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[CITE: 22USC2291f]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
               Part VIII--International Narcotics Control
 
Sec. 2291f. Prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers


(a) Prohibition

    The President shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that 
assistance under this chapter and the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.] 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) of this section shall 
be submitted to the Congress before they take effect.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 487, as added Pub. L. 100-690, title IV, 
Sec. 4503, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4285; amended Pub. L. 102-583, 
Sec. 6(b)(6), Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4932; Pub. L. 103-447, title I, 
Sec. 101(e), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4692.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, 
known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 
of this title and Tables.
    The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 
90-629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 39 (Sec. 2751 et seq.) of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-447 inserted ``to'' after 
``relating''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-583 struck out ``(as defined in 
section 2291(i)(3) of this title)'' after ``controlled substances''.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.
