Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
22 U.S.C. § 2370b: Humanitarian assistance code of conduct
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None of the funds made available for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs under the headings “Migration and Refugee Assistance”, “United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund”, “International Disaster and Famine Assistance”, or “Transition Initiatives” may be obligated to an organization that fails to adopt a code of conduct that provides for the protection of beneficiaries of assistance under any such heading from sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian relief operations. The code of conduct referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with the six core principles of the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises. Not later than 180 days after May 11, 2005 , and not later than one year after May 11, 2005 , the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section. This section shall take effect 60 days after May 11, 2005 , and shall apply to funds obligated after such date for fiscal year 2005 and any subsequent fiscal year.
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