Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§523 Restriction in Contracts Against Disposal of Implements of War, Vessels, Etc., or Information
Title 22 › Chapter 10— HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS › Subchapter II— WAR MATERIALS › § 523
Summary
When the Army or Navy sells weapons, ammo, or other military equipment to an American republic, the contract must forbid the buyer from giving, selling, or transferring those items or any related plans or technical information to any country outside the Americas for use in that country's military.
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Title 22, §523
Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
All contracts or agreements made by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy for the sale to the government of any American republic of any of the arms, ammunition, or implements of war, the sale of which is authorized by this subchapter, shall contain a clause by which the purchaser undertakes not to dispose of such arms, ammunition, or implements of war, or any plans, specifications, or information pertaining thereto, by gift, sale, or any mode of transfer in such manner that such arms, ammunition, implements of war, or plans, specifications, or information pertaining thereto, may become a part of the armament of any state other than an American republic.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. section 205(a) of act
July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Executive Documents
Secretary of the Air Force For transfer of certain procurement and related functions and property, insofar as they pertain to Air Force, from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order Nos. 6 [§ 1(a)(41)], eff. Jan. 15, 1948, 39 [§ 2zz], May 18, 1949.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 523
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60