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Bureau of Industry and Security

law & sanctions. Also BIS

The agency of the US Commerce Department that controls exports of commercial and “dual-use” goods, software and technology, those with both civilian and military uses. It administers the Export Administration Regulations, decides licence applications, keeps the Entity List and other lists of restricted parties, carries out end-use checks abroad and enforces export rules. Its decisions shape which US technology Pakistani firms and institutions can buy.^1,2

Linked from 3 pages across CUPA.

Sources

1. 1 Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Stony Brook University, Research Security. Reference
2. 2 Commerce adds 26 entities to the Entity List for actions contrary to US national security interests. Bureau of Industry and Security, 2024-10. Official