22 USC § 2756 - Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2756"
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title: "22 USC § 2756 - Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2756"
section_name: "Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States"
chapter_number: 39
chapter_name: "ARMS EXPORT CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "FOREIGN AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY OBJECTIVES AND RESTRAINTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 1, § 6, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 115, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1528; amended Pub. L. 113–276, title II, § 208(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2992.)"
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# § 2756. Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States

No letters of offer may be issued, no credits or guarantees may be extended, and no export licenses may be issued under this chapter with respect to any country determined by the President to be engaged in a consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment directed against individuals in the United States. The President shall report any such determination promptly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 1, § 6, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 115, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1528; amended Pub. L. 113–276, title II, § 208(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2992.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

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### Amendments

2014— substituted “the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and” for “the Speaker of the House of Representatives and”.