22 CFR § 129.1 - Purpose.

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title: "22 CFR § 129.1 - Purpose."
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title_name: "Foreign Relations"
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subchapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS"
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part_name: "REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BROKERS"
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authority: "Section 38, Pub. L. 104-164, 110 Stat. 1437, (22 U.S.C. 2778); E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129."
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# 129.1 Purpose.

(a) Section 38(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) provides that persons engaged in the business of brokering activities shall register and pay a registration fee as prescribed in regulations, and that no person may engage in the business of brokering activities without a license issued in accordance with the Act.

(b) All brokering activities identified in this subchapter apply equally to those defense articles and defense services designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter and those items designated in 27 CFR 447.21 (U.S. Munitions Import List).

[78 FR 52690, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 3833, Jan. 23, 2020]