ITAR vs EAR: Which Rules Apply to Your Defense Product
The USML on the ITAR side and the CCL on the EAR side decide how a defense product may be sold abroad — and the boundary between them is a compliance decision with consequences.
Henrik LarsenPolicy
Policy tracks the legal and budgetary machinery behind military capability: authorization and appropriations bills, export licenses, arms transfer decisions and treaty obligations. Articles quote the document, note its effective date and explain which programs gain or lose. Written for legislative staff, compliance teams and analysts following defense spending.
Authorization bills, appropriations, export licensing and alliance commitments explained clause by clause, with dates and figures that decide programs.
NDAA vs Appropriations: What Each Bill Actually Controls
The defense policy bill sets what programs may exist; the appropriations bill decides what they get paid.
Henrik Larsen