Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§408 Use of Land and Naval Forces to Prevent Exportation

Title 22 › CHAPTER 9 — FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY › SUBCHAPTER I — WAR MATERIALS › § 408

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

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President may use U.S. land or naval forces to carry out related law.

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Title 22, §408

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The President may employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 401 to 408 of this title.

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Air ForceFor transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to the Air Force, and to the extent that they were not previously transferred to the Secretary of the Air Force from the Secretary of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40 [App. A(1)], July 22, 1949.

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22 U.S.C. § 408

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

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Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102