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Description
This report describes actions taken by the Department of State during the past fiscal year to implement the "Blue Lantern" end-use monitoring program. The Blue Lantern program is established under Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) to monitor the end-use of commercially exported defense articles, services, and related technical data subject to licensing under Section 38 of the AECA. The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/DDTC), Department of State, is responsible for administering the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that implement the AECA. The Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance's (DDTC) functions include the following:
* Registration of manufacturers
* Brokers and exporters
* Licensing of commercial defense trade
* Overseeing compliance with U.S. export regulations
* Supporting U.S. law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations
* Prosecutions of AECA violations
* End-use monitoring of licensed transactions
The Blue Lantern program is managed within PM/DDTC by the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance's Research and Analysis Division (RAD). Blue Lantern end-use monitoring entails pre-license or post-shipment checks undertaken to verify the legitimacy of a transaction and to provide reasonable assurance of the following:
* The recipient is complying with the requirements imposed by the U.S. government with respect to use, transfers
* Security of the defense articles and defense services
* Such articles and services are being used for the purposes for which they are provided
DDTC is currently authorized a full-time complement of seventy-six Department of State (DOS) personnel, which is supplemented by eight military officers, about forty contract personnel, and a DHS/Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent working on defense trade licensing and compliance (including end-use monitoring) efforts. DDTC's operational budget for fiscal year 2005, in addition to American salaries, was approximately $8.7 million.
Overseas Monitoring: The Blue Lantern Program
Initiated in September 1990 and written into law under Section 40A of the AECA in 1996 as the U.S. government's first systematic end-use monitoring program,... |
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