Export Control to Single Fed Agency?

The White House aims to create an independent agency responsible for licensing exports of military and dual-use technologies, U.S. National Security Adviser James L. Jones said June 30.

The “Single Licensing Agency” would take over technology export licensing functions divided between the U.S. State and Commerce departments and would be “an independent entity” governed by a Cabinet-level board of directors reporting to the president, Jones said in remarks prepared for a speech to the Senate Aerospace Caucus. “We anticipate that leadership of the [Single Licensing Agency] would be nominated by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate,” Jones told SpaceNews.