2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 73 - INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (§§ 6401 - 6481)
Subchapter III - PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS (§§ 6441 - 6461)
Part B - Strengthening Existing Law (§§ 6461)
Section 6461 - Exports of certain items used in particularly severe violations of religious freedom
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 73 - INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUBCHAPTER III - PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Part B - Strengthening Existing Law Sec. 6461 - Exports of certain items used in particularly severe violations of religious freedom |
| Contains | section 6461 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 105-292, title IV, §423, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2810. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 2810 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 105-292 |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall include on the list of crime control and detection instruments or equipment controlled for export and reexport under section 2405(n) of title 50, Appendix, or under any other provision of law, items being exported or reexported to countries of particular concern for religious freedom that the Secretary of Commerce, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with appropriate officials including the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and the Ambassador at Large, determines are being used or are intended for use directly and in significant measure to carry out particularly severe violations of religious freedom.
(b) Licensing banThe prohibition on the issuance of a license for export of crime control and detection instruments or equipment under section 2304(a)(2) of this title shall apply to the export and reexport of any item included pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on the list of crime control instruments.
(Pub. L. 105–292, title IV, §423, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2810.)
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