---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9810"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "9810"
heading: "Rule of construction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/9810"
units:
  - "Chapter 105 — Global Fragility"
---

# §9810. Rule of construction


Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a declaration of war or an authorization for the use of military force.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title V, § 511, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3069.)