50 U.S.C. § 4612
Missile proliferation control violations
United States · Title 50 — WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · Status: effective
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- 50 U.S.C. § 4612, Missile proliferation control violations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/492940
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If the President determines that a United States person knowingly—
The sanctions which apply to a United States person under subparagraph (A) are the following:
In the case of any determination referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary may pursue any other appropriate penalties under section 4610 1 of this title.
The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1) on a person with respect to a product or service if the President certifies to the Congress that—
Subject to paragraphs (3) through (7), if the President determines that a foreign person, after November 5, 1990, knowingly—
The sanctions which apply to a foreign person under subparagraph (A) are the following:
Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to—
Sanctions set forth in paragraph (1) may not be imposed under this subsection on a person with respect to acts described in such paragraph or, if such sanctions are in effect against a person on account of such acts, such sanctions shall be terminated, if an MTCR adherent is taking judicial or other enforcement action against that person with respect to such acts, or that person has been found by the government of an MTCR adherent to be innocent of wrongdoing with respect to such acts.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, may, upon the request of any person, issue an advisory opinion to that person as to whether a proposed activity by that person would subject that person to sanctions under this subsection. Any person who relies in good faith on such an advisory opinion which states that the proposed activity would not subject a person to such sanctions, and any person who thereafter engages in such activity, may not be made subject to such sanctions on account of such activity.
The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1) on a person with respect to a product or service if the President certifies to the Congress that—
The President shall not apply the sanction under this subsection prohibiting the importation of the products of a foreign person—
in the case of procurement of defense articles or defense services—
to—
For purposes of this section and subsections (k) and (l) of section 4605 1 of this title—
in the case of countries where it may be impossible to identify a specific governmental entity referred to in subparagraph (A), the term “person” means—
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.
- Export Administration Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991