Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§406 Interference with Foreign Trade
Title 22 › CHAPTER 9 — FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY › SUBCHAPTER I — WAR MATERIALS › § 406
Summary
Trade in weapons or other goods, and any foreign trade that was legal before June 15, 1917 under international law, treaties, or foreign laws, is not changed by this rule unless the President has banned exporting arms and munitions.
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Title 22, §406
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Except in those cases in which the exportation of arms and munitions of war or other articles is forbidden by proclamation or otherwise by the President, as provided in section 401 of this title, nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to, or interfere with any trade in such commodities, conducted with any foreign port or place wheresoever, or with any other trade which might have been lawfully carried on before June 15, 1917, under the law of nations, or under the treaties or conventions entered into by the United States, or under the laws thereof.
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Herein, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VI, 40 Stat. 223, which enacted sections 31 to 39, 98, 130 to 133, 288, 343 to 346, 381, 502, 535, 536, 574, and 611 to 633 of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, section 213, 231 to 233, 235, 401 to 408a, 462, and 465 of this title, and sections 30 to 42, former section 191, former sections 192 to 194, and section 195 of Title 50, War and National Defense, and amended section 25, 27, and 349 of former Title 18. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
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22 U.S.C. § 406
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102