The State Department approved potential military sales to Switzerland and India worth more than $16 billion combined, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Sept. 30. The sales include three separate purchases by Switzerland and one purchase by India.

President Donald Trump will nominate Scott Dane of Minnesota to become a member of the President’s Export Council, the White House said Sept. 28. The White House did not release more information about the nominee.

The State Department approved a potential military sale to Japan worth about $55 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Sept. 28. The sale includes 51 “Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2 Tactical Missiles, RIM-116C,” operator manuals, technical documentations and storage containers. The prime contractor is Raytheon Missiles and Defense Company.

The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is seeking comments on an information collection relating to anti-money laundering due diligence programs for banks, FinCEN said in a notice released Sept. 28. The collection relates to regulations for banks to “detect and report” money laundering involving correspondent accounts created by foreign financial institutions. The agency is proposing to renew the information collection without change. Comments are due Nov. 30. According to the notice, “Although no changes are proposed to the information collection itself, this request for comments covers a future expansion of the scope of the annual hourly burden and cost estimate associated with these regulations.”

The State Department updated its Cuba Restricted List to add one subentity and its alias, the agency said in a notice released Sept. 28. The list now includes American International Services (alias AIS Remesas), a subentity of Corporacion CIMEX S.A. The change takes effect Sept. 29. Entities on the Cuba Restricted List are generally subject to export restrictions by the Commerce Department.

The State Department approved potential military sales to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands worth more than $640 million combined, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Sept. 24. Under the proposed sales, the U.K. would get “C-17 aircraft Contractor Logistics Support” and related equipment worth about $400 million. The prime contractor is Boeing. The sale to the Netherlands includes 34 “Patriot Advanced Capability‑3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles” and related equipment for about $240 million. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor.

The State Department on Sept. 25 released its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List, which identifies entities subject to restrictions on lodging-related transactions under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (see 2009230029). The list, which includes more than 400 properties, takes effect Sept. 28.

Intel was granted U.S. export licenses to supply certain products to Huawei, an Intel spokesperson said in a Sept. 23 email. Intel received the licenses despite increased U.S. restrictions against the Chinese technology company, including the Bureau of Industry and Security's August revisions to the foreign direct product rule that were intended to block Huawei’s ability to access U.S. technology (see 2008170029). The Intel spokesperson declined to provide more details on the licenses. A BIS spokesperson said the agency does not comment on licensing issues.

The Commerce Department delayed its ban on TikTok and a federal judge temporarily blocked the agency from imposing prohibitions on WeChat, complicating prohibitions that Commerce announced last week in response to President Donald Trump's executive order (see 2009180026). Commerce on Sept. 19 said it will “delay the prohibition of identified transactions” -- which were scheduled to take effect Sept. 20 -- until Sept. 27. The agency made the decision “in light of recent positive developments” surrounding the sale of TikTok.

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs began a review of a final rule from the Bureau of Industry and Security related to its “national security license application review policy” for China, Russia and Venezuela. OIRA received the rule Sept. 17.