31 CFR § 596.505 - Certain transactions related to stipends and scholarships authorized.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s596.505"
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title: "31 CFR § 596.505 - Certain transactions related to stipends and scholarships authorized."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "596.505"
section_name: "Certain transactions related to stipends and scholarships authorized."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "596"
part_name: "TERRORISM LIST GOVERNMENTS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 7201-7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 43463, Aug. 23, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 596.505 Certain transactions related to stipends and scholarships authorized.

(a) United States persons are authorized to engage in all financial transactions with respect to stipends and scholarships covering tuition and related educational, living and travel expenses provided by the Government of Syria to Syrian nationals who are enrolled as students in an accredited educational institution in the United States. Representations made by an accredited educational institution concerning the status of a student maybe relied upon in determining the applicability of this section.

(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a transaction prohibited by § 596.504(a)(2).

[61 FR 67944, Dec. 26, 1996, as amended at 86 FR 27274, May 20, 2021]