Chapter 44.
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CHAP. 44.— Joint Resolution To prohibit the exportation of arms or munitions of war from the United States to certain countries, and for other purposes. January 31, 1922.[[S. J. Res. 124](/us/bill/67/sjres/124).][[Pub. Res., No. 37](/us/67/pubres/37).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the PresidentExport of arms, etc.Prohibition of, to American country or in which United States has Jurisdiction, where domestic violence exists. finds that in any American country, or in any country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, conditions of domestic violence exist, which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and makes proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export, except underException. such limitations and exceptions as the President prescribes, any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.
Sec. 2. Whoever exports any arms or munitions of war in violationPunishment for violations. of section 1 shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both. Sec. 3. The joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to prohibitFormer resolutions repealed.Vol 30, p. 739.Vol. 37, p. 630. the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States,” approved April 22, 1898, and the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to amend the joint resolution to prohibit362the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States,” approved March 14, 1912, are repealed.
Approved, January 31, 1922.