§2414 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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When the President has to tell Congress or a congressional committee or officer about a finding or decision made under this chapter, the Foreign Military Sales Act, or the yearly Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, the President must put that finding or decision in writing and sign it. No steps may be taken because of that finding or decision until it is written and signed. After signing, it must be put in the Federal Register as soon as possible. If the President thinks printing it would harm national security, only a short notice saying a finding or decision was made and naming the law and section will be published. Any congressional committee or officer that asks for information about one of these findings or decisions must be given the information, even if the formal report has not yet been sent.

Title 22, §2414

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(a)In any case in which the President is required to make a report to the Congress, or to any committee or officer of either House of Congress, concerning any finding or determination under any provision of this chapter, the Foreign Military Sales Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.], or the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act for each fiscal year, that finding or determination shall be reduced to writing and signed by the President.

(b)No action shall be taken pursuant to any such finding or determination prior to the date on which that finding or determination has been reduced to writing and signed by the President.

(c)Each such finding or determination shall be published in the Federal Register as soon as practicable after it has been reduced to writing and signed by the President. In any case in which the President concludes that such publication would be harmful to the national security of the United States, only a statement that a determination or finding has been made by the President, including the name and section of the Act under which it was made, shall be published.

(d)No committee or officer of either House of Congress shall be denied any requested information relating to any finding or determination which the President is required to report to the Congress, or to any committee or officer of either House of Congress, under any provision of this chapter, the Foreign Military Sales Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.], or the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act for each fiscal year, even though such report has not yet been transmitted to the appropriate committee or officer of either House of Congress.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d), 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

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note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. The Foreign Military Sales Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d), is Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 1, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, known as the Arms Export Control Act, on authority of section 201(b) of Pub. L. 94–329, title II, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 734, and is classified principally to chapter 39 (§ 2751 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.

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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.

§2414 Presidential Findings and Determinations

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