Export Administration Review Board

The EARB is a cabinet-level export licensing dispute resolution group. The
EARB was originally established in June 1970 under Executive Order 11533.
Under Executive Order 12755 of March 1991, EARB membership includes
Commerce (as chair), State, Defense, and Energy, and Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency and, as non-voting members, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Central Intelligence Agency. The EARB is final review body to
resolve differences among agency views on the granting of an export
license. [Preceding EARB review are: (a) an interagency committee <known
generally as the "Operating Committee"> and (b) the Advisory Committee on
Export Policy.] National Security Directive 53 requires escalation of
disputes regarding an export license to the Advisory Committee on Export
Policy (ACEP) not later than 100 days from the filing date of the
applicant's application. Any cases not resolved at the ACEP level must be
escalated to the EARB within a specified number of days of the date of the
ACEP meeting. Cases not resolved by the EARB must be escalated to the
President for resolution.