22 USC 2370c-1 - Prohibition

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 2370c–1.

Prohibition

(a)

In general

(b)

Identification and notification to countries in violation of standards

(1)

Publication of list of foreign governments

(2)

Notification

(A)

In general

(B)

Congressional notification

(c)

National interest waiver

(1)

Waiver

(2)

Publication and notification

(d)

Reinstatement of assistance

The President may provide to a country assistance otherwise prohibited under subsection (a) upon certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country—

(1)

has implemented measures that include an action plan and actual steps to come into compliance with the standards outlined in subsection (b); and

(2)

has implemented policies and mechanisms to prohibit and prevent future government or government-supported use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers.

(e)

Exception for programs directly related to addressing the problem of child soldiers or professionalization of the military

(1)

In general

The President may provide assistance under section 2347 of this title through the Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal supplies (as defined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10), to a country subject to the prohibition under subsection (a) upon certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that—

(A)

the government of such country is taking reasonable steps to implement effective measures to demobilize child soldiers in its forces or in government-supported paramilitaries and is taking reasonable steps within the context of its national resources to provide demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration assistance to those former child soldiers; and

(B)

the assistance provided by the United States Government to the government of such country will go to programs that will directly support professionalization of the military.

(2)

Limitation

(f)

Exception for peacekeeping operations

(Pub. L. 110–457, title IV, § 404, Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5089; Pub. L. 113–4, title XII, § 1208, Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 115–425, title II, § 212(b), Jan. 8, 2019, 132 Stat. 5485.)

cite as: 22 USC 2370c-1