[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2773]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 39--ARMS EXPORT CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER III--MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS
Sec. 2773. Restraint in arms sales to Sub-Saharan Africa
It is the sense of the Congress that the problems of Sub-Saharan
Africa are primarily those of economic development and that United
States policy should assist in limiting the development of costly
military conflict in that region. Therefore, the President shall
exercise restraint in selling defense articles and defense services, and
in providing financing for sales of defense articles and defense
services, to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
(Pub. L. 90-629, ch. 3, Sec. 33, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1325; Pub. L.
91-672, Sec. 3, Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2053; Pub. L. 92-226, pt. IV,
Sec. 401(c), (d), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 32; Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 25(7)-
(9), Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 731; Pub. L. 93-559, Sec. 45(a)(8), Dec.
30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1815; Pub. L. 96-92, Sec. 18, Oct. 29, 1979, 93 Stat.
709.)
Amendments
1979--Pub. L. 96-92 substituted provisions respecting restraint in
arms sales to Sub-Saharan Africa for provisions imposing regional
ceilings on foreign military sales to African countries and Presidential
waiver and report thereof to Congress.
1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-559, Sec. 45(a)(8)(A), (B), repealed
subsec. (a) which prescribed a ceiling of $150,000,000 in each fiscal
year on the total amount of military assistance, credits, participations
in credits, guaranteed loans, and loans and sales under section 7307 of
Title 10, for Latin American countries, and redesignated subsec. (b) as
(a).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-559, Sec. 45(a)(8)(B), (C), added subsec.
(b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (a).
1973--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 25(7), struck out reference
to cash sales pursuant to sections 2761 and 2762 of this title reference
to exclusion of credits covered by guaranties issued under section
2764(b) of this title, and reference to the face amount of contracts of
guaranty issued under section 2764(a) and (b) of this title, inserted
reference to the principal amount of loans guaranteed under section
2764(a) of this title, and substituted ``$150,000,000'' for
``$100,000,000''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 25(8), struck out reference to
cash sales pursuant to sections 2761 and 2762 of this title, reference
to exclusion of credits covered by guaranties issued under section
2764(b) of this title, and reference to the face amount of contracts of
guaranty issued under section 2764(a) and (b) of this title, and
inserted reference to the principal amount of loans guaranteed under
section 2764(a) of this title.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-189, Sec. 25(9), struck out subsec. (c)
which provided for Presidential waiver of limitations on amounts
authorized under this section and set forth geographical limitations on
the aggregate amounts of military assistance to be made available and
percentage deviations from such ceiling amounts.
1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 401(c), substituted
``$100,000,000'' for ``$75,000,000''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 401(d), substituted provisions for
waiver of limitations when overriding requirements of the national
security of the United States justify waiver for prior provisions for
such a waiver when important to the security of the United States,
required a written report with reasons for findings and statement in
detail of expenditures when in excess of applicable geographical
limitations, and prescribed percentage limitation for exceeding
aggregate of geographical ceili
