{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-129.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 129.4","heading":"Requirement for approval.","body":"(a) Except as provided in § 129.5, no person who is required to register as a broker pursuant to § 129.3 of this subchapter may engage in the business of brokering activities pursuant to § 129.2(b) without first obtaining the approval of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls for the brokering of any of the following:\n(1) Any foreign defense article or defense service enumerated in part 121 of this subchapter (see § 120.39 of this subchapter, and § 129.5 for exemptions) and those foreign origin items on the U.S. Munitions Import List (see 27 CFR 447.21); or\n(2) Any of the following U.S. origin defense articles or defense services:\n(i) Firearms and other weapons of a nature described by Category I(a) through (d), Category II(a) and (d), and Category III(a) of § 121.1 of this subchapter or Category I(a) through (c), Category II(a), and Category III(a) of the U.S. Munitions Import List (see 27 CFR 447.21);\n(ii) Rockets, bombs, and grenades as well as launchers for such defense articles of a nature described by Category IV(a), and launch vehicles and missile and anti-missile systems of a nature described by Category IV(b) of § 121.1 of this subchapter (including man-portable air-defense systems);\n(iii) Vessels of war described by Category VI of § 121.1 of this subchapter;\n(iv) Tanks and military vehicles described by Category VII of § 121.1 of this subchapter;\n(v) Aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles described by Category VIII of § 121.1 of this subchapter;\n(vi) Night vision-related defense articles and inertial platform, sensor, and guidance-related systems of a nature described by Category XII(c) and (d) of § 121.1 of this subchapter;\n(vii) Chemical agents and precursors described by Category XIV(a), (c), and (e) of § 121.1 of this subchapter, biological agents and biologically derived substances described by Category XIV(b) of § 121.1 of this subchapter, and equipment described by Category XIV(f) of § 121.1 of this subchapter for dissemination of the chemical agents and biological agents described by Category XIV(a), (b), and (e) of § 121.1 of this subchapter;\n(viii) Submersible vessels described by Category XX of § 121.1 of this subchapter; and\n(ix) Miscellaneous articles of a nature described by Category XXI of § 121.1 of this subchapter.\n(b) [Reserved]","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER M—INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS","PART 129—REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF BROKERS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"d0db7d7fff24944ec05fb0d2ac9102ee527e8170eac23423c0fad1f1e2676e68","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-129.3","next":"us/22-cfr-129.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}