§ 4501. — Findings and declarations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4501]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 55--RESEARCH AND TRAINING FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND INDEPENDENT
STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION
Sec. 4501. Findings and declarations
The Congress finds and declares that--
(1) factual knowledge, independently verified, about the
countries of Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former
Soviet Union is of the utmost importance for the national security
of the United States, for the furtherance of our national interests
in the conduct of foreign relations, and for the prudent management
of our domestic affairs;
(2) the development and maintenance of knowledge about the
countries of Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former
Soviet Union depends upon the national capability for advanced
research by highly trained and experienced specialists, available
for service in and out of Government;
(3) certain essential functions are necessary to ensure the
existence of that knowledge and the capability to sustain it,
including--
(A) graduate training;
(B) advanced research;
(C) public dissemination of research data, methods, and
findings;
(D) contact and collaboration among Government and private
specialists; and
(E) firsthand experience of the countries of Eastern Europe
and the independent states of the former Soviet Union by
American specialists, including on site conduct of advanced
training and research to the extent practicable; and
(4) it is in the national interest for the United States
Government to provide a stable source of financial support for the
functions described in this section and to supplement the financial
support for those functions which is currently being furnished by
Federal, State, local, regional, and private agencies,
organizations, and individuals, and thereby to stabilize the conduct
of these functions on a national scale, consistently, and on a long
range unclassified basis.
(Pub. L. 98-164, title VIII, Sec. 802, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1047;
Pub. L. 103-199, title III, Sec. 302(3), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2322.)
Amendments
1993--Pars. (1), (2), (3)(E). Pub. L. 103-199 substituted
``countries of Eastern Europe and the independent states of the former
Soviet Union'' for ``Soviet Union and Eastern European countries''.
Short Title
Section 801 of title VIII of Pub. L. 98-164, as amended by Pub. L.
103-199, title III, Sec. 302(2), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2322, provided
that: ``This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the `Research
and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union Act of 1983'.''
Definitions
In pars. (1), (2), and (3)(E), independent states of the former
Soviet Union has the meaning given in section 5801 of this title, see
section 3 of Pub. L. 103-199, set out as a note under section 5801 of
this title.
