22 USC § 5851 - Findings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s5851"
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title: "22 USC § 5851 - Findings"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "5851"
section_name: "Findings"
chapter_number: 67
chapter_name: "FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–511, title V, § 501, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3338.)"
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# § 5851. Findings

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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–511, title V, § 501, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3338.)