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title: "22 U.S.C. § 5491"
description: "Suspension of SEED assistance"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "63"
chapter_name: "SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED)"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 5491 - Suspension of SEED assistance
## Text
The President should suspend all assistance to an East European country pursuant to this chapter if the President determines, and reports to the Congress, that—
(1) that country is engaged in international activities directly and fundamentally contrary to United States national security interests;
(2) the president or any other government official of that country initiates martial law or a state of emergency for reasons other than to respond to a natural disaster or a foreign invasion; or
(3) any member who was elected to that countrys parliament has been removed from that office or arrested through extraconstitutional processes.
(Pub. L. 101179, title VIII, § 801, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1322.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1298, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5401 of this title and Tables.