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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2349aa–8 Prohibition on Imports From and Exports to Libya

Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES › Part VIII — Antiterrorism Assistance › § 2349aa–8

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can stop any article grown, made, taken, or manufactured in Libya from being brought into the United States. The President can also stop goods or technology, including technical data or other information that the United States controls or that come from people who must follow U.S. law, from being sent to Libya. These bans can apply even if other laws say something different. When the law says "United States" as a place, it also includes U.S. territories and possessions.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2349aa–8

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Prohibition on imports
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may prohibit any article grown, produced, extracted, or manufactured in Libya from being imported into the United States.
(b)Prohibition on exports
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may prohibit any goods or technology, including technical data or other information, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or exported by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, from being exported to Libya.
(c)“United States” defined
For purposes of this section, the term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, includes territories and possessions of the United States.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99–83, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151–1 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2349aa–8

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110