50 USC § 3171 - Stay of sanctions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3171"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3171 - Stay of sanctions"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3171"
section_name: "Stay of sanctions"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS LAWS TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 901, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 3171. Stay of sanctions

section 3174 of this titlesection 3173 of this titlesection 3172 of this title

Notwithstanding any provision of law identified in , the President may stay the imposition of an economic, cultural, diplomatic, or other sanction or related action by the United States Government concerning a foreign country, organization, or person when the President determines and reports to Congress in accordance with  that to proceed without delay would seriously risk the compromise of an ongoing criminal investigation directly related to the activities giving rise to the sanction or an intelligence source or method directly related to the activities giving rise to the sanction. Any such stay shall be effective for a period of time specified by the President, which period may not exceed 120 days, unless such period is extended in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 901, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.