Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§2781 Transactions with Countries Not Fully Cooperating with United States Antiterrorism Efforts
Title 22 › CHAPTER 39 — ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER III — MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS › § 2781
Summary
Bars export of defense items/services in FY to any country the President certifies to Congress by May 15 as not cooperating with U.S. antiterrorism; he may waive one transaction if vital to U.S. national interests.
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Title 22, §2781
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(a)Prohibited transactions
No defense article or defense service may be sold or licensed for export under this chapter in a fiscal year to a foreign country that the President determines and certifies to Congress, by May 15 of the calendar year in which that fiscal year begins, is not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts.
(b)Waiver
The President may waive the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) with respect to a specific transaction if the President determines that the transaction is important to the national interests of the United States.
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1321, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables. Codification Another section 40A of Pub. L. 90–629 is classified to section 2785 of this title.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of the President under this section, see section 1(q) of Ex. Ord. No. 13637, Mar. 8, 2013, 78 F.R. 16130, set out as a note under section 2751 of this title. Functions were previously delegated by Ex. Ord. No. 11958, which was formerly set out as a note under section 2751 of this title and was revoked, subject to a
Savings Provision
, by section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 13637.
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22 U.S.C. § 2781
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110