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10 U.S.C. 4872: Acquisition of sensitive materials from non-allied foreign nations: prohibition

Created in 2018 by the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232). Changed by 6 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change the section as a whole

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–159, §844(b)(1), inserted "or (e)" after "subsection (c)" in introductory provisions. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §844(b)(2)(A), inserted "or the Secretary of the military department concerned" after "Secretary of Defense" in introductory provisions. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §844(b)(2)(B), inserted "in support of contingency operations or" before "for use outside". (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 118–159, §844(b)(3), (4), added subsecs. (d) and (e) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (f). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (d), (e), (f)

2023

  • Pub. L. 118–31, §834(1), substituted "Subsection (a)(1)" for "Subsection (a)" in introductory provisions. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 118–31, §834(2), substituted "Defense—" for "Defense determines that covered materials", inserted subpar. (A) designation and "identifies a specific end item for which a specific covered material" before "of satisfactory quality", and added subpar. (B). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (c)

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–263 substituted "Strategic and Critical Materials Board of Directors pursuant to section 10 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–1)" for "Strategic Materials Protection Board pursuant to section 187 of this title". (James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023) Law text · (c)

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283, §1870(d)(3)(B), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, §1701(t)(3), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, section catchline read as follows: "Prohibition on acquisition of sensitive materials from non-allied foreign nations". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §1870(d)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, §1701(t)(2)(B), (C), renumbered section 2533c of this title as this section. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §844(a)(1), substituted "material mined, refined, separated, melted," for "material melted". See Codification note above. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §844(a)(2), substituted "covered material" for "tungsten". See Codification note above. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §1870(d)(3)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, §1701(t)(3), substituted "section 4863(m)" for "section 2533b(m)". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (d)

2019

  • Pub. L. 116–92, §849(a), substituted "material" for "covered material" in introductory provisions. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 116–92, §849(b), added subpar. (E). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020) Law text · (d)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.