Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

22 U.S.C. § 609

U.S. CodeFederal
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.
About This Law
pg_id_36201::119-84
Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH24
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

Highlight any text to annotate
“(a) Priority Delivery.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the delivery of excess defense articles under the authority of section 203(c)(1) and (2) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 [Pub. L. 103–447, set out in a note below] and section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2321j] shall be given priority to the maximum extent feasible over the delivery of such excess defense articles to all other countries except those countries referred to in section 541 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–306; 108 Stat. 1640). “(b) Cooperative Regional Peacekeeping Initiatives.—The Congress encourages the President to provide excess defense articles and other appropriate assistance to cooperative regional peacekeeping initiatives involving emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe that have expressed an interest in joining NATO in order to enhance their ability to contribute to European peace and security and international peacekeeping efforts.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.