22 USC § 448 - Solicitation and collection of funds and contributions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s448"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 448 - Solicitation and collection of funds and contributions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "448"
section_name: "Solicitation and collection of funds and contributions"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FOREIGN WARS, WAR MATERIALS, AND NEUTRALITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "NEUTRALITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 8, 54 Stat. 8.)"
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# § 448. Solicitation and collection of funds and contributions

**(a)** **Unlawful acts** section 441(a) of this title

Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of , it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to solicit or receive any contribution for or on behalf of the government of any state named in such proclamation or for or on behalf of any agent or instrumentality of any such state.

**(b)** **Medical aid, food, and clothing** Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds and contributions to be used for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds and contributions is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds and contributions shall be in accordance with and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed.

**(c)** **Revocation of proclamation** section 441(a) of this title

Whenever any proclamation issued under the authority of  shall have been revoked with respect to any state the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to such state, except as to offenses committed prior to such revocation.

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**Source Credit**: (Nov. 4, 1939, ch. 2, § 8, 54 Stat. 8.)