Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§448 Solicitation and Collection of Funds and Contributions

Title 22 › CHAPTER 9 — FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — NEUTRALITY › § 448

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the President issues a proclamation under section 441(a), it is illegal in the United States to ask for or accept donations for the named state’s government or for agents or agencies that act for that state. Money can still be raised for medical help, food, or clothing to relieve suffering if the funds go to a person or group that is not acting for that government, but those collections must follow any rules set by the government. If the proclamation is later canceled for a state, the ban stops for that state, but people can still be punished for violations that happened before the cancelation.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §448

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(a)Unlawful acts

Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 441(a) of this title, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to solicit or receive any contribution for or on behalf of the government of any state named in such proclamation or for or on behalf of any agent or instrumentality of any such state.

(b)Medical aid, food, and clothing

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds and contributions to be used for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds and contributions is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds and contributions shall be in accordance with and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.

(c)Revocation of proclamation

Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of section 441(a) of this title shall have been revoked with respect to any state the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 448

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110