Editorial Notes
References in Text

Section 3 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is section 3 of Pub. L. 107–228, which is set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–161 struck out “Libya,” after “Syria,”.

2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–13 struck out “Iraq,” after “Burma,”.

2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–228 added subsec. (d).

1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(d) [title V, § 516], inserted before period at end “, or at the discretion of the President, Communist countries listed in section 2370(f) of this title”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2809(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “Subject to paragraph (2), the limitations” for “The limitations”, and added par. (2).

1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–236, § 431(a)(1), substituted “Burma, Iraq, North Korea, Syria” for “the South-West Africa People’s Organization”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–236, § 431(a)(2), added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99–83, set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151–1 of this title.

Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions

For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.