Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 89 — Advancing Democratic Values
§ 8262. United States democracy assistance programs
Statutory text
Sense of Congress regarding use of instruments of democracy promotion
It is the sense of Congress that—
United States support for democracy is strengthened by using a variety of different instrumentalities, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department; and
the purpose of the Department’s Human Rights and Democracy Fund should be to support innovative programming, media, and materials designed to uphold democratic principles, practices, and values, support and strengthen democratic institutions, promote human rights and the rule of law, and build civil societies in countries around the world.
Sense of Congress regarding mechanisms for delivering assistance
Findings
Congress finds the following:
Democracy assistance has many different forms, including assistance to promote the rule of law, build the capacity of civil society, political parties, and legislatures, improve the independence of the media and the judiciary, enhance independent auditing functions, and advance security sector reform.
There is a need for greater clarity on the coordination and delivery mechanisms for United States democracy assistance.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development should develop guidelines, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, building on the existing framework for grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other acquisition mechanisms to guide United States missions in foreign countries in coordinating United States democracy assistance and selecting the appropriate combination of such mechanisms for such assistance.
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.
Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–53 title XXI § 2162 · 121 Stat. 266
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8262
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2162, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 536.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2162, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 536.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2162. UNITED STATES DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) Sense of Congress Regarding Use of Instruments of Democracy Promotion.— It is the sense of Congress that— (1) United States support for democracy is strengthened by using a variety of different instrumentalities, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department; and (2) the purpose of the Department’s Human Rights and Democracy Fund should be to support innovative programming, media, and materials designed to uphold democratic principles, practices, and values, support and strengthen democratic institutions, promote human rights and the rule of law, and build civil societies in countries around the world. (b) Sense of Congress Regarding Mechanisms for Delivering Assistance.— (1) Findings.— Congress finds the following: (A) Democracy assistance has many different forms, including assistance to promote the rule of law, build the capacity of civil society, political parties, and legislatures, improve the independence of the media and the judiciary, enhance independent auditing functions, and advance security sector reform. (B) There is a need for greater clarity on the coordination and delivery mechanisms for United States democracy assistance. (2) Sense of congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development should develop guidelines, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, building on the existing framework for grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other acquisition mechanisms to guide United States missions in foreign countries in coordinating United States democracy assistance and selecting the appropriate combination of such mechanisms for such assistance.
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