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[CITE: 22USC2398]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                   Part II--Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 2398. Assistance to countries pursuant to other statutes

    (a) No provision of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit 
assistance to any country pursuant to the Peace Corps Act, as amended 
[22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.]; the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961, as amended [22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.]; or the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945, as amended [12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.].
    (b) No provision of this chapter or any other provision of law shall 
be construed to prohibit assistance for any training activity which is 
funded under this chapter for Brazil or Argentina as long as such 
country continues to have a democractically \1\ elected government and 
the assistance is otherwise consistent with sections 2151n, 2304, 
2370(f), 2371, and 2420 of this title.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``democratically''.
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(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, Sec. 638, as added Pub. L. 88-205, pt. III, 
Sec. 302(h), Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 389; amended Pub. L. 89-171, pt. 
III, Sec. 302(j), Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 19, 
Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title V, 
Sec. 588(a)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 1329-186.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, 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 Peace Corps Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. 
L. 87-293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 34 (Sec. 2501 et seq.) of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2501 of this title and Tables.
    The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 
amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 87-256, Sept. 21, 1961, 
75 Stat. 527, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 33 
(Sec. 2451 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2451 of this 
title and Tables.
    The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is act July 31, 1945, ch. 341, 59 Stat. 526, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 6A (Sec. 635 et seq.) of Title 
12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 635 of Title 12 and 
Tables.


                               Amendments

    1987--Pub. L. 100-202 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).
    1973--Pub. L. 93-189 amended section catchline.
    1965--Pub. L. 89-171 struck out provisions which prohibited any 
provision of this chapter from being construed to prohibit famine or 
disaster relief, including such relief through voluntary agencies, under 
sections 1721 to 1724 of title 7.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Section 101(e) [title V, Sec. 588(b)] of Pub. L. 100-202 provided 
that: ``The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) [amending this section] 
does not apply with respect to funds appropriated prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 1987].''
