Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6446 Effects on existing contracts

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 73— - INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS › Part Part A— - Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad › § 6446

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President does not have to apply or keep a Presidential action in some defense purchasing cases. He can skip it for existing contracts or subcontracts (including exercising options to make more) when those are needed for national security. He can also exempt a sole-source supplier or items covered by defense coproduction agreements, but only if he puts that decision in writing and reports it to Congress. The President also need not apply the action to products or services under contracts made before the date the President publishes his intention to take the Presidential action.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6446

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The President shall not be required to apply or maintain any Presidential action under this part—

(1)in the case of procurement of defense articles or defense services—

(A)under existing contracts or subcontracts, including the exercise of options for production quantities, to satisfy requirements essential to the national security of the United States;

(B)if the President determines in writing and so reports to Congress that the person or other entity to which the Presidential action would otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of the defense articles or services, that the defense articles or services are essential, and that alternative sources are not readily or reasonably available; or

(C)if the President determines in writing and so reports to Congress that such articles or services are essential to the national security under defense coproduction agreements; or

(2)to products or services provided under contracts entered into before the date on which the President publishes his intention to take the Presidential action.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6446

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73