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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · promote the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States by assisting peoples of the world in their efforts toward economic development and internal and external security, and fo · Sec. 581

Sec. 581. PURPOSES

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## SEC. 581 PURPOSES **[**[22 U.S.C. 2349bb](/us/usc/t22/s2349bb)**]** The purposes of assistance under this chapter are to halt the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and conventional weaponry, through support of activities designed— ####
(1)to enhance the nonproliferation and export control capabilities of friendly countries by providing training and equipment to detect, deter, monitor, interdict, and counter proliferation; ####
(2)to strengthen the bilateral ties of the United States with friendly governments by offering concrete assistance in this area of vital national security interest; ####
(3)to accomplish the activities and objectives set forth in sections 503 and 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5853, 5854), without regard to the limitation of those sections to the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and ####
(4)to promote multilateral activities, including cooperation with international organizations, relating to nonproliferation.
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