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[CITE: 22USC2377]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 2377. Prohibition on assistance to countries that aid 
        terrorist states
        

(a) Withholding of assistance

    The President shall withhold assistance under this chapter to the 
government of any country that provides assistance to the government of 
any other country for which the Secretary of State has made a 
determination under section 2371 of this title.

(b) Waiver

    Assistance prohibited by this section may be furnished to a foreign 
government described in subsection (a) of this section if the President 
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to the national 
interests of the United States and, not later than 15 days before 
obligating such assistance, furnishes a report to the appropriate 
committees of Congress including--
        (1) a statement of the determination;
        (2) a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided;
        (3) the estimated dollar amount of the assistance; and
        (4) an explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
    national interests.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, Sec. 620G, as added Pub. L. 104-132, title 
III, Sec. 325, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1256.)

                       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.

                          Codification

    Another section 620G of Pub. L. 87-195 is classified to section 
2378a 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.


                         Congressional Findings

    Section 324 of Pub. L. 104-132 provided that: ``The Congress finds 
that--
        ``(1) international terrorism is among the most serious 
    transnational threats faced by the United States and its allies, far 
    eclipsing the dangers posed by population growth or pollution;
        ``(2) the President should continue to make efforts to counter 
    international terrorism a national security priority;
        ``(3) because the United Nations has been an inadequate forum 
    for the discussion of cooperative, multilateral responses to the 
    threat of international terrorism, the President should undertake 
    immediate efforts to develop effective multilateral responses to 
    international terrorism as a complement to national counter 
    terrorist efforts;
        ``(4) the President should use all necessary means, including 
    covert action and military force, to disrupt, dismantle, and destroy 
    international infrastructure used by international terrorists, 
    including overseas terrorist training facilities and safe havens;
        ``(5) the Congress deplores decisions to ease, evade, or end 
    international sanctions on state sponsors of terrorism, including 
    the recent decision by the United Nations Sanctions Committee to 
    allow airline flights to and from Libya despite Libya's 
    noncompliance with United Nations resolutions; and
        ``(6) the President should continue to undertake efforts to 
    increase the international isolation of state sponsors of 
    international terrorism, including efforts to strengthen 
    international sanctions, and should oppose any future initiatives to 
    ease sanctions on Libya or other state sponsors of terrorism.''


                         ``Assistance'' Defined

    Assistance defined for purposes of title III of Pub. L. 104-132, see 
section 329 of Pub. L. 104-132, set out as a note under section 2349aa-
10 of this title.
