Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 63 — Support for East European Democracy (seed)
§ 5462. SEED Information Center System
Statutory text
Establishment
The President shall establish a SEED Information Center System, using existing Executive branch agencies and acting in cooperation with the Government of Poland and the Government of Hungary.
Functions
In general
The SEED Information Center System shall serve as a central clearinghouse mechanism for information relating to—
business needs and opportunities in Eastern Europe, and
voluntary assistance to countries in Eastern Europe.
Private enterprise development
The SEED Information Center System shall be organized, among other purposes, to encourage—
the submission of economically sound proposals to the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund, and
other sources of finance for the development of private enterprise in Eastern Europe.
Location
The SEED Information Center System shall be based jointly in Washington, District of Columbia; Warsaw, Poland; and Budapest, Hungary; and should it become appropriate, the capitals of other East European countries.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989
Pub. L. 101–179 title VI § 602 · 103 Stat. 1298
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5462
(Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 602, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1319.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 602, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1319.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 602. SEED INFORMATION CENTER SYSTEM. (a) Establishment.— The President shall establish a SEED Information Center System, using existing Executive branch agencies and acting in cooperation with the Government of Poland and the Government of Hungary. (b) Functions.— (1) In general.— The SEED Information Center System shall serve as a central clearinghouse mechanism for information relating to— (A) business needs and opportunities in Eastern Europe, and (B) voluntary assistance to countries in Eastern Europe. (2) Private enterprise development.— The SEED Information Center System shall be organized, among other purposes, to encourage— (A) the submission of economically sound proposals to the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund, and (B) other sources of finance for the development of private enterprise in Eastern Europe. (c) Location.— The SEED Information Center System shall be District of Columbia. based jointly in Washington, District of Columbia; Warsaw, Poland; and Budapest, Hungary; and should it become appropriate, the capitals of other East European countries.
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Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12703, , 55 F.R. 6351, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.