Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2378a Depleted uranium ammunition

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part I— - General Provisions › § 2378a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal funds available to carry out this chapter or any other Act cannot be used to help sell M–833 antitank shells, or similar antitank shells that use a depleted uranium penetrating component, to countries except NATO members, countries designated as major non‑NATO allies under section 2403(q), and Taiwan. The President may allow such a sale if the President decides it is in the national security interest of the United States.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2378a

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to carry out this chapter or any other Act may be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than—
(1)a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
(2)a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2403(q) of this title); or
(3)Taiwan.
(b)The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of funds to facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.

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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. Codification Another section 620J of Pub. L. 87–195 was renumbered section 620m and is classified to section 2378d of this title.

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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22 U.S.C. § 2378a

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73