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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2775 Foreign military sales to less developed countries

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS › § 2775

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must stop foreign military sales and guarantees under sections 2761, 2762, 2763, and 2764 to any economically less developed country if the President finds the country is using development aid under the Foreign Assistance Act, sales under the Food for Peace Act, or its own money for unnecessary military spending in a way that significantly harms its development. The ban stays in place until the President is sure the diversion has stopped. Paragraph (b) was removed by Public Law 93–559 on December 30, 1974 (sec. 45(a)(5), 88 Stat. 1814).

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2775

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(a)When the President finds that any economically less developed country is diverting development assistance furnished pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or sales under the Food for Peace Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], to military expenditures, or is diverting its own resources to unnecessary military expenditures, to a degree which materially interferes with its development, such country shall be immediately ineligible for further sales and guarantees under section 2761, 2762, 2763, and 2764 of this title, until the President is assured that such diversion will no longer take place.
(b)Repealed. Pub. L. 93–559, § 45(a)(5), Dec. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1814.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, which is classified principally to chapter 32 (§ 2151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. The Food for Peace Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat. 454, which is classified principally to chapter 41 (§ 1691 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1691 of Title 7 and Tables.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246 substituted “Food for Peace Act” for “Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954”. 1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–559 repealed subsec. (b) which provided for Presidential reports to Congress respecting sales and guaranties to less developed countries.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1968, see section 41 of Pub. L. 90–629, set out as a note under section 2751 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of the President under subsec. (a) of this section, see section 1(i) of Ex. Ord. No. 13637, Mar. 8, 2013, 78 F.R. 16130, set out as a note under section 2751 of this title. Functions were previously delegated by Ex. Ord. No. 11958, which was formerly set out as a note under section 2751 of this title and was revoked, subject to a

Savings Provision

, by section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 13637.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2775

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73