§5491. Suspension of SEED assistance

The President should suspend all assistance to an East European country pursuant to this chapter if the President determines, and reports to the Congress, that-

(1) that country is engaged in international activities directly and fundamentally contrary to United States national security interests;

(2) the president or any other government official of that country initiates martial law or a state of emergency for reasons other than to respond to a natural disaster or a foreign invasion; or

(3) any member who was elected to that country's parliament has been removed from that office or arrested through extraconstitutional processes.

( Pub. L. 101–179, title VIII, §801, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1322 .)

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 101–179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1298 , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5401 of this title and Tables.