Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09162
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Summary: The commenter supports the proposed rule, arguing that the controlled environment of Customs-Bonded Warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones provides a level of security comparable to offshore locations. They further contend that conducting this work within the U.S. actually enhances public safety by making it easier for authorities to monitor and inspect export activities.
Writing in support of RIN 1140-AA93. this is a reasonable, rational, logical acknowledgement of the fact that CBW and FTZ enjoy a de facto status of near-extraterritoriality, and access to the is carefully controlled. Thus, any work conducted in them has no more public safety impact on the US than if the same work were conducted offshore, in unambiguously foreign territory. Allowing some of this work to be done on technically US soil (but within the controlled environment of a CBW and/or FTZ), in fact, INCREASES US public safety and policy because it is clearly far easier for those responsible for monitoring export activities regarding munitions (such as ITAR enforcement) to do their inspections when the site is actually in the US proper, as opposed to requiring foreign travel to inspect the facility.