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title: "22 U.S.C. § 7431"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "81"
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT"
section: "7431"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7431"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 7431 - Nondelegation

## Text

The authorities vested in the President by sections 7422 and 7430(a) of this title may not be delegated by the President pursuant to section 301 of title 3 or any other provision of law. The authority vested in the President by section 7424(c)(3) of this title may not be delegated by the President pursuant to section 301 of title 3 or any other provision of law to any official other than the Secretary of Defense, and if so delegated may not be subdelegated.

(Pub. L. 107–206, title II, § 2012, Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 907.)