United States Code

22 U.S.C. § 2754

Purposes for which military sales or leases by the United States are authorized; report to Congress

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Bills that would change it 18

HR 8649 Expanding the Defense Industrial Base Sales Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 7146 PORCUPINE Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
S 1744 PORCUPINE Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 3613 Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
HR 4502 Silver Shield Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
S 3854 International Freedom Protection Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 4312 To enhance the eligibility of India for Foreign Military Sales and exports under the Arms Export Control Act. Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 2096 A bill to enhance the eligibility of India for Foreign Military Sales and exports under the Arms Export Control Act. Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
S 1025 SAFEGUARD Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
HR 1801 SAFEGUARD Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
S 3192 Taiwan Deterrence Act Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 5629 SAFEGUARD Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 5344 Two-State Solution Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
S 1473 SAFEGUARD Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
HR 3352 Department of State Authorization Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
HR 2123 United States-India Enhanced Cooperation Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
HR 5677 International Security Assistance Act of 2018 Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
HR 5592 Department of State Authorization Act of 2018 Amends · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-124.

Defense articles and defense services shall be sold or leased by the United States Government under this chapter to friendly countries solely for internal security, for legitimate self-defense, for preventing or hindering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the means of delivering such weapons, to permit the recipient country to participate in regional or collective arrangements or measures consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, or otherwise to permit the recipient country to participate in collective measures requested by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining or restoring international peace and security, or for the purpose of enabling foreign military forces in less developed friendly countries to construct public works and to engage in other activities helpful to the economic and social development of such friendly countries. It is the sense of the Congress that such foreign military forces should not be maintained or established solely for civic action activities and that such civic action activities not significantly detract from the capability of the military forces to perform their military missions and be coordinated with and form part of the total economic and social development effort: Provided, That none of the funds contained in this authorization shall be used to guarantee, or extend credit, or participate in an extension of credit in connection with any sale of sophisticated weapons systems, such as missile systems and jet aircraft for military purposes, to any underdeveloped country other than Greece, Turkey, Iran, Israel, the Republic of China, the Philippines and Korea unless the President determines that such financing is important to the national security of the United States and reports within thirty days each such determination to the Congress.

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