---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 1853"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "1853"
heading: "Assistance to Yugoslavia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/1853"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Mutual Security Program"
  - "Subchapter III — Economic Assistance"
  - "Part A — Defense Support"
---

# §1853. Assistance to Yugoslavia


In furnishing assistance to Yugoslavia, the President shall continuously assure himself (1) that Yugoslavia continues to maintain its independence, (2) that Yugoslavia is not participating in any policy or program for the Communist conquest of the world, and (3) that the furnishing of such assistance is in the interest of the national security of the United States. The President shall keep the Foreign Relations Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives fully and constantly informed of any assistance furnished to Yugoslavia under this chapter.


## Source credit

(Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, ch. II, § 143, as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 5, 70 Stat. 556; amended Pub. L. 85–141, § 5(b), Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 356.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1957—Pub. L. 85–141 required the President to continuously assure himself that Yugoslavia continues to maintain its independence, that she is not participating in any policy or program for the Communist conquest of the world, and that the furnishing of assistance is in the interest of national security, and provided that certain committees of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives should be constantly informed of assistance furnished.