2019 US Code
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
| 22 U.S.C. § 6461 (2019) |
| §6461. Exports of certain items used in particularly severe violations of religious freedom |
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(a) Mandatory licensing
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 4605(n) 1 of title 50 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) on the list of crime control instruments. |
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(Pub. L. 105–292, title IV, §423, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2810.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 4605(n) of title 50, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, §1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| 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 |
| section 6461 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| 112 Stat. 2810 132 Stat. 2232 |
| Public Law 105-292, Public Law 115-232 |
