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[CITE: 22USC2349bb]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
 
         Part IX--Nonproliferation and Export Control Assistance
 
Sec. 2349bb. Purposes

    The purposes of assistance under this part are to halt the 
proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and 
conventional weaponry, through support of activities designed--
        (1) to enhance the nonproliferation and export control 
    capabilities of friendly countries by providing training and 
    equipment to detect, deter, monitor, interdict, and counter 
    proliferation;
        (2) to strengthen the bilateral ties of the United States with 
    friendly governments by offering concrete assistance in this area of 
    vital national security interest;
        (3) to accomplish the activities and objectives set forth in 
    sections 5853 and 5854 of this title, without regard to the 
    limitation of those sections to the independent states of the former 
    Soviet Union; and
        (4) to promote multilateral activities, including cooperation 
    with international organizations, relating to nonproliferation.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. II, Sec. 581, as added Pub. L. 106-280, title III, 
Sec. 301, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 851.)
