---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 123.2"
title: "22"
number: "123.2"
heading: "Import jurisdiction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/123.2"
---

# §123.2. Import jurisdiction.


The Department of State regulates the temporary import of defense articles. Permanent imports of defense articles into the United States are regulated by the Department of the Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives under the direction of the Attorney General (see 27 CFR parts [447](/cfr/27/part447.md), [478](/cfr/27/part478.md), 479, and 555).


## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 20540, Apr. 21, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2, 38, and 71, Pub. L. 90-629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2753; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 2776; Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 1920; Sec. 1205(a), Pub. L. 107-228; Sec. 520, Pub. L. 112-55; Section 1261, Pub. L. 112-239; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 39299, July 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 20540, Apr. 21, 2006]