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22 U.S.C. § 2291f - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 22. Foreign Relations and Intercourse § 2291f. Prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)Prohibition

The President shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that assistance under this chapter and the Arms Export Control Act is not provided to or through any individual or entity that the President knows or has reason to believe--

(1) has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation of the United States, a State or the District of Columbia, or a foreign country relating to narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substances; or

(2) is or has been an illicit trafficker in any such controlled substance or is or has been a knowing assistor, abettor, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such substance.

(b)Regulations

The President shall issue regulations specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this section.

(c)Congressional review of regulations

Regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b) shall be submitted to the Congress before they take effect.

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