50 U.S.C. § 3172

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)

Section 3172 - Extension of stay

Whenever the President determines and reports to Congress in accordance with section 3173 of this title that a stay of sanctions or related actions pursuant to section 3171 of this title has not afforded sufficient time to obviate the risk to an ongoing criminal investigation or to an intelligence source or method that gave rise to the stay, he may extend such stay for a period of time specified by the President, which period may not exceed 120 days. The authority of this section may be used to extend the period of a stay pursuant to section 3171 of this title for successive periods of not more than 120 days each.

50 U.S.C. § 3172

July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title IX, §902, as added Pub. L. 104-93, §303, 109 Stat. 964.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 441a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

intelligence

The term "intelligence" includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.