on which action was completed during the preceding 3-month period and which required a period longer than the period permitted under subsection (c), (f)(D, or (h) of this section, as the case may be, before notification of a decision to approve or deny the application was sent to the applicant; and "(B) in a separate section, all applications which have been in process for a period longer than the period permitted under subsection (c), (f)(D, or (h) of this section, as the case may be, and upon which final action has not been taken. "(2) With regard to each application, each listing shall identify— "(A) the application case number: "(B) the value of the goods or technology to which the application relates; "(C) the country of destination of the goods or technology; "(D) the date on which the application was received by the Secretary; "(E) the date on which the Secretary approved or denied the application; "(F) the date on which the notification of approval or denial of the application was sent to the applicant; and

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