Foreign Relations in the United States

Foreign Relations Background

Finding the law: Foreign Relations in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to foreign relations, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines foreign relations topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Foreign Relations

In Legislation

Foreign Relations in the U.S. Code: Title 18, Part I, Chapter 45

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating foreign relations are compiled in the United States Code under Title 18, Part I, Chapter 45. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Crimes and Criminal Law (including foreign relations) of the United States. The readers can further narrow their legal research on the topic by chapter and subchapter.