{"data":{"id":"us/22-u.s.c.-5851","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 U.S.C. § 5851","heading":"Findings","body":"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.","path":["Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE","CHAPTER 67—FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc22@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:55Z","sha256":"d1568899c7f27fcc13296907206da1129e3c53c2ab1fe03058969409a11cb6c9","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/22-u.s.c.-5841","next":"us/22-u.s.c.-5852"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}