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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2661a. Foreign contracts or arrangements; discrimination

Statutory text

Information should not be disseminated about opportunities for, and there should be no participation or other assistance by any officer or employee of the Department of State (including the Agency for International Development) in, the negotiation of any contract or arrangement with a foreign country, individual, or entity, if—

(1)

any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of title 26) is prohibited from entering into such contract or arrangement, or

(2)

such contract or arrangement requires that any such person be excluded from participating in the implementation of such contract or arrangement,

on account of the race, religion, national origin, or sex of such person in the case of an individual or, in the case of a partnership, corporation, association, or other entity, any officer, employee, agent, director, or owner thereof.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977

    Pub. L. 94–350 title I § 121 · 90 Stat. 823

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2661a

    Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 121, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 829

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 121, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 829

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 121. discrimination Information should not be disseminated about opportunities 22 USC 2661a. for, and there should be no participation or other assistance by any officer or employee of the Department of State (including the Agency for International Development) in, the negotiation of any contract or arrangement with a foreign country, individual, or entity, if— (1) any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) is prohibited from entering 26 USC 7701. into such contract or arrangement, or (2) such contract or arrangement requires that any such person be excluded from participating in the implementation of such contract or arrangement. on account of the race, religion, national origin, or sex of such person in the case, of an individual or, in the case of a partnership, corporation, association, or other entity, any officer, employee, agent, director, or owner thereof.

  2. Tax Reform Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–514 § 2 · 100 Stat. 2085

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2661a(1)

    Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986. (a) Redesignation of 1954 Code.— The Internal Revenue Title enacted August 16, 1954, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended, may be cited as the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”. (b) References in Laws, Etc.— Except when inappropriate, any reference in any law, Executive order, or other document— (1) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall include a reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and (2) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall include a reference to the provisions of law formerly known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Par. (1). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

Credits

1976–1986 · 2 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 121, , 90 Stat. 829
  2. 1986Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, , 100 Stat. 2095.
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(Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 121, , 90 Stat. 829; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, , 100 Stat. 2095.)

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