[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17300-17301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06545]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 200324-0087]
RIN 0694-ZA02


Request for Comments on Future Extensions of Temporary General 
License (TGL)

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of inquiry; reopening comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a 
notification of inquiry requesting comments on future extensions of a 
temporary general license under the Export Administration Regulations 
(EAR), published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2020 with the 
comment period starting on the date of display on the public inspection 
list on March 10, 2020 and closing on March 25, 2020. This notification 
reopens the comment period through April 22, 2020. Comments submitted 
anytime between March 10, 2020 and April 22, 2020 will be accepted and 
considered.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on March 12, 2020 
(85 FR 14428), is reopened. Submit comments on or before April 22, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number BIS 
2020-0001 or RIN 0694-ZA02, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or 
entity submitting comments as the name of their files, in accordance 
with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business confidential 
information should clearly identify the business confidential portion 
at the time of submission, file a statement justifying nondisclosure 
and referencing the specific legal authority claimed, and provide a 
non-confidential version of the submission.
    For comments submitted electronically containing business 
confidential information, the file name of the business confidential 
version should begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing 
business confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS 
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked 
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin 
with the character ``P.'' The ``BC'' and ``P'' should be followed by 
the name of the person or entity submitting the comments or rebuttal 
comments. All filers should name their files using the name of the 
person or entity submitting the comments. Any submissions with file 
names that do not begin with a ``BC'' or ``P'' will be assumed to be 
public and will be made publicly available through http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Regulatory Policy Division, 
Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, by phone at 
(202) 482-2440 or email at rpd2@bis.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This notification reopens the public comment period established in 
the Federal Register issue of March 12, 2020 (FR 2020-05194 Filed 3-10-
20; 4:15 p.m.) that closed on March 25, 2020. In that notification, BIS 
requested comments from the public related to future extensions of the 
temporary general license (TGL) to Huawei Technologies and 114 of its 
non-US affiliates on the Entity List. BIS is seeking public comments on 
the impact on companies, organizations, individuals, and other impacted 
entities in five areas, each described in the March 12 notification. As 
published on May 22, 2019 (84 FR 23468), extended and amended through a 
final rule published on August 21, 2019 (84 FR 43487), and as currently 
extended through a final rule published on March 12, 2020 (85 FR 
14416), Commerce has authorized the temporary general license (TGL) to 
Huawei Technologies and 114 of its non-US affiliates on the Entity List 
through May 15, 2020.
    As was stated in the notification, BIS is requesting these comments 
to assist the U.S. Government in evaluating whether the temporary 
general license should continue to be extended, to evaluate whether any 
other changes may be warranted to the temporary general license, and to 
identify any alternative authorization or other regulatory provisions 
that may more effectively address what is being authorized under the 
temporary general license.
    Instructions for the submission of comments, including comments 
that contain business confidential information, are found in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notification.


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    Dated: March 24, 2020.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-06545 Filed 3-25-20; 4:15 pm]
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