John Sarbanes: “I think the bill provides greater protection for national security and foreign policy interests than either the previous…”

“I think the bill provides greater protection for national security and foreign policy interests than either the previous Export Administration Act or the regime in place under IEEPA. You can have a nice paper regime, and if you do not have the resources for enforcement it does not have any reality. I will go through those quickly. Beginning on page 296, we have a number of provisions of additional resources for enforcement programs. I want those in the Record because I think they are important: $3.5 million additional authorization to the Department of Commerce to hire 20 additional employees to assist U.S. freight forwarders and other interested parties in developing and implementing on a voluntary basis, a ``best practices'' program to ensure that exports of controlled items are undertaken in compliance with this act.”