§ 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.