Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2394–1a Classification of Reports
Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part II — Administrative Provisions › § 2394–1a
Summary
All reports sent under this law must be made public. If the President, in a rare case, finds that a specific item would clearly harm U.S. security, he must send a separate explanation saying why that item should not be published, and that explanation must be sent to Congress at the same time as the report.
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Title 22, §2394–1a
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All information contained in any report transmitted under this chapter shall be public information. However, in the case of any item of information to be included in any such report that the President, on an extraordinary basis, determines is clearly detrimental to the security of the United States, he shall explain in a supplemental report why publication of each specific item would be detrimental to the security of the United States. A supplemental report shall be transmitted to the Congress at the time the report is transmitted.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1978 Amendment note under section 2151 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.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2394–1a
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102