22 USC § 2398 - Assistance to countries pursuant to other statutes

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title: "22 USC § 2398 - Assistance to countries pursuant to other statutes"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2398"
section_name: "Assistance to countries pursuant to other statutes"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Administrative Provisions"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 638, as added Pub. L. 88–205, pt. III, § 302(h), Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 389; amended Pub. L. 89–171, pt. III, § 302(j), Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 93–189, § 19, Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(e) [title V, § 588(a)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–131, 1329–186.)"
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# § 2398. Assistance to countries pursuant to other statutes

**(a)** No provision of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit assistance to any country pursuant to the Peace Corps Act, as amended [22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.]; the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended [22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.]; or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended [12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.].

**1** No provision of this chapter or any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit assistance for any training activity which is funded under this chapter for Brazil or Argentina as long as such country continues to have a democractically [^1] elected government and the assistance is otherwise consistent with sections 2151n, 2304, 2370(f), 2371, and 2420 of this title.

So in original. Probably should be “democratically”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 638, as added Pub. L. 88–205, pt. III, § 302(h), Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 389; amended Pub. L. 89–171, pt. III, § 302(j), Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 93–189, § 19, Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(e) [title V, § 588(a)], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–131, 1329–186.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Peace Corps Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is classified principally to chapter 34 (§ 2501 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is classified principally to chapter 33 (§ 2451 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , which is classified generally to chapter 6A (§ 635 et seq.) of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1987— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1973— amended section catchline.

1965— struck out provisions which prohibited any provision of this chapter from being construed to prohibit famine or disaster relief, including such relief through voluntary agencies, under sections 1721 to 1724 of title 7.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

> “The amendment made by subsection (a)(2) [amending this section] does not apply with respect to funds appropriated prior to the date of enactment of this Act [
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, , , 1329–187, provided that: