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US Extends Comment Deadline for Space-Related Export Control Rules

The Commerce and State departments are extending the public comment periods for one interim final rule and two proposed rules that are expected to revise U.S. export controls to remove a range of export barriers faced by the commercial space industry (see 2410180027 and 2411070024). Comments on all three rules originally were due Nov. 22, but the agencies said they are extending that deadline to Dec. 23 after the “regulated community” asked for more time.

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The three rules were released last month along with a fourth final rule from Commerce that took effect Oct. 23. That rule removed export controls for certain spacecraft and related items destined to Australia, Canada and the U.K.