Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2661a Foreign contracts or arrangements; discrimination
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2661a
Summary
Department of State and USAID officers and employees must not share information about, or help negotiate, any contract or deal with a foreign country, person, or organization when either a U.S. person is barred from entering the deal or the deal requires keeping a U.S. person out of carrying it out. United States person: defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(a)(30).
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Title 22, §2661a
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Information should not be disseminated about opportunities for, and there should be no participation or other assistance by any officer or employee of the Department of State (including the Agency for International Development) in, the negotiation of any contract or arrangement with a foreign country, individual, or entity, if—
(1)any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of title 26) is prohibited from entering into such contract or arrangement, or
(2)such contract or arrangement requires that any such person be excluded from participating in the implementation of such contract or arrangement,
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1986—Par. (1). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.
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22 U.S.C. § 2661a
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73