22 U.S.C. § 2151x–2: Assistance in furtherance…

Summary

The President may give economic help to a country that grows a lot of coca so the country can switch to making, processing, or selling other crops or products. This can be done even if other laws would normally block using aid for farming or marketing. The waiver covers certain limits in the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (including sections 521, 546, and 547, but not section 510) and similar later rules. "Economic assistance" here means development aid and money from the Economic Support Fund under the Foreign Assistance Act (chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II; 22 U.S.C. 2151 and 2346).

Title 22, §2151x–2

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(a)Waiver of certain restrictions

For the purpose of reducing dependence upon the production of crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived, the President may provide economic assistance for a country which, because of its coca production, is a major illicit drug producing country (as defined in section 481(i)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(i)(2))) to promote the production, processing, or the marketing of products which can be economically produced in such country, notwithstanding the provisions of law described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)Description of restrictions waived

The provisions of law made inapplicable by subsection (a) are any other provisions of law that would otherwise restrict the use of economic assistance funds with respect to the production, processing, or marketing of agricultural commodities (or the products thereof) or other products, including section 521, 546, and 547 (but excluding section 510) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, and comparable provisions of subsequent Acts appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs.

(c)“Economic assistance” defined

As used in this section, the term “economic assistance” means assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to development assistance) and assistance under chapter 4 of part II of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 and following; relating to the economic support fund).

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The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–167, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1195. section 510, 521, 546, and 547 of that Act are not classified to the Code. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Act are classified generally to part I (§ 2151 et seq.) of subchapter I and part IV (§ 2346 et seq.) of subchapter II, respectively, of this chapter. For provisions deeming references to part I of subchapter I to include a reference to section 2293 of this title, see section 2293(d)(1) of this title. Subsec. (i) of section 481 of the Act was redesignated (e) by Pub. L. 102–583, § 6(b)(3), Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4932. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990, and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

§2151x–2 Assistance in Furtherance of Narcotics Control Objectives of United States