22 USC § 6983 - Prohibition relating to human rights abuses
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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6983"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6983 - Prohibition relating to human rights abuses"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6983"
section_name: "Prohibition relating to human rights abuses"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "TRADE AND RULE OF LAW ISSUES IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Assistance To Develop Commercial and Labor Rule of Law"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title V, § 513, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 906.)"
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# § 6983. Prohibition relating to human rights abuses
Amounts made available to carry out this part may not be provided to a component of a ministry or other administrative unit of the national, provincial, or other local governments of the People’s Republic of China, to a nongovernmental organization, or to an official of such governments or organizations, if the President has credible evidence that such component, administrative unit, organization or official has been materially responsible for the commission of human rights violations.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title V, § 513, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 906.)