§2151x–2 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President can give economic aid to a country that is a major coca-producing nation to help it grow, process, or sell other crops and products so it becomes less dependent on drug-related crops. The President can do this even if other laws would normally limit how those aid funds are used. That waiver covers laws including sections 521, 546, and 547 (but not section 510) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, and similar later rules. "Economic assistance" means development aid and the economic support fund under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (chapter 1 of part I, and chapter 4 of part II).

Title 22, §2151x–2

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(a)For the purpose of reducing dependence upon the production of crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived, the President may provide economic assistance for a country which, because of its coca production, is a major illicit drug producing country (as defined in section 481(i)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(i)(2))) to promote the production, processing, or the marketing of products which can be economically produced in such country, notwithstanding the provisions of law described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)The provisions of law made inapplicable by subsection (a) are any other provisions of law that would otherwise restrict the use of economic assistance funds with respect to the production, processing, or marketing of agricultural commodities (or the products thereof) or other products, including section 521, 546, and 547 (but excluding section 510) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, and comparable provisions of subsequent Acts appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs.

(c)As used in this section, the term “economic assistance” means assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to development assistance) and assistance under chapter 4 of part II of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 and following; relating to the economic support fund).

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–167, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1195. section 510, 521, 546, and 547 of that Act are not classified to the Code. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Act are classified generally to part I (§ 2151 et seq.) of subchapter I and part IV (§ 2346 et seq.) of subchapter II, respectively, of this chapter. For provisions deeming references to part I of subchapter I to include a reference to section 2293 of this title, see section 2293(d)(1) of this title. Subsec. (i) of section 481 of the Act was redesignated (e) by Pub. L. 102–583, § 6(b)(3), Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4932. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990, and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

§2151x–2 Assistance in furtherance of narcotics control objectives of United States