---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 129.1"
title: "22"
number: "129.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/129.1"
---

# §129.1. Purpose.

- (a) Section 38(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Arms Export Control Act ([22 U.S.C. 2778](/usc/22/2778.md)) provides that persons engaged in the business of brokering activities shall register and pay a registration fee as prescribed in regulations, and that no person may engage in the business of brokering activities without a license issued in accordance with the Act.
- (b) All brokering activities identified in this subchapter apply equally to those defense articles and defense services designated in [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter and those items designated in [27 CFR 447.21](/cfr/27/447.21.md) (U.S. Munitions Import List).

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 52690, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 3833, Jan. 23, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: Section 38, Pub. L. 104-164, 110 Stat. 1437, (22 U.S.C. 2778); E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 67276, Dec. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 52690, Aug. 26, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 3833, Jan. 23, 2020]