State Dept. Extends Temporary Modification in USML Category XI
The State Department will extend a “temporary modification” to the U.S. Munitions List that is intended to provide clarity to U.S. exporters about certain language in the USML, the agency said in a final rule released Aug. 26. The modification,…
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which was scheduled to expire Aug. 30 but will now remain through Aug. 30, 2026, revised USML Category XI to clarify that “certain intelligence-analytics software” is controlled under the USML. Although the State Department said it “continues to develop a long-term solution” to address the language, that solution “will not be in place when the current temporary modification expires.” Extending the expiration date for five years is in the “best interest” of the U.S. defense industry so that the language can be revised as part of a “wholesale revision” of USML Category XI, the agency said.