Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§6983 Prohibition Relating to Human Rights Abuses
Title 22 › CHAPTER 77 — UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA › Part B — Assistance To Develop Commercial and Labor Rule of Law › § 6983
Summary
Funds can't go to ministries, other government units, nongovernmental organizations, or officials of the People’s Republic of China if the President has credible evidence they were materially responsible for human rights violations.
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Title 22, §6983
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Amounts made available to carry out this part may not be provided to a component of a ministry or other administrative unit of the national, provincial, or other local governments of the People’s Republic of China, to a nongovernmental organization, or to an official of such governments or organizations, if the President has credible evidence that such component, administrative unit, organization or official has been materially responsible for the commission of human rights violations.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 6983
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102