61 Federal Register 6111 (Feb. 16, 1996) To be codified at 22 CFR parts 123 & 126 Effective today. Excerpts: "After extensive review, the Department of State has decided to further amend the regulations to provide for an exemption for the temporary export of products for personal use. The exemption does not apply to other circumstances, for example, those in which a person contemplates sales, marketing or demonstration.... ... for purposes of this exemption, a product is considered to be in the possession of the exporter if the exporter takes normal precautions to ensure the security of the product by locking the product in a hotel room, safe, or other comparably secure location; and, while in transit, the exporter keeps the product in his/her carry-on luggage or locked in baggage accompanying the exporter which has been checked with the carrier. This amendment involves a foreign affairs function of the United States and thus is exploded from the procedures of [ordinary rulemaking]. However, interested parties are invited to submit risen comments to the Department of State, Director, office of Defense trade Controls, attention: regulatory change, personal use cryptographic products, Rome 200, SA-6, Washington, DC 20520-0602. [The above was dictated using voice-recognition software, so beware of strange word substitutions.] A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin@law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.