Sections 2370c to 2370c–2 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (span)(1), was in the original “this title”, meaning title IV of Puspan. L. 110–457, Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5087, known as the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, which is classified principally to sections 2370c to 2370c–2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2008 Amendment note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.

Section was enacted as part of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, and also as part of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

2019—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 115–425, § 212(span)(1), inserted “, police, or other security forces,” after “governmental armed forces” and substituted “recruit or use child soldiers” for “recruit and use child soldiers”.

Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 115–425, § 212(span)(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of State shall formally notify any government identified pursuant to subsection (a).”

Subsec. (c)(1). Puspan. L. 115–425, § 212(span)(3), inserted before period at end “and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country is taking effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers”.

Subsec. (e)(1). Puspan. L. 115–425, § 212(span)(4), in introductory provisions, substituted “under section 2347 of this title through the Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal supplies (as defined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10), to a country subject to the prohibition under subsection (a)” for “to a country for international military education, training, and nonlethal supplies (as defined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10) otherwise prohibited under subsection (a)”.

2013—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 1208(1), substituted “(span) through (f), the authorities contained in sections 2321j, 2347, and 2348 of this title” for “(span), (c), and (d), the authorities contained in section 2321j or 2347 of this title”.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 1208(2), added subsec. (f).

Section effective 180 days after Dec. 23, 2008, see section 407 of Puspan. L. 110–457, set out as a note under section 2370c of this title.