---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7551"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "7551"
heading: "Requirement to comply with procedures relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/7551"
units:
  - "Chapter 82 — Afghanistan Freedom Support"
  - "Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §7551. Requirement to comply with procedures relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers


Assistance provided under this chapter shall be subject to the same provisions as are applicable to assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [[22 U.S.C. 2151](/usc/22/2151.md) et seq.] and the Arms Export Control Act [[22 U.S.C. 2751](/usc/22/2751.md) et seq.] under section 487 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers; [22 U.S.C. 2291f](/usc/22/2291f.md)), and the applicable regulations issued under that section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 301, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2812.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, which is classified principally to chapter 32 (§ 2151 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.

The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, which is classified principally to chapter 39 (§ 2751 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.