22 USC § 7202 - Restriction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s7202"
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title: "22 USC § 7202 - Restriction"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "7202"
section_name: "Restriction"
chapter_number: 79
chapter_name: "TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title IX, § 903], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–68.)"
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# § 7202. Restriction

**(a)** **New sanctions** Except as provided in sections 7203 and 7204 of this title and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless—

**(1)** not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress that—

**(A)** describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and

**(B)** describes the actions by the foreign country or foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

**(2)** there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating the approval of Congress for the report submitted under paragraph (1).

**(b)** **Existing sanctions** October 28, 2000

The President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title IX, § 903], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–68.)