§ 586C. TRADE EMBARGO AGAINST IRAQ.
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Continuation of Embargo .— Except as otherwise provided in this section, the President shall continue to impose the trade embargo and other economic sanctions with respect to Iraq and Kuwait that the United States is imposing, in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, pursuant to Executive Orders Numbered 12724 and 12725 [listed in a table below] ( August 9, 1990 ) and, to the extent they are still in effect, Executive Orders Numbered 12722 and 12723 [listed in a table below] ( August 2, 1990 ).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds, credits, guarantees, or insurance appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act for fiscal year 1991 or any fiscal year thereafter shall be used to support or administer any financial or commercial operation of any United States Government department, agency, or other entity, or of any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, for the benefit of the Government of Iraq, its agencies or instrumentalities, or any person working on behalf of the Government of Iraq, contrary to the trade embargo and other economic sanctions imposed in accordance with this section.
Humanitarian Assistance .— To the extent that transactions involving foodstuffs or payments for foodstuffs are exempted ‘in humanitarian circumstances’ from the prohibitions established by the United States pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 (1990), those exemptions shall be limited to foodstuffs that are to be provided consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolution 666
(1990)and other relevant Security Council resolutions. Notice to Congress of Exceptions to and Termination of Sanctions.— Notice of regulations .— Any regulations issued after the date of enactment of this Act [ Nov. 5, 1990 ] with respect to the economic sanctions imposed with respect to Iraq and Kuwait by the United States under Executive Orders Numbered 12722 and 12723 ( August 2, 1990 ) and Executive Orders Numbered 12724 and 12725 ( August 9, 1990 ) shall be submitted to the Congress before those regulations take effect. Notice of termination of sanctions .— The President shall notify the Congress at least 15 days before the termination, in whole or in part, of any sanction imposed with respect to Iraq or Kuwait pursuant to those Executive orders. Relation to Other Laws.— Sanctions legislation .— The sanctions that are described in subsection
(a)are in addition to, and not in lieu of the sanctions provided for in section 586G of this Act or any other provision of law. National emergencies and united nations legislation .— Nothing in this section supersedes any provision of the National Emergencies Act [ 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] or any authority of the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [ 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] or section 5(a) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 [ 22 U.S.C. 287c(a) ].
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