Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2007
Latest action · Nov 15, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 15, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) perform a strategic review and assessment of the U.S. export controls system; (2) provide for specified performance requirements respecting license applications to export or import United States Munitions List items; (3) ensure that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State has the necessary staff and resources; (4) ensure that all items on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex are subject to stringent government control.
Requires that the Directorate establish a secure Internet-based system for tracking the progress of munitions list license applications.
Directs the President, under specified conditions, to waive certain licensing requirements for exports of spare and replacement parts or components and related services of defense items exported to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states, Australia, Japan, and New Zealand.
Sets forth Department of Commerce and Department of State export controls for civil aircraft products.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2007 to Apr 8, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Original | Nov 15, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Nov 15, 2007 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Nov 15, 2007 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 8, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 15, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 15, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E944 | Donald A. Manzullo R-IL | May 15, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the performance of the defense trade controls functions of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Aircraft
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms control
- Arms sales
- Australia
- Ballistic missiles
- Commercial aircraft
- Department of State
- East Asia
- Electronic government information
- Export controls
- Exports
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Guided missiles
- Import restrictions
- Imports
- International Affairs
- Internet
- Japan
- Law
- Licenses
- Military and naval supplies
- Military technology
- NATO countries
- New Zealand
- Oceania
- Ordnance
- Performance measurement
- Private aviation
- Recruiting of employees
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology transfer
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
