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22 U.S.C. § 2370b

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Humanitarian assistance code of conduct
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/us/usc/t22/s2370b
Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH32
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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(a) In generalNone of the funds made available for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs under the headings “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, “United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund”, “International Disaster and Famine Assistance”, or “Transition Initiatives” may be obligated to an organization that fails to adopt a code of conduct that provides for the protection of beneficiaries of assistance under any such heading from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief operations. (b) Consistency with United Nations principlesThe code of conduct referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises. (c) ReportsNot later than 180 days after May 11, 2005, and not later than one year after May 11, 2005, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section. (d) Effective DateThis section shall take effect 60 days after May 11, 2005, and shall apply to funds obligated after such date for fiscal year 2005 and any subsequent fiscal year. (Pub. L. 109–13, div. A, title II, § 2110, May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 268.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was enacted as part of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter. Executive Documents Assignment of Functions Relating to the Report to the Congress on Implementation of Humanitarian Assistance Code of Conduct Memorandum of President of the United States, May 12, 2006, 71 F.R. 30549, provided: Memorandum for the Secretary of State Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, the functions of the President under section 2110(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (title II of Public Law 109–13) (22 U.S.C. 2370b), are assigned to the Secretary of State. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register. George W. Bush.

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