Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§9673 Prohibition on support in countries that support terrorism or violate human rights and with sanctioned persons

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 103— - BETTER UTILIZATION OF INVESTMENTS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - CONDITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND PROHIBITIONS › § 9673

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation must not give support under subchapter II to any government or government-run group if the Secretary of State has found that the government repeatedly backed international terrorism or has a steady pattern of serious human-rights abuses. The Corporation also must not take part in any project dealings that U.S. sanctions ban, including working with people on the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated or blocked people, unless the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State allows it. Anyone who gets support must certify they and any groups they control follow all U.S. sanctions laws.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §9673

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Corporation is prohibited from providing support under subchapter II of this chapter for a government, or an entity owned or controlled by a government, if the Secretary of State has determined that the government—

(1)has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of—

(A)section 4813(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 50;

(B)section 2371(a) of this title;

(C)section 2780(d) of this title; or

(D)any other relevant provision of law; or

(2)has engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of section 2151n(a) or 2304(a)(2) of this title or any other relevant provision of law.

(b)The Corporation is prohibited from all dealings related to any project under subchapter II of this chapter prohibited under United States sanctions laws or regulations, including dealings with persons on the list of specially designated persons and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, except to the extent otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State.

(c)The Corporation shall require any person receiving support under subchapter II of this chapter to certify that the person, and any entity owned or controlled by the person, is in compliance with all United States sanctions laws and regulations.

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22 U.S.C. § 9673

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73