§7203 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Keeps the power to impose or keep sanctions on a foreign country or group when the United States is at war with them, when Congress has authorized use of U.S. forces, when U.S. forces are involved in fighting, or when it is clear the U.S. will soon join hostilities. Also allows sanctions that would limit the sale or use of farm goods, medicines, or medical devices if those items are on the U.S. Munitions List, on export-control lists, or are used to help make chemical or biological weapons, missiles, or other weapons of mass destruction.

Title 22, §7203

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section 7202 of this title shall not affect any authority or requirement to impose (or continue to impose) a sanction referred to in section 7202 of this title—

(1)against a foreign country or foreign entity—

(A)pursuant to a declaration of war against the country or entity;

(B)pursuant to specific statutory authorization for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States against the country or entity;

(C)against which the Armed Forces of the United States are involved in hostilities; or

(D)where imminent involvement by the Armed Forces of the United States in hostilities against the country or entity is clearly indicated by the circumstances; or

(2)to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, restrict, or condition the provision or use of any agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device that is—

(A)controlled on the United States Munitions List established under section 2778 of this title;

(B)controlled on any control list established under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or any successor statute (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.); 11 See References in Text note below. or

(C)used to facilitate the design, development, or production of chemical or biological weapons, missiles, or weapons of mass destruction.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in par. (2)(B), is Pub. L. 96–72, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 503, which was classified principally to section 2401 et seq. of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as chapter 56 (§ 4601 et seq.) of Title 50, and was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232, except for section 11A, 11B, and 11C thereof (50 U.S.C. 4611, 4612, 4613). See the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.).

Amendments

2001—Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 107–56 amended subpar. (C) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (C) read as follows: “used to facilitate the development or production of a chemical or biological weapon or weapon of mass destruction.”

§7203 Exceptions