§ 2754. — Purposes for which military sales or leases by the United States are authorized; report to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2754]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 39--ARMS EXPORT CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--FOREIGN AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY OBJECTIVES AND
RESTRAINTS
Sec. 2754. Purposes for which military sales or leases by the
United States are authorized; report to Congress
Defense articles and defense services shall be sold or leased by the
United States Government under this chapter to friendly countries solely
for internal security, for legitimate self-defense, for preventing or
hindering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the
means of delivering such weapons, to permit the recipient country to
participate in regional or collective arrangements or measures
consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, or otherwise to
permit the recipient country to participate in collective measures
requested by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining or
restoring international peace and security, or for the purpose of
enabling foreign military forces in less developed friendly countries to
construct public works and to engage in other activities helpful to the
economic and social development of such friendly countries. It is the
sense of the Congress that such foreign military forces should not be
maintained or established solely for civic action activities and that
such civic action activities not significantly detract from the
capability of the military forces to perform their military missions and
be coordinated with and form part of the total economic and social
development effort: Provided, That none of the funds contained in this
authorization shall be used to guarantee, or extend credit, or
participate in an extension of credit in connection with any sale of
sophisticated weapons systems, such as missile systems and jet aircraft
for military purposes, to any underdeveloped country other than Greece,
Turkey, Iran, Israel, the Republic of China, the Philippines and Korea
unless the President determines that such financing is important to the
national security of the United States and reports within thirty days
each such determination to the Congress.
(Pub. L. 90-629, ch. 1, Sec. 4, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1322; Pub. L.
97-113, title I, Sec. 109(b)(3), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1526; Pub. L.
107-228, div. B, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat.
1427.)
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-228 inserted ``for preventing or hindering the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the means of
delivering such weapons,'' after `` legitimate self-defense,'' in first
sentence.
1981--Pub. L. 97-113 substituted ``sold or leased'' for ``sold'' in
first sentence.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2753 of this title; title 12
section 635.
