yourstate.us
22 U.S.C. § 2197

General provisions relating to insurance, guaranty, financing, and reinsurance programs

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2197, General provisions relating to insurance, guaranty, financing, and reinsurance programs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/456476
Permanent ID
ys:prov:456476@1
SHA-256
2266b82cc975dd97c6516f49bb3075a6656271b9e146d8db105167f24ae08174

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

No payment may be made under any guaranty, insurance, or reinsurance issued pursuant to this subpart for any loss arising out of fraud or misrepresentation for which the party seeking payment is responsible. Before finally providing insurance, reinsurance, guarantees, or financing under this subpart for any environmentally sensitive investment in connection with a project in a country, the Corporation shall notify appropriate government officials of that country of— On or before September 30, 1986, the Corporation shall notify appropriate government officials of a country of the guidelines, standards, and legal restrictions described in paragraph (1) that apply to any project in that country— Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or report, or willfully overvalues any land, property, or security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Corporation with respect to any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, loan, equity investment, or other activity of the Corporation under section 2194 1 of this title or any change or extension of any such insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, loan, equity investment, or activity, by renewal, deferment of action or otherwise, or the acceptance, release, or substitution of security therefor, shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-390(S. 2957)1974-08-27
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1974
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-268(H.R. 9179)1978-04-24
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-65(H.R. 3136)1981-10-16
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1981
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-204(S. 947)1985-12-23
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1985
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-461(H.R. 4637)1988-10-01
    Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-549(H.R. 4996)1992-10-28
    Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-254(H.R. 302)2018-10-05
    FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally