President Joe Biden's Department of Commerce placed a 90-day pause on new export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition on Friday, a release showed.
The Bureau of Industry and Security said the pause allows it to "assess current firearm export control review policies to determine whether any changes are warranted to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests."
The pause applies to the BIS' new export licenses for a number of firearms, including semi-automatic and nonautomatic firearms. Receivers, firearm framers, and ammunition are also included. In addition, licenses to the 42 states participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies are exempt from the pause.
While the pause does not impact previously issued or received export licenses, submitted licenses currently in process will be subject to the pause.
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