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Two Hong Kong Companies and a New Jersey Company Settle Charges of Export Violations, December 22,1999 

Hong Kong Firm Settles Charges of Illegal Shipments, December 21, 1999

Commerce Will Remove 51 Indian Entities from the Sanctions List, December 16, 1999

Increase in Computer Exports and Verifications, December 13, 1999

Statement by William Reinsch on Delay of Encryption Regulation, December 13, 1999

Commerce Issues Offsets Report - 1999, December 9, 1999

Lafayette Instrument Company, Inc. to Pay $10,000 to Settle Allegation of violating License Terms in Sale to China,
December 8, 1999

Wassenaar Arrangement Affirms Importance of Export Control Enforcement, December 3, 1999

McDonnell Douglas, China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation Indicted [Department of Justice Press Release], October 19, 1999

John Sopko Named Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement October 18, 1999

The National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, October 14, 1999

Illinois Firm Fined in Connection with Shipment to Iran
September 30, 1999

Connecticut Firm Settles Charges of Illegal Exports
September 30, 1999

Virginia Non-Profit Settles Charges of Illegal Exports
September 30, 1999

California Exporter Fined in Connection with Attempted Taiwan Export, September 30, 1999

New Jersey Medical Supply Company Pleads Guilty To Submitting False Export Documents, September 20, 1999

Canadian Businessman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Trade with Iran and Iraq, August 24, 1999

Chicago Company Settles Charges Of Unlawful Exports of Chemicals, August 5, 1999

Computer Export Controls Eased, August 3, 1999

Staten Island Man Sentenced For Illegally Shipping Auto Parts to Iran, July 28, 1999

California Manufacturing Company Penalized For Alleged Antiboycott Violations, July 26, 1999

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulation Published, July 21, 1999

Revised Microprocessor Rules Announced by Commerce Department, July 13, 1999

Update 99 - Preparing for the New Millennium, July 12, 1999

Presidential update on export controls on high performance computers (White House Press Statement | Fact Sheet | Press Briefing), July 1, 1999

U.S. Commerce Secretary Daley Shreds Paper to Deliver Digital Department. (Department of Commerce Press Release on the Simplified Network Application Process [SNAP]), July 1, 1999

Interlink Computer Technology Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Export Goods to Iran, June 24, 1999

Civil Penalty imposed on Sun Microsystems of California, a Hong Kong Company, June 21, 1999

Alaris Medical Systems, Inc., formerly IMED Corporation, of San Diego, Calif., pays $35,000 to settle 16 alleged Antiboycott violations, June 14, 1999

Deutsche Bank AG, a New York branch of Deutsche
Bank AG of Germany, pays $5,000 to settle Antiboycott allegations
, June 14, 1999

U.S. Court in Louisiana found Dien Duc Huynh and Dien's Auto
Salvage, guilty of ten counts of violating U.S. export laws
, June 11, 1999

Massachusetts Firm Penalized for Attempted Export to Iran, June 2, 1999

National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Requests Public Comment on the Potential Market Impact of Proposed Stockpile Material Sales, May 25, 1999

Indiana Freight Forwarder Settles Antiboycott Charge, May 20, 1999

Texas Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, May 20, 1999

Department of Commerce Begins Implementing U.S. Industrial Obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, May 18, 1999

Statement by the Department of Justice regarding the Ninth Circuit Court Decision on the Bernstein Case, (Department of Justice Press Release) May 7, 1999

Appointment of William Crowell to the PECSENC Chairmanship, April 14, 1999

Massachusetts Firm Penalized by Commerce Department, April 13, 1999

Texas Company Settles Antiboycott Charges, April 8, 1999

California Firm Penalized $708,000 in Connection with Biotoxin Exports and Reexports, March 29, 1999

Department of Commerce and the U.S. Navy Enter Partnership Agreement, March 29, 1999

Mexican Firm Penalized to Settle Illegal Export Charges, February 26, 1999

Alcoa Fined $750,000 for Illegal Chemical Exports, February 19, 1999

Chinese National Arrested and Charged with Illegal Shipment of Riot Control Vehicle (Department of Justice Press Release), February 12, 1999

Update West '99 - Progress in Exporting, February 5, 1999

Conspiracy, Money Laundering Scheme Results In Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Portland Man, February 4, 1999

Optoelectronics Industry Commercial Market Booms; Employment Grows, Commerce Report Says, February 4, 1999 

Commerce Issues Warning: Compliance with Export Controls is Key Element of National Security, February 2, 1999

Freight Forwarder Settles Antiboycott Charges, February 1, 1999

China's Demand for Commercial Technology Poses Dilemma for U.S. Companies:  Commerce Report Finds, January 28, 1999

Commerce Report: Growing Demand for U.S. High Performance Computers, January 8, 1999

Speeches

Practising Law Institute, Coping with U.S. Export Controls, December 6, 1999, by William A. Reinsch

COMDEF'99 Washington, DC Conference, November 9, 1999, by William A. Reinsch

Update'99 - The State of BXA, July 13, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update'99 -  Remarks by Amanda DeBusk, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, July 13, 1999

Update'99 - Remarks by Roger Majak, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, July 13, 1999

Present and Future Challenges of Export Controls before the University of Georgia and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 25, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Future of Export Controls to the 2nd NSG International Seminar, April 9, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Acceptance of the Administration Leadership Award by the Semiconductor Industry Association, March 16, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update West 99 Keynote Speech, February 8, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Update West 99 Speech, February 8, 1999, by Assistant Secretary Amanda DeBusk

Update West 99 Speech, February 8, 1999, by Assistant Secretary Roger Majak

Trends in Export Contols, Key Note Speech  for the Silicon Valley Forum of the Commonwealth Club, January 14, 1999, by Under Secretary William A. Reinsch

Testimony

Testimony of Assistant Secretary Roger Majak on June 29, 1999, before the House Committee On Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources.
Subject: Impact of Offsets on the U. S. Economy and National Security

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 24, 1999, before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
Subject: U.S. Export Control Policies on Satellites and U.S. Domestic Launch Capabilities

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 23, 1999, before the Senate  Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Subject: Export Administration Act Reauthorization

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on June 10, 1999, before the Senate Commerce Committee
Subject: Administration's Policy on Encryption

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on May 18, 1999, before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee International Economic Policy and Trade
Subject: Encryption: Security in a High Tech Era

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on May 11, 1999, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subject: U. S. Agricultural Sanctions Policy for the 21st Centry

Testimony of Assistant Secretary R. Roger Majak on April 14, 1999, before the Senate Committee on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Subject: Export Licensing for Dual-Use Technology

Testimony of Assistant Secretary R. Roger Majak on March 16, 1999, before the Senate Committee on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance
Subject: Nonproliferation Regimes

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on March 4, 1999, before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Subject: The Security and Freedom through Encryption Act

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on March 3, 1999, before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Subject: Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act

Testimony of Under Secretary William A. Reinsch on January 20, 1999, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Trade and International Finance
Subject:  Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act

Note

In April of 2002 the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) changed its name to the Bureau of Industry and Security(BIS). For historical purposes we have not changed the references to BXA in the legacy documents found in the Archived Press and Public Information.


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