BIS replaces RPTAC with new deregulation-focused advisory committee

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has begun publicly identifying a new Deregulation and Simplification Technical Advisory Committee, or DASTAC, apparently replacing the longstanding Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee, known as RPTAC.

BIS now lists DASTAC alongside the Emerging Technology Technical Advisory Committee on its main Technical Advisory Committees page. According to the agency, DASTAC will advise on regulatory changes intended to “streamline procedures, reduce complexity, and support enhanced export control compliance.”

The change appears to be more than the creation of an additional committee. RPTAC has disappeared from BIS’s current committee directory, while other pages now direct prospective members to choose between ETTAC and DASTAC. Taken together, those changes strongly indicate that the RPTAC-to-DASTAC transition has taken effect.

BIS has not yet published the new committee’s full mandate or membership. Its dedicated DASTAC page labels both the committee description and member roster “Coming soon,” and the agency’s consolidated membership page does the same. No upcoming DASTAC meeting is currently listed.

The transition potentially signals a shift in emphasis at BIS. RPTAC advised Commerce on the implementation and continuing review of the Export Administration Regulations. The new name and BIS’s brief description place explicit emphasis on deregulation, procedural simplification and reducing complexity, while retaining export-control compliance as an objective.

The precise institutional status remains unclear, however. BIS’s most recently located RPTAC charter was renewed in 2024 for a two-year period and described RPTAC as a continuing advisory body. The last located Federal Register meeting notice, published May 21, 2025, still used the RPTAC name. As of August 28, 2026, no publicly indexed Federal Register notice, replacement charter or BIS announcement was located that expressly explains whether DASTAC is a renamed continuation of RPTAC, a reconstituted successor, or a legally distinct committee.

Why it matters: RPTAC historically gave industry a formal channel for recommending changes to the EAR and BIS licensing procedures. Exporters and compliance professionals should watch the forthcoming DASTAC charter, roster and meeting materials for indications of which regulatory burdens BIS intends to review—and whether the committee’s scope, membership or operating structure will differ materially from RPTAC’s.