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18 U.S.C. § 955 — Financial transactions with foreign governments
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Whoever, within the United States, purchases or sells the bonds, securities, or other obligations of any foreign government or political subdivision thereof or any organization or association acting for or on behalf of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, issued after April 13, 1934, or makes any loan to such foreign government, political subdivision, organization or association, except a renewal or adjustment of existing indebtedness, while such government, political subdivision, organization or association, is in default in the payment of its obligations, or any part thereof, to the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
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Whoever, within the United States, purchases or sells the bonds, securities, or other obligations of any foreign government or political subdivision thereof or any organization or association acting for or on behalf of a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, issued after April 13, 1934, or makes any loan to such foreign government, political subdivision, organization or association, except a renewal or adjustment of existing indebtedness, while such government, political subdivision, organization or association, is in default in the payment of its obligations, or any part thereof, to the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.
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The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of [section 955 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section955&num=0&edition=prelim), any person, including any individual, partnership, corporation, or association, may act for or participate with the Export-Import Bank of the United States in any operation or transaction, or may acquire any obligation issued in connection with any operation or transaction, engaged in by the Bank.
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**(a) Manner of furnishing assistance; emphasis on loans** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, assistance under this chapter may be furnished on a grant basis or on such terms, including cash, credit, or other terms of repayment (including repayment in foreign currencies or by transfer to the United States Government of commodities) as may be determined to be best suited to the achievement of the purposes of this chapter, and shall emphasize loans rather than grants wherever possible.
**(b) Authority of the President** The President may make loans, advances, and grants to, make and perform agreements and contracts with, or enter into other transactions with, any individual, corporation, or other body of persons, friendly government or government agency, whether within or without the United States, and international organizations in furtherance of the purposes and within the limitations of this chapter.
**(c) Utilization of services and facilities of voluntary, nonprofit organizations** It is the sense of Congress that the President, in furthering the purposes of this chapter, shall use to the maximum extent practicable the services and facilities of voluntary, nonprofit organizations registered with, and approved by, the Agency for International Development.
**(d) Acceptance of gifts, devises, bequests, grants, etc.** The President may accept and use in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, money, funds, property, and services of any kind made available by gift, devise, bequest, grant, or otherwise for such purpose.
**(e) Health and accident insurance for foreign participants and foreign employees**
(1) Any agency of the United States Government is authorized to pay the cost of health and accident insurance for foreign participants in
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For purposes of this Act, the terms “independent states of the former Soviet Union” and “independent states” mean the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 955
§ 955. Financial transactions with foreign govern-
ments
Whoever, within the United States, purchases
or sells the bonds, securities, or other obliga-
tions of any foreign government or political sub-
division thereof or any organization or associa-
tion acting for or on behalf of a foreign govern-
ment or political subdivision thereof, issued
after April 13, 1934, or makes any loan to such
foreign government, political subdivision, orga-
nization or association, except a renewal or ad-
justment of existing indebtedness, while such
government, political subdivision, organization
or association, is in default in the payment of
its obligations, or any part thereof, to the
United States, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned for not more than five years, or
both.
This section is applicable to individuals, part-
nerships, corporations, or associations other
than public corporations created by or pursuant
to special authorizations of Congress, or cor-
porations in which the United States has or ex-
ercises a controlling interest through stock
ownership or otherwise. While any foreign gov-
ernment is a member both of the International
Monetary Fund and of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, this sec-
tion shall not apply to the sale or purchase of
bonds, securities, or other obligations of such
government or any political subdivision thereof
or of any organization or association acting for
or on behalf of such government or political sub-
division, or to making of any loan to such gov-
ernment, political subdivision, organization, or
association.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 744; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147.)
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