§5491 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must suspend all assistance to an East European country under this chapter if the President finds and tells Congress that any of the following is true: (1) the country is taking part in international actions that are directly and seriously against U.S. national security interests; (2) the country's president or another government official has imposed martial law or declared a state of emergency for reasons other than a natural disaster or a foreign invasion; or (3) any elected member of that country's parliament has been removed from office or arrested by methods outside the country's constitution.

Title 22, §5491

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The President should suspend all assistance to an East European country pursuant to this chapter if the President determines, and reports to the Congress, that—

(1)that country is engaged in international activities directly and fundamentally contrary to United States national security interests;

(2)the president or any other government official of that country initiates martial law or a state of emergency for reasons other than to respond to a natural disaster or a foreign invasion; or

(3)any member who was elected to that country’s parliament has been removed from that office or arrested through extraconstitutional processes.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101–179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1298, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 5401 of this title and Tables.

§5491 Suspension of Seed Assistance