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[CITE: 22USC2349aa-9]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
 
                   Part VIII--Antiterrorism Assistance
 
Sec. 2349aa-9. Ban on importing goods and services from 
        countries supporting terrorism
        

(a) Authority

    The President may ban the importation into the United States of any 
good or service from any country which supports terrorism or terrorist 
organizations or harbors terrorists or terrorist organizations.

(b) Consultation

    The President, in every possible instance, shall consult with the 
Congress before exercising the authority granted by this section and 
shall consult regularly with the Congress so long as that authority is 
being exercised.

(c) Reports

    Whenever the President exercises the authority granted by this 
section, he shall immediately transmit to the Congress a report 
specifying--
        (1) the country with respect to which the authority is to be 
    exercised and the imports to be prohibited;
        (2) the circumstances which necessitate the exercise of such 
    authority;
        (3) why the President believes those circumstances justify the 
    exercise of such authority; and
        (4) why the President believes the prohibitions are necessary to 
    deal with those circumstances.

At least once during each succeeding 6-month period after transmitting a 
report pursuant to this subsection, the President shall report to the 
Congress with respect to the actions taken, since the last such report, 
pursuant to this section and with respect to any changes which have 
occurred concerning any information previously furnished pursuant to 
this subsection.

(d) ``United States'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``United States'' includes 
territories and possessions of the United States.

(Pub. L. 99-83, title V, Sec. 505, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 221.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the International Security and 
Development Cooperation Act of 1985, and not as part of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99-83, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151-1 
of this title.

                         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.
