Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§5824 Interagency working group on energy of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 67— - FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT › § 5824
Summary
Use its energy working group to help U.S. energy companies enter energy markets of the independent states of the former Soviet Union. The group must work with those governments to attract U.S. investment, coordinate cleanup at former Soviet nuclear sites, and help U.S. firms find chances in oil, gas, clean-coal tech, energy efficiency, and joint ventures.
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Title 22, §5824
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The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee should utilize its interagency working group on energy to assist United States energy sector companies to develop a long-term strategy for penetrating the energy market in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. The working group should—
(1)work with officials from the independent states in creating an environment conducive to United States energy investment;
(2)help to coordinate assistance to United States companies involved with projects to clean up former Soviet nuclear weapons sites and commercial nuclear waste; and
(3)work with representatives from United States business and industry involved with the energy sector to help facilitate the identification of business opportunities, including the promotion of oil, gas, and clean coal technology and products, energy efficiency, and the formation of joint ventures between United States companies and companies of the independent nations.
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22 U.S.C. § 5824
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73