| Shorttitle: | Export Administration Act of 1979 |
| Longtitle: | An Act to provide authority to regulate exports, to improve the efficiency of export regulation, and to minimize interference with the ability to engage in commerce. |
| Colloquialacronym: | EAA |
| Nickname: | Export Administration Act Amendments of 1979 |
| Enacted By: | 96th |
| Effective Date: | September 29, 1979 |
| Public Law Url: | http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-93/pdf/STATUTE-93-Pg503.pdf |
| Cite Public Law: | 96-72 |
| Title Amended: | 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense |
| Sections Amended: | 50 U.S.C. ch. Appendix - Export Regulation § 2401 et seq. |
| Leghisturl: | http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d096:SN00737:@@@R |
| Introducedin: | Senate |
| Introducedby: | Adlai Stevenson, III (D–IL) |
| Introduceddate: | March 22, 1979 |
| Committees: | Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
| Passedbody1: | Senate |
| Passeddate1: | July 21, 1979 |
| Passedvote1: | 74-3 |
| Passedbody2: | House |
| Passeddate2: | September 25, 1979 |
| Passedvote2: | passed, in lieu of |
| Conferencedate: | September 27, 1979 |
| Passedbody3: | Senate |
| Passeddate3: | September 27, 1979 |
| Passedvote3: | agreed |
| Passedbody4: | House |
| Passeddate4: | September 28, 1979 |
| Passedvote4: | 321-19 |
| Signedpresident: | Jimmy Carter |
| Signeddate: | September 29, 1979 |
The Export Administration Act (EAA) of 1979 (P.L. 96-72) authorized to the President to control U.S. exports for national security, foreign policy, and short supply purposes. The EAA, like its predecessors, contained a sunset provision, and, beginning in the mid-1980s, Congress let the EAA lapse several times. Each time, the President kept controls on exports in force by declaring an emergency under the National Emergencies Act and invoking authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.[1]
The Act was mostly repealed by the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.[2] That law provided a statutory basis for the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and did not include any sunset provisions. However, "because the implementation of certain sanctions authorities, including sections 11A, 11B, and 11C of the Export Administration Act ... is to be carried out under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,"[3] the president must continue to use IEEPA to maintain the national emergency under which those sanctions were implemented.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security is charged with enforcing and administering the anti-boycott laws under the Export Administration Act.
"Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain Muslim countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott."[4]