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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC448]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
         CHAPTER 9--FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY
 
                        SUBCHAPTER II--NEUTRALITY
 
Sec. 448. Solicitation and collection of funds and contributions


(a) Unlawful acts

    Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the 
authority of section 441(a) of this title, it shall thereafter be 
unlawful for any person within the United States to solicit or receive 
any contribution for or on behalf of the government of any state named 
in such proclamation or for or on behalf of any agent or instrumentality 
of any such state.

(b) Medical aid, food, and clothing

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 
solicitation or collection of funds and contributions to be used for 
medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human 
suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds and 
contributions is made on behalf of and for use by any person or 
organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such 
government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds and 
contributions shall be in accordance with and subject to such rules and 
regulations as may be prescribed.

(c) Revocation of proclamation

    Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of section 
441(a) of this title shall have been revoked with respect to any state 
the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with 
respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such 
revocation.

(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, Sec. 8, 54 Stat. 8.)
