Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 91 — Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan
§ 8421. Purposes of assistance
Statutory text
The purposes of assistance under this subchapter are—
to support Pakistan’s paramount national security need to fight and win the ongoing counterinsurgency within its borders in accordance with its national security interests;
to work with the Government of Pakistan to improve Pakistan’s border security and control and help prevent any Pakistani territory from being used as a base or conduit for terrorist attacks in Pakistan, or elsewhere;
to work in close cooperation with the Government of Pakistan to coordinate action against extremist and terrorist targets; and
to help strengthen the institutions of democratic governance and promote control of military institutions by a democratically elected civilian government.
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.
Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009
Pub. L. 111–73 title II § 201 · 123 Stat. 2060
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8421
(Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 201, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 201, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 201. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. The purposes of assistance under this title are— (1) to support Pakistan’s paramount national security need to fight and win the ongoing counterinsurgency within its borders in accordance with its national security interests; (2) to work with the Government of Pakistan to improve Pakistan’s border security and control and help prevent any Pakistani territory from being used as a base or conduit for terrorist attacks in Pakistan, or elsewhere; (3) to work in close cooperation with the Government of Pakistan to coordinate action against extremist and terrorist targets; and (4) to help strengthen the institutions of democratic governance and promote control of military institutions by a democratically elected civilian government.
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