However, Congress would need to approve the creation of a single export licensing agency and the consolidation of enforcement authority.

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U.S. export laws already require licensing for the sale or export of certain electronic surveillance technology overseas.

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DCMS, which will be led by Tessa Jowell, also covers the National Lottery, export licensing of cultural goods, broadcasting (it oversees the BBC's licence fee settlement) film, press freedom and tourism.

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The Bureau of Industry and Security is in charge of licensing the sale of five-axis machine tools for export.

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Particularly coming, as it does, in the wake of two years' worth of Congressional hearings detailing a variety of export control problems -- from satellite licensing scandals to export control administration problems, and high-performance computer exports to alleged abuses of Commerce Department discretion in the export control process -- we believe that S.1712 fails to protect U.S. national security interests.

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The Center for Security Policy believes that it is incumbent on the Bush Administration to "stand-down" on further weakening of the U.S. and multilateral export control regime pending a complete reassessment of the present policy approach and rampant mismanagement of licensing decisions.

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