---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19235"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19235"
heading: "Person or entity of concern prohibition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19235"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Science and Technology Provisions"
  - "Part C — Research Security"
---

# §19235. Person or entity of concern prohibition


No person published on the list under section 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; [50 U.S.C. 1701](/usc/50/1701.md) note) or entity identified under section 1260h[^1] of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ([10 U.S.C. 113](/usc/10/113.md) note; Public Law 116–283) may receive or participate in any [grant](/usc/42/19291.md?p=5), award, program, support, or other activity under—

- (1) the Directorate established in part G of subchapter III of this chapter;
- (2) [section 3722a(b)(1) of title 15](/usc/15/3722a.md?p=b-1), as added by section 10621; or
- (3) the Manufacturing USA Program, as improved and expanded under part D of subchapter II of this chapter.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “1260H”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10636, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1669.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 10621, referred to in par. (2), means section 10621 of Pub. L. 117–167.

Part D of subchapter II of this chapter, referred to in par. (3), was in the original “subtitle E of title II of this division”, meaning subtitle E (§§ 10261–10263) of title II of div. B of Pub. L. 117–167, which is classified principally to part D of subchapter II of this chapter. For complete classification of subtitle E to the Code, see Tables.