Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2756 Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FOREIGN AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY OBJECTIVES AND RESTRAINTS › § 2756
Summary
If the President finds a country has a pattern of intimidating or harassing people in the U.S., benefits under this chapter are barred. The President must promptly inform the Speaker and congressional foreign affairs committees.
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Title 22, §2756
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No letters of offer may be issued, no credits or guarantees may be extended, and no export licenses may be issued under this chapter with respect to any country determined by the President to be engaged in a consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment directed against individuals in the United States. The President shall report any such determination promptly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1321, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2014—Pub. L. 113–276 substituted “the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and” for “the Speaker of the House of Representatives and”.
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22 U.S.C. § 2756
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73