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§2332d Financial transactions

Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 113B— - TERRORISM › § 2332d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

It makes it a crime for a United States person who knows, or has good reason to know, that a country is officially labeled as supporting international terrorism to do a financial transaction with that country’s government unless the U.S. Treasury Secretary, after talking with the Secretary of State, creates rules that allow it. Someone who breaks this can be fined, put in prison for up to 10 years, or both. Definitions: financial transaction — same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4). United States person — includes U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, companies formed under U.S. law, and anyone in the United States.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §2332d

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(a)Except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
(b)As used in this section—
(1)the term “financial transaction” has the same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4); and
(2)the term “United States person” means any—
(A)United States citizen or national;
(B)permanent resident alien;
(C)juridical person organized under the laws of the United States; or
(D)any person in the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a), was classified to section 2405(j) of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 4605(j) of Title 50, and was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232. For provisions similar to those of former section 4605(j) of Title 50, see section 4813(c) of Title 50, as enacted by Pub. L. 115–232. Codification Another section 2332d was renumbered section 2332e of this title.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “of 1979” after “Export Administration Act”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(c), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1254, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [enacting this section] shall become effective 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 24, 1996].”

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 2332d

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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