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July 2014 • The PCB Magazine 67 IMPACT 2014: IPC ON CAPITOL HILL continues – A Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) rule that facilitates and encourages the recycling of valuable materials consistent with the intent of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). • IPC supports SEC guidance and regulations that will lessen the burden of conflict minerals regulations without undermining the underly- ing goals of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. IPC encourages the SEC to utilize the notice and comment process to implement changes in the SEC conflict minerals rule necessitated by the recent court decision that found portions of the rule unconstitutional. Safeguarding National Security Export Controls • Printed boards must be subject to the same ITAR controls as the military electronics for which they are designed • The release of ITAR printed boards to for- eign individuals undermines national security; printed boards reveal highly sensitive informa- tion about the workings of the military elec- tronics for which they are designed • IPC supports export control reform and the publication of a final Category XI rule that clearly enumerates printed boards without rely- ing on the use of the term "specially designed" • Controlling printed boards by use of the term "specially designed" unnecessarily per- petuates longstanding confusion about the uniquely designed nature of all printed boards Defense Cuts • Maintaining a strong domestic printed board industry is critical to the nation's defense industrial base and national security • Sustained federal budget reductions weak- en the defense industrial base by undermining the solvency of a domestic supply chain respon- sible for America's 21st century military tech- nologies Executives attending from IPC member com- panies included: Steve Betza (corporate director of Advanced Manufacturing and Development, Lockheed Martin); Bob Black (president and CEO of Juki Automation Systems); Jack Calde- ron (managing director at Lincoln International Figure 3: iPc executives voicing our views on key priorities in a meeting with Senator Mark Warner (d-Va).