Export Administration Act of 1979

Export Administration Act of 1979

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.
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
Introduced in the Senate as S. 737 by Adlai Stevenson, III (D–IL) on March 22, 1979 Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Passed the Senate on July 21, 1979 (74-3) Passed the House on September 25, 1979 (passed, in lieu of H.R. 4034) Reported by the joint conference committee on September 27, 1979; agreed to by the Senate on September 27, 1979 (agreed) and by the House on September 28, 1979 (321-19) Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on September 29, 1979

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. However, the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624) provided for contract sanctity by prohibiting the President from restricting the export of any agricultural commodity already under contract for delivery within 270 days from the date an embargo is imposed under the EAA, except during national emergency or war. With the expiration of EAA in 1994, President Bill Clinton declared a national emergency and exercised authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (P.L. 95-223; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to continue the EAA export control regulations then in effect by issuing Executive Order 12924 on August 19, 1994. Presidents since then have each year extended these regulations by Presidential Notice.

Federal Law/Regulation Forbidding Anti-Israel Boycotts

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. "

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.