---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 544.304"
title: "31"
number: "544.304"
heading: "Information or informational materials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/544.304"
---

# §544.304. Information or informational materials.

- (a) For purposes of this part, the term information or informational materials includes, but is not limited to, publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD-ROMs, artworks, and news wire feeds.
- (b) The term information or informational materials, with respect to United States exports, does not include items:
  - (1) That were, as of April 30, 1994, or that thereafter become, controlled for export pursuant to section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, 50 U.S.C. App. 2401-2420 (1979) (the “EAA”), or [section 6](/cfr/31/6.md) of the EAA to the extent that such controls promote the nonproliferation or antiterrorism policies of the United States; or
  - (2) With respect to which acts are prohibited by 18 U.S.C. chapter 37.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., 1701 et seq.; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 16773, Apr. 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted.