POLICY UNDER EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT.

SEC. 201. POLICY UNDER EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT. (a) Conforming Amendments.— Section 2 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (11): and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (12) and (13) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively. (b) Policy Regarding KAL.— (1) The Congress finds that— (A) President Yeltsin should be commended for meeting personally with representatives of the families of the victims of the shootdown of Korean Airlines (KAL) Flight 7; (B) President Yeltsin’s Government has met on two separate occasions with United States Government and family members to answer questions associated with the shootdown and has arranged for the families to interview Russians involved in the incident or the search and rescue operations that followed; (C) President Yeltsin’s Government has also cooperated fully with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to allow it to complete its investigation of the 107 STAT. 2321incident and has provided numerous materials requested by the ICAO, including radar data and so-called “black boxes”, the digital flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the flight; (D) the Export Administration Act of 1979 continues to state that the United States should continue to object to exceptions to the International Control List for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in light of the KAL tragedy, even though the “no exceptions” policy was rescinded by President Bush in 1990; (E) the Government of the United States is seeking compensation from the Russian Government on behalf of the families of the KAL victims, and the Congress expects the Administration to continue to pursue issues related to the shootdown, including that of compensation, with officials at the highest level of the Russian Government; and (F) in view of the cooperation provided by President Yeltsin and his government regarding the KAL incident and these other developments, it is appropriate to remove such language from the Export Administration Act of 1979. (2) Section 3(15) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2402(15)) is repealed.