22 USC § 5826 - Policy on combatting tied aid practices

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s5826"
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title: "22 USC § 5826 - Policy on combatting tied aid practices"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "5826"
section_name: "Policy on combatting tied aid practices"
chapter_number: 67
chapter_name: "FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–511, title III, § 306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3335.)"
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# § 5826. Policy on combatting tied aid practices

Should the Secretary of the Treasury determine that foreign countries are engaged in tied aid practices with respect to any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union that violate the 1991 Helsinki agreement of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the President should give priority attention to combatting such practices.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–511, title III, § 306, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3335.)