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22 U.S.C. § 2378a

Depleted uranium ammunition

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

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22 U.S.C. § 2378a, Depleted uranium ammunition, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/456715
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Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to carry out this chapter or any other Act may be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than— The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of funds to facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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. 104-164(H.R. 3121)1996-07-21
    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-446(S. 2370)2006-12-21
    Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally