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# 22 U.S.C. § 2276 - “Central American countries” defined

## Text

For the purposes of this part, the term “Central American countries” includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and regional programs which benefit such countries.

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 466, as added Pub. L. 99–83, title VII, § 701, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 237.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Another section 466 of Pub. L. 87–195 is classified to section 2286 of this title.