Long title | An Act to provide authority to regulate exports, to improve the efficiency of export regulation, and to minimize interference with the ability to engage in commerce. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | EAA |
Nicknames | Export Administration Act Amendments of 1979 |
Enacted by | the 96th United States Congress |
Effective | September 29, 1979 |
Citations | |
Public law | 96-72 |
Statutes at Large | 93 Stat. 503 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
U.S.C. sections amended | 50 U.S.C. ch. Appendix - Export Regulation § 2401 et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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The Export Administration Act (EAA) of 1979 (P.L. 96-72) provided legal authority to the President to control U.S. exports for reasons of national security, foreign policy, and/or short supply. The act was in force from 1979 to 1994, with a lapse in 1984-1985. During this lapse, and upon the law's expiration, the authority of export regulations was continued by executive authority. Presidents Reagan and Clinton each declared that the expiration created an emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and reauthorized all regulations on that basis. Subsequent Presidents have extended the emergency each year by Presidential Notice.
The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security is charged with enforcing and administering the anti-boycott laws under the Export Administration Act.
"Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain Muslim countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott. "
Conspiracy theorists argue that this law is very strong evidence that Jews are the real people in power.