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22 U.S.C. § 2370a

Expropriation of United States property

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

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22 U.S.C. § 2370a, Expropriation of United States property, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/456700
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None of the funds made available to carry out this Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] may be provided to a government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, if the government of such country (other than a country described if 11 So in original. Probably should be “in”. subsection (d))— has on or after January 1, 1956— has not, within the period specified in subsection (c), either— The President shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of each multilateral development bank and international financial institution to vote against any loan or other utilization of the funds of such bank or institution for the benefit of any country to which assistance is prohibited under subsection (a), unless such assistance is directed specifically to programs which serve the basic human needs of the citizens of that country. The period of time described in subsection (a)(2) is the latest of the following— This section shall not apply to any country established by international mandate through the United Nations or to any territory recognized by the United States Government to be in dispute. A prohibition or termination of assistance under subsection (a) and an instruction to vote against loans under subsection (b) shall cease to be effective when the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that such government has taken one of the steps described in subsection (a)(2). Not later than 90 days after April 30, 1994, and at the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a report containing the following: The President may waive the prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) for a country, on an annual basis, if the President determines and so notifies Congress that it is in the national interest to do so. For the purpose of this section, the term “United States person” means a United States citizen or corporation, partnership, or association at least 50 percent beneficially owned by United States citizens. An action shall be deemed presented for purposes of paragraph (1) if it is— received by the United States Department of State on or before 120 days after the date specified in paragraph (3) at—

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