Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§8544 Enforcement Authority

Title 22 › CHAPTER 92 — COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — PREVENTION OF DIVERSION OF CERTAIN GOODS, SERVICES, AND TECHNOLOGIES TO IRAN › § 8544

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce can appoint any Office of Export Enforcement employee to carry out certain enforcement actions from the Export Administration Act of 1979. This can happen when that employee is enforcing the Export Administration Act (as it applies under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), enforcing this part of the law or any other export-control law the Secretary handles, or enforcing any license, order, or rule issued under those laws.

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Title 22, §8544

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The Secretary of Commerce may designate any employee of the Office of Export Enforcement of the Department of Commerce to conduct activities specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of section 12(a)(3)(B) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2411(a)(3)(B)) when the employee is carrying out activities to enforce—
(1)the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) 1 (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));
(2)the provisions of this subchapter, or any other provision of law relating to export controls, with respect to which the Secretary of Commerce has enforcement responsibility; or
(3)any license, order, or regulation issued under—
(A)the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) 1 (as in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)); or
(B)a provision of law referred to in paragraph (2).

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The Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in text, 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 of Title 50, and was repealed by Pub.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). section 12 of the Act was classified to section 4614 of Title 50 prior to repeal. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in pars. (1) and (3)(A), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1701 of Title 50 and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8544

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110