Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

22 U.S.C. § 2296c: Border control assistance

Civil

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This statute authorizes the President to provide assistance to South Caucasus and Central Asian countries for border security, drug trafficking prevention, and counterterrorism efforts.

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The purpose of assistance under this section includes the assistance of the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to secure their borders and implement effective controls necessary to prevent the trafficking of illegal narcotics and the proliferation of technology and materials related to weapons of mass destruction (as defined in section 2332a(c)(2) of title 18 ), and to contain and inhibit transnational organized criminal activities. To carry out the purpose of subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide assistance to the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities described in subsection (c). Activities that may be supported by assistance under subsection (b) include assisting those countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia in developing capabilities to maintain national border guards, coast guard, and customs controls.

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