Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§7202 Restriction

Title 22 › Chapter 79— TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT › § 7202

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President cannot impose a one-sided agricultural or medical sanction on a foreign country or foreign entity, except as allowed in sections 7203 and 7204, unless two things happen. At least 60 days before the sanction is planned, the President must send Congress a report that explains what would be restricted and what the foreign country or entity did to justify the sanction. Congress must then pass a joint resolution that approves that report. Any one-sided agricultural or medical sanction that was in effect on October 28, 2000, must be ended.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §7202

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(a)Except as provided in section 7203 and 7204 of this title and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless—

(1)not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress that—

(A)describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and

(B)describes the actions by the foreign country or foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

(2)there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating the approval of Congress for the report submitted under paragraph (1).

(b)The President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of October 28, 2000.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 7202

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60