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Code · U.S. Code · Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · CHAPTER 63— SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED) · § 5402

§ 5402. Scope of authority

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(a)General authorization The President is authorized to conduct activities for any East European country that are similar to any activity authorized by this chapter to be conducted in Poland or Hungary (excluding those authorized by section 5412 of this title or the amendments made by sections 301 and 304) if such similar activities would effectively promote a transition to market-oriented democracy.
(b)Administration of justice programs In order to strengthen the administration of justice in East European countries, the President may exercise the same authorities with respect to those countries as are available under section 2346c of this title, subject to the limitations and requirements of that section, other than subsection
(c)and the last two sentences of subsection (e).
(c)“East European country” defined For purposes of this chapter, the term “East European country” includes Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and states that were part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(Pub. L. 101–179, § 3, as added Pub. L. 102–511, title IX, § 903(a), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3355.)
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  • Pub. L. 101–179, § 3
  • Pub. L. 102–511, title IX, § 903(a)
  • 106 Stat. 3355
  • Pub. L. 101–179
  • 103 Stat. 1298
  • Pub. L. 101–179, title III
  • 103 Stat. 1311
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