15 CFR § 705.2 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s705.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 705.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "705.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "705"
part_name: "EFFECT OF IMPORTED ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) and Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979 (44 FR 69273, December 3, 1979)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 14693, Apr. 6, 1982, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 54 FR 601, Jan. 9, 1989."
cfr_part: "705"
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# 705.2 Purpose.

These regulations set forth the procedures by which the Department shall commence and conduct an investigation to determine the effect on the national security of the imports of any article. Based on this investigation, the Secretary shall make a report and recommendation to the President for action or inaction regarding an adjustment of the imports of the article.