Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§5851 Findings
Title 22 › CHAPTER 67 — FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT › SUBCHAPTER IV — NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › § 5851
Summary
The United States must prioritize helping the independent states of the former Soviet Union secure, move, store, and destroy nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and stop those weapons or their experts from reaching terrorists or other countries. It must also help convert their defense industries to civilian uses and expand military-to-military contacts.
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Title 22, §5851
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The Congress finds that it is in the national security interest of the United States—
(1)to facilitate, on a priority basis—
(A)the transportation, storage, safeguarding, and destruction of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction of the independent states of the former Soviet Union;
(B)the prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and destabilizing conventional weapons of the independent states, and the establishment of verifiable safeguards against the proliferation of such weapons;
(C)the prevention of diversion of weapons-related scientific expertise of the former Soviet Union to terrorist groups or third countries; and
(D)other efforts designed to reduce the military threat from the former Soviet Union;
(2)to support the conversion of the massive defense-related industry and equipment of the independent states of the former Soviet Union for civilian purposes and uses; and
(3)to expand military-to-military contacts between the United States and the independent states.
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22 U.S.C. § 5851
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102