PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-507 SEC. 1254. REPORT TO APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress setting forth— (1) the advisability and feasibility of mandating electronic filing through the Automated Export Syst«;m for all Shippers' Export Declarations; (2) the manner in which data gathered through the Automated Export System can most effectively be used, consistent with the need to ensure the confidentiality of business information, by other automated licensing systems administered by Federal agencies, including— (A) the Defense Trade Application System of the Department of State; (B) the Export Control Automated Support System of the Department of Commerce; (C) the Foreign Disclosure and Teclmology Information System of the Department of Defense; (D) the Proliferation Information Network System of the Department of Energy; (E) the Enforcement Communication System of the Department of the Treasury; and (F) the Export Control System of the Central Intelligence Agency; and (3) a proposed timetable for any expansion of information required to be filed through the Automated Export System. (b) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. SEC. 1255. ACCELERATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE LICENSING PROCEDURES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State may use funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of State to employ— (1) up to 40 percent of the individuals who are performing services within the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State in positions classified at GS-14 and GS- 15 on the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and (2) other individuals within the Offices at a rate of basic pay that may exceed the maximum rate payable for positions classified at GS-15 on the General Schedule under section 5332 of that title. SEC. 1256. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM. —T h<; term "Automated Export System" means the automated and electronic system for filing export information established under chapter 9 of title 13, United States Code, on June 19, 1995 (60 Federal Register 32040). 69-194 -01 -33: QL 3 Part 2
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