---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1741f"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1741f"
heading: "Rule of construction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1741f"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Protection of Citizens Abroad"
  - "Subchapter II — Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability"
---

# §1741f. Rule of construction


Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to authorize a private right of action.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–260, div. FF, title III, § 308, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3099.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 301–308) of title III of div. FF of Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 3091, known as the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, which enacted this subchapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.