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22 CFR § 123.2 - Import jurisdiction.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s123.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 123.2 - Import jurisdiction."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "123.2"
section_name: "Import jurisdiction."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS"
part_number: "123"
part_name: "LICENSES FOR THE EXPORT AND TEMPORARY IMPORT OF DEFENSE ARTICLES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 2, 38, and 71, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2753; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 2776; Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 1920; Sec. 1205(a), Pub. L. 107-228; Sec. 520, Pub. L. 112-55; Section 1261, Pub. L. 112-239; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 39299, July 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "123"
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# 123.2 Import jurisdiction.

The Department of State regulates the temporary import of defense articles. Permanent imports of defense articles into the United States are regulated by the Department of the Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the direction of the Attorney General (see 27 CFR parts 447, 478, 479, and 555).

[71 FR 20540, Apr. 21, 2006]