22 USC § 2799 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2799"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2799 - Purpose"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2799"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 39
chapter_name: "ARMS EXPORT CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CFE TREATY-LIMITED EQUIPMENT TO NATO MEMBERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 9, § 91, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1691.)"
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# § 2799. Purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the President to support, consistent with the CFE Treaty, a NATO equipment transfer program that will—

**(1)** enhance NATO’s forces,

**(2)** increase NATO standardization and interoperability, and

**(3)** better distribute defense burdens within the NATO alliance.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 9, § 91, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1691.)