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22 U.S.C. § 5853 — Eligibility
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Funds may be obligated for a fiscal year for assistance or other programs or activities for an independent state of the former Soviet Union under sections 5853 and 5854 of this title only if the President has certified to the Congress, during that fiscal year, that such independent state is committed to—
(1) making a substantial investment of its resources for dismantling or destroying such weapons of mass destruction, if that independent state has an obligation under a treaty or other agreement to destroy or dismantle any such weapons;
(2) forgoing any military modernization program that exceeds legitimate defense requirements and forgoing the replacement of destroyed weapons of mass destruction;
(3) forgoing any use in new nuclear weapons of fissionable or other components of destroyed nuclear weapons; and
(4) facilitating United States verification of any weapons destruction carried out under section 5853(a) or 5854(a) of this title or section 212 of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; [22 U.S.C. 2551](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2551&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
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Funds may be obligated for a fiscal year for assistance or other programs or activities for an independent state of the former Soviet Union under sections 5853 and 5854 of this title only if the President has certified to the Congress, during that fiscal year, that such independent state is committed to—
(1) making a substantial investment of its resources for dismantling or destroying such weapons of mass destruction, if that independent state has an obligation under a treaty or other agreement to destroy or dismantle any such weapons;
(2) forgoing any military modernization program that exceeds legitimate defense requirements and forgoing the replacement of destroyed weapons of mass destruction;
(3) forgoing any use in new nuclear weapons of fissionable or other components of destroyed nuclear weapons; and
(4) facilitating United States verification of any weapons destruction carried out under section 5853(a) or 5854(a) of this title or section 212 of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102–228; [22 U.S.C. 2551](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2551&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
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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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**(a) Presidential report** Not later than 120 days after each inauguration of a President, the President shall submit a report to the Congress on his general and specific nonproliferation and threat reduction objectives and how the efforts of executive branch agencies will be coordinated most effectively, pursuant to [section 2357b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2357b&num=0&edition=prelim), to achieve those objectives.
**(b) Consultation** The President should consult with and brief, from time to time, the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the efficacy of the coordination mechanism established pursuant to [section 2357b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2357b&num=0&edition=prelim) in achieving its stated objectives.
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**(a) Omitted**
**(b) General statement of budget enforcement through sequestration** This subchapter provides for budget enforcement as called for in House Concurrent Resolution 84 (105th Congress, 1st session).
**(c) Definitions** As used in this subchapter:
(1) The terms “budget authority”, “new budget authority”, “outlays”, and “deficit” have the meanings given to such terms in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 [[2 U.S.C. 622](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section622&num=0&edition=prelim)] and “discretionary spending limit” shall mean the amounts specified in [section 901 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section901&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The terms “sequester” and “sequestration” refer to or mean the cancellation of budgetary resources provided by discretionary appropriations or direct spending law.
(3) The term “breach” means, for any fiscal year, the amount (if any) by which new budget authority or outlays for that year (within a category of discretionary appropriations) is above that category’s discretionary spending limit for new budget authority or outlays for that year, as the case may be.
(4)
(A) The term “nonsecurity category” means all discretionary appropriations not included in the security category defined in subparagraph (B).
(B) The term “security category” includes discretionary appropriations associated with agency budgets for the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the intelligence community management account (95–0401–0–1–054), and all budget accounts in budget function 150 (international affairs).
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An ultimate goal of the United States is a world which is free from the scourge of war and the dangers and burdens of armaments; in which the use of force has been subordinated to the rule of law; and in which international adjustments to a changing world are achieved peacefully. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide impetus toward this goal by addressing the problem of reduction and control of armaments looking toward ultimate world disarmament.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2551
(8) For the purposes of this chapter or any
other Act, the period of any individual’s serv-
ice as a volunteer under this chapter shall in-
clude—
(i) except for the purposes of section
2504(f) 1 of this title, any period of training
under section 2507(a) of this title prior to en-
rollment as a volunteer under this chapter;
and
(ii) the period between enrollment as a vol-
unteer and the termination of service as
such volunteer by the President or by death
or resignation.
(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 26, formerly § 25, Sept.
22, 1961, 75 Stat. 624; Pub. L. 89–572, § 4, Sept. 13,
1966, 80 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 91–352, § 8, July 24, 1970,
84 Stat. 465; renumbered § 26, Pub. L. 99–83, title
XI, § 1105(a)(1), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 276; Pub. L.
115–256, title III, § 306, Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3659.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in introductory provisions
and par. (8), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning
Pub. L. 87–293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612, known as the
Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec-
tion 2501 of this title and Tables.
Section 2504(m) of this title, referred to in par. (5),
was redesignated section 2504(n) by Pub. L. 115–256, title
I, § 101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3651.
Section 2504(f) of this title, referred to in par. (8)(i),
was redesignated section 2504(g) by Pub. L. 115–256, title
I, § 101(a)(1)(B), Oct. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 3651.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 26 of Pub. L. 87–293 was renumbered
section 27 and is classified to section 2523 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–256 inserted introductory provisions,
redesignated subsecs. (a), (b
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 5853
1 See References in Text note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
INAPPLICABILITY TO COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
PROGRAMS
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XIII, § 1304(b), Jan. 28,
2008, 122 Stat. 413, provided that: ‘‘Section 502 of the
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democ-
racies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C.
5852) shall not apply to any Cooperative Threat Reduc-
tion program.’’
DEFINITION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION
PROGRAMS FOR PURPOSES OF PUB. L. 110–181
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(a), Jan. 28,
2008, 122 Stat. 410, provided that: ‘‘For purposes of sec-
tion 301 [122 Stat. 53] and other provisions of this Act
[see Tables for classification], Cooperative Threat Re-
duction programs are the programs specified in section
1501(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1997 [Pub. L. 104–201] ([former] 50 U.S.C. 2362
note), as amended by section 1303 of this Act.’’
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Memorandum of President of the United States, Dec.
30, 1992, 58 F.R. 3193, provided:
Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Defense [and] the Director, Office of Manage-
ment & Budget
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including
section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby
delegate:
1. to the Secretary of State the authority and duty
vested in the President under section 1412(d) of the
Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992 (title
XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 1993, Public Law 102–484) [former 22 U.S.C.
5902(d)] and section 502 of the Freedom Support Act
(Public Law 102–
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