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22 U.S.C. § 2295a

Criteria for assistance to governments of the independent states

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 2295a, Criteria for assistance to governments of the independent states, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/456580
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In providing assistance under this part for the government of any independent state of the former Soviet Union, the President shall take into account not only relative need but also the extent to which that independent state is acting to— implement responsible security policies, including— The President shall not provide assistance under this part— for the government of any independent state that the President determines has, on or after October 24, 1992, knowingly transferred to another country— Assistance prohibited by subsection (b) or any similar provision of law, other than assistance prohibited by the provisions referred to in subsection (b)(4), may be furnished under any of the following circumstances: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall withhold from assistance provided, on or after March 12, 1996, for an independent state of the former Soviet Union under this chapter an amount equal to the sum of assistance and credits, if any, provided on or after March 12, 1996, by such state in support of intelligence facilities in Cuba, including the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba. The requirement of paragraph (1) to withhold assistance shall not apply with respect to—

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