Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§7202 Restriction

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 79— - TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT › § 7202

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Except as allowed by sections 7203 and 7204, and even if other laws say otherwise, the President cannot put a unilateral agricultural or medical sanction on a foreign country or foreign entity unless two things happen. At least 60 days before the sanction is planned, the President must send Congress a report that explains what the sanction would do and why the foreign country or entity’s actions justify it, and Congress must pass and make into law a joint resolution approving that report. Any unilateral agricultural or medical sanction that was in effect on October 28, 2000 must be ended by the President.

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Title 22, §7202

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(a)Except as provided in section 7203 and 7204 of this title and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless—

(1)not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress that—

(A)describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and

(B)describes the actions by the foreign country or foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

(2)there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating the approval of Congress for the report submitted under paragraph (1).

(b)The President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of October 28, 2000.

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22 U.S.C. § 7202

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73