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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2291f Prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part Part VIII— - International Narcotics Control › § 2291f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must make sure that U.S. help under this chapter and the Arms Export Control Act is not given to any person or group he knows or reasonably believes—(1) was convicted of a drug-related crime or a conspiracy to commit one; or (2) is or was a drug trafficker or knowingly helped others traffic drugs. The President must write rules saying how to do this and must send those rules to Congress before they go into effect.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2291f

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(a)The President shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that assistance under this chapter and the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] is not provided to or through any individual or entity that the President knows or has reason to believe—
(1)has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation of the United States, a State or the District of Columbia, or a foreign country relating to narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances; or
(2)is or has been an illicit trafficker in any such controlled substance or is or has been a knowing assistor, abettor, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such substance.
(b)The President shall issue regulations specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this section.
(c)Regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b) shall be submitted to the Congress before they take effect.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, which is classified principally to chapter 39 (§ 2751 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–447 inserted “to” after “relating”. 1992—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–583 struck out “(as defined in section 2291(i)(3) of this title)” after “controlled substances”.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2291f

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73