Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6983 Prohibition relating to human rights abuses

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA › Part Part B— - Assistance To Develop Commercial and Labor Rule of Law › § 6983

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money cannot be given to parts of China’s government, non-government groups, or their officials if the President has credible evidence they were materially responsible for human rights violations.

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Title 22, §6983

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Amounts made available to carry out this part may not be provided to a component of a ministry or other administrative unit of the national, provincial, or other local governments of the People’s Republic of China, to a nongovernmental organization, or to an official of such governments or organizations, if the President has credible evidence that such component, administrative unit, organization or official has been materially responsible for the commission of human rights violations.

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22 U.S.C. § 6983

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73