View all text of Subchapter I [§ 2751 - § 2756]
§ 2755. Discrimination prohibited if based on race, religion, national origin, or sex
(a) Congressional declaration of policy
(b) Employment of personnel; required contractual provision
(1) No agency performing functions under this chapter shall, in employing or assigning personnel to participate in the performance of any such function, whether in the United States or abroad, take into account the exclusionary policies or practices of any foreign government where such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex.
(2) Each contract entered into by any such agency for the performance of any function under this chapter shall contain a provision to the effect that no person, partnership, corporation, or other entity performing functions pursuant to such contract, shall, in employing or assigning personnel to participate in the performance of any such function, whether in the United States or abroad, take into account the exclusionary policies or practices of any foreign government where such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex.
(c) Report by President; contents
(d) Congressional request for information from President; information required; 60 day period; failure to supply information; termination or restriction of sale
(1) Upon the request of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the President shall, within 60 days after receipt of such request, transmit to both such committees a statement, prepared with the assistance of the Secretary of State, with respect to the country designated in such request, setting forth—
(A) all the available information about the exclusionary policies or practices of the government of such country when such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin or sex and prevent any such person from participating in the performance of any sale or licensed transaction under this chapter;
(B) the response of the United States thereto and the results of such response;
(C) whether, in the opinion of the President, notwithstanding any such policies or practices—
(i) extraordinary circumstances exist which necessitate a continuation of such sale or licensed transaction, and, if so, a description of such circumstances and the extent to which such sale or licensed transaction should be continued (subject to such conditions as Congress may impose under this section), and
(ii) on all the facts it is in the national interest of the United States to continue such sale or licensed transaction; and
(D) such other information as such committee may request.
(2) In the event a statement with respect to a sale or licensed transaction is requested pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection but is not transmitted in accordance therewith within 60 days after receipt of such request, such sale or licensed transaction shall be suspended unless and until such statement is transmitted.
(3)
(A) In the event a statement with respect to a sale or licensed transaction is transmitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Congress may at any time thereafter adopt a joint resolution terminating or restricting such sale or licensed transaction.
(B) Any such resolution shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
(C) The term “certification”, as used in section 601 of such Act, means, for the purposes of this paragraph, a statement transmitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 1, § 5, as added Pub. L. 94–329, title III, § 302(b), June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 752; amended Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 109(a)(5), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 846; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 162(f), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405; Pub. L. 103–437, § 9(a)(7), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588; Pub. L. 111–266, title I, § 104(b), Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2799; Pub. L. 113–276, title II, § 208(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2992.)