Source: https://www.govregs.com/uscode/22/2780
Timestamp: 2020-07-11 20:34:37
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22 USC 2780 - Transactions with countries supporting acts of international terrorism
§ 2779a. Prohibition on incentive payments
§ 2781. Transactions with countries not fully cooperating with United States antiterrorism efforts
§ 2780.
Transactions with countries supporting acts of international terrorism
Prohibited transactions by United States Government
Exporting or otherwise providing (by sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means), directly or indirectly, any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d) under the authority of this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government—
shall suspend delivery to such country of any such item pursuant to any such transaction which has not been completed at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), and
Providing credits, guarantees, or other financial assistance under the authority of this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)), with respect to the acquisition of any munitions item by a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall suspend expenditures pursuant to any such assistance obligated before the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d). The President may authorize expenditures otherwise required to be suspended pursuant to the preceding sentence if the President has determined, and reported to the Congress, that suspension of those expenditures causes undue financial hardship to a supplier, shipper, or similar person and allowing the expenditure will not result in any munitions item being made available for use by such country.
Consenting under section 2753(a) of this title, under section 505(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2314(a)], under the regulations issued to carry out section 2778 of this title, or under any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)), to any transfer of any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall withdraw any such consent which is in effect at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), except that this sentence does not apply with respect to any item that has already been transferred to such country.
Providing any license or other approval under section 2778 of this title for any export or other transfer (including by means of a technical assistance agreement, manufacturing licensing agreement, or coproduction agreement) of any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall suspend any such license or other approval which is in effect at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), except that this sentence does not apply with respect to any item that has already been exported or otherwise transferred to such country.
Otherwise facilitating the acquisition of any munitions item by a country described in subsection (d). This paragraph applies with respect to activities undertaken—
Prohibited transactions by United States persons
Exporting any munitions item to any country described in subsection (d).
Selling, leasing, loaning, granting, or otherwise providing any munitions item to any country described in subsection (d).
Selling, leasing, loaning, granting, or otherwise providing any munitions item to any recipient which is not the government of or a person in a country described in subsection (d) if the United States person has reason to know that the munitions item will be made available to any country described in subsection (d).
Taking any other action which would facilitate the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of any munitions item by the government of any country described in subsection (d), or any person acting on behalf of that government, if the United States person has reason to know that that action will facilitate the acquisition of that item by such a government or person.
Liability for actions of foreign subsidiaries, etc.
Applicability to actions outside the United States
Transfers to governments and persons covered
the acquisition of munitions items by the government of a country described in subsection (d); and
the acquisition of munitions items by any individual, group, or other person within a country described in subsection (d), except to the extent that subparagraph (D) of subsection (b)(1) provides otherwise.
Countries covered by prohibition
A determination made by the Secretary of State under subsection (d) may not be rescinded unless the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate—
No rescission under paragraph (1)(B) of a determination under subsection (d) may be made if the Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a report under paragraph (1)(B), enacts a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the proposed rescission of the determination under section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act pursuant to the report submitted to the Congress on _________ is hereby prohibited.”, the blank to be completed with the appropriate date.
The President may waive the prohibitions contained in this section with respect to a specific transaction if—
submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing—
Exemption for transactions subject to National Security Act reporting requirements
Section 614(a) waiver authority
In the enforcement of this section, the President is authorized to exercise the same powers concerning violations and enforcement which are conferred upon departments, agencies, and officials by sections 11(c), 11(e), 11(g), and 12(a) 1
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to such powers under that Act), except that section 11(c)(2)(B) of such Act shall not apply, and instead, as prescribed in regulations issued under this section, the Secretary of State may assess civil penalties for violations of this chapter and regulations prescribed thereunder and further may commence a civil action to recover such civil penalties, and except further that, notwithstanding section 11(c) of that Act, the civil penalty for each violation of this section may not exceed $500,000.
the term “munitions item” means any item enumerated on the United States Munitions list 2
the term “nuclear explosive device” has the meaning given that term in section 6305(4) of this title; and
the term “unsafeguarded special nuclear material” has the meaning given that term in section 6305(8) of this title.
(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 3, § 40, as added Pub. L. 99–399, title V, § 509(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 874; amended Pub. L. 101–222, § 2(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1892; Pub. L. 102–138, title III, § 321, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 710; Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 822(a)(2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XIII, § 1303], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–511; Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XII, § 1204, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1427; Pub. L. 111–195, title I, § 107(a)(3), July 1, 2010, 124 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 113–276, title II, § 208(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2992.)
cite as: 22 USC 2780