50 USC § 3172 - Extension of stay

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3172"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3172 - Extension of stay"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3172"
section_name: "Extension of stay"
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, § 902, as added Pub. L. 104–93, title III, § 303(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 964.)"
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# § 3172. Extension of stay

section 3173 of this titlesection 3171 of this titlesection 3171 of this title

Whenever the President determines and reports to Congress in accordance with  that a stay of sanctions or related actions pursuant to  has not afforded sufficient time to obviate the risk to an ongoing criminal investigation or to an intelligence source or method that gave rise to the stay, he may extend such stay for a period of time specified by the President, which period may not exceed 120 days. The authority of this section may be used to extend the period of a stay pursuant to  for successive periods of not more than 120 days each.

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**Source Credit**: (July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, § 902, 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.