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22 U.S.C. 2797c: Definitions

Created in 1990 by Public Law 90-629. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 22 U.S.C. 2776, 22 U.S.C. 2797b–2, 22 U.S.C. 8008, 50 U.S.C. 2368.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–113 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–138, §323(b), substituted "countries with non-market economies (excluding former members of the Warsaw Pact)" for "countries where it may be impossible to identify a specific governmental entity referred to in subparagraph (A)". · (8)
    • Pub. L. 102–138, §323(c), substituted "electronics, space systems or equipment, and military aircraft" for "aircraft, electronics, and space systems or equipment". · (8)

    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.