Society for International Affairs  
Educating the International Trade Community on Export and Import Process

F.A.I.R. Trade Group and Society for International Affairs Presents: 

Firearms and Ammunition: Addressing the Import and Export Challenges through Compliance

March 11-12, 2025

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Draft Agenda 2/20/2025 (check for updates)

Day 1 – Tuesday, March 11, 2025  (All times EDT)

12:30 PM        Opening Remarks

12:35 – 1:00 PM |  Intro Address – ATF – Impact of Executive Order (DAD Lange / DAD Vann)

1:00 – 2:15 PM | Gov Contracts & Gov Furnished Equipment (FEID, NFA, FESD)

Industry

•  Licensing – activity with/for the USG, when is a license required (FEID)
• Manufacturing
• Firearms
• DD
•  Armor piercing ammo
• Explosives
•  Importation
• Firearms
• NFA
• Explosives
• Recordkeeping (FEID)
• USG owned and controlled items
• What documents are needed to prove GFE status?
• USG owned but under direction of the Licensee
• Licensee manufactured under USG contract

Explosives

• Explosives
• Storage (FEID)
• Explosives
• Destructive Devices
• Where is line for what detrermines small arms ammunition.
• Abandonment of NFA GFE
• Coordinate with Govt and ATF (Form 5)
• Non Exempt and Exempt Explsoves
• Status of Residual Material after Production

Imports

• USG contracts (FESD)
• Importation under a USG contract
• Importation for Testing, Manufacturer Sample (Non-Sporting Firearms/Ammunition, NFA Firearms)
• What elements are needed for letter
• Foreign Origin Destructive Devices Imported for USG – Marking Variances where USG requests no markings for Importer and being drop shipped to USG.
• The elements that need be covered in a letter from the USG to make that request.
• AECA Exemptions?
• What is required to be submitted
• Subcontractors – can they use the import exemption.
• GCA and NFA Exemptions?
• Is an FFL/SOT required?  Can the prime contractor subcontract the importation activity to a company with an FFL/SOT?
• GFE Firearms Imported by Licensee
• Is Form 6 required?
• Is Form 6A required?
• Forms/Recordkeeping
• When items are imported pursuant to a USG contract, who is the importer of record?
• Are all firearms (GCA and NFA) approved for importation under a USG contract restricted to transfer only to the USG?
• Permanent imports 

• NFA forms (NFA)
• What forms/contracts are required for transfers from the USG to Licensee.
• Can the USG “loan” NFA items to a licensee?
• Can the USG temporarily store NFA items at a licensee’s premises?
• What forms are required for transfers from Licensee to USG.
• What forms are required for transfers from Licensee to foreign government.

2:15 – 2:45 PM | Sporting Purpose Test Basics (FATD)

• Handguns
• Rifles
• Shotguns
• Ammunition / Propellant
• Common Scenarios and Nuances

2:45 PM          Break (15 minutes)

3:00 – 4:00 PM | Heavy Weapon Classifications (FATD)

•  Which part is the receiver (examples):
•  Chain Guns
• Naval Cannons
• Naval launchers
• Tow Launchers
• Smoke Launchers
• Missiles

Q&A: 4:00 – 4:15 PM

4:15 PM | Break (15 minutes)

4:15 – 5:00 PM | Armor Piericing Ammunition (Imports)

•    What is AP Ammunition?
•    Licensing Requirements
•    Restricitions

Q&A

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Day 2 – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (All times EDT)

12:30 PM | Opening Remarks

12:35 – 1:20 PM | Brokering

Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy

•  What is Brokering?
•  What Is Not Brokering?
•  When is prior approval required?

Q&A

1:30 – 2:45 PM | DDTC Update

Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing, Bureau of Industry and Security

•   General Updates and Announcements
•   Review of AUKUS Exemption
•   Update on Enforcement Cases
•   Update on trends and guidance (such as Israel and Ukraine)
•   Status of ITAR Reorganization 

Q&A

2:45 PM: Break (10 minutes)

2:55 – 4:00 PM | EAR Licensing and Exceptions

Bureau of Industry and Security

•       An overview of EAR Licensing requirements and EAR Exceptions
•       Review of the 10 General Prohibitions
•       Steps for making a license determination
•       Review of de minimis

Q&A

4:00 – 5:00 PM | Exporting EAR-Controlled Technology

Bureau of Industry and Security

Q&A

Conference Committee:

• SIA President: Tom Donovan, Northrop Grumman
• SIA Board Liaison: Candace Goforth, Content Enablers
• SIA Business Manager: Donna Dietz, SIA
• F.A.I.R. President: Charles Fowler, Global Procurement Solutions Inc.
• F.A.I.R. Executive Director: Michael Faucette, Wiley Rein LP
• F.A.I.R. Business Office: Pati Colon, F.A.I.R.