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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2370b Humanitarian assistance code of conduct

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part I— - General Provisions › § 2370b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Foreign aid money under the headings "Migration and Refugee Assistance", "United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund", "International Disaster and Famine Assistance", or "Transition Initiatives" cannot be used to fund any organization that refuses to adopt a code to protect people getting aid from sexual exploitation and abuse. The code must, as much as possible, follow the six core principles of the United Nations Inter‑Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. The President must send a report on implementation to the proper congressional committees within 180 days and again within one year after May 11, 2005. The rule starts 60 days after May 11, 2005, and applies to funds committed after that date for fiscal year 2005 and later years.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2370b

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)None of the funds made available for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs under the headings “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, “United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund”, “International Disaster and Famine Assistance”, or “Transition Initiatives” may be obligated to an organization that fails to adopt a code of conduct that provides for the protection of beneficiaries of assistance under any such heading from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief operations.
(b)The code of conduct referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises.
(c)Not later than 180 days after May 11, 2005, and not later than one year after May 11, 2005, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section.
(d)This section shall take effect 60 days after May 11, 2005, and shall apply to funds obligated after such date for fiscal year 2005 and any subsequent fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

Executive Documents

Assignment of Functions Relating to the Report to the Congress on Implementation of Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct Memorandum of President of the United States, May 12, 2006, 71 F.R. 30549, provided: Memorandum for the Secretary of State Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, the functions of the President under section 2110(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (title II of Public Law 109–13) (22 U.S.C. 2370b), are assigned to the Secretary of State. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. George W. Bush.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2370b

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73