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PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1613 (c) REPORT ON MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME ENFORCE- MENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall mclude in the report under subsection (b) information concerning the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). In the report, the Secretary shall review the existing regulations covering the issues addressed by the MTCR and shall assess whether those regulations— (A) appropriately cover each item listed in the MTCR annex; and (B) sufQciently stress consideration of ultimate end use of an item as a factor in issuance of export licenses with respect to that item. (2) In the report, the Secretary shall also assess whether, in the case of a request for an export license involving a country that is considered to be a suspect country for purposes of the regime, or involving a commodity that is considered to be a suspect commodity for purposes of the regime, sufficient information on that request is brought to the attention of the Department of Defense before such a license is issued and, if not, what measures could be taken to improve Department of Defense oversight of the issuance of export licenses in such Cases. (3) In the report, the Secretary may also address whatever other initiatives for the enforcement of the regime the Secretary considers would help strengthen the regime. SEC. 1640. REVIEWS AND REPORTS ON DECONTROL OF CERTAIN PER- SONAL COMPUTERS (a) REVIEWS.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall each conduct an independent review on the foreign availability of the personal computers known as AT-compatible microcomputers. Each Secretary, in conducting his review, shall, at a minimum, determine the availability of such microcomputers from sources other than member nations of the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls or other nations that control the export of such computers. The Secretary of Defense, in conducting his review, also shall assess the military significance of such microcomputers for the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. (b) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall each submit to the Committee on Banking, Hous- ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the results of the respective reviews required by subsec- tion (a). (c) DEADLINE FOR REPORTS. —The reports required by subsection (b) shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1990. SEC. 1641. ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONVENTIONAL STAND- OFF WEAPONS MASTER PLAN AND REPORT ON STANDOFF MUNITIONS (a) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF MASTER PLAN FOR JOINT STANDOFF lo use 2431 WEAPONS.—Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary of note. Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan (known as a "Department of Defense Conventional Standoff Weap- ons Master Plan') for the development of standoff weapons which can adequately address the needs of more than one of the Armed Forces. Each such report shall include a description of all technology Science and technology.