---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2349aa–1"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2349aa–1"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2349aa-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Military Assistance and Sales"
  - "Part VIII — Antiterrorism Assistance"
---

# §2349aa–1. Purposes


Activities conducted under this part shall be designed—

- (1) to enhance the antiterrorism skills of friendly countries by providing training and equipment to deter and counter terrorism;
- (2) to strengthen the bilateral ties of the United States with friendly governments by offering concrete assistance in this area of great mutual concern; and
- (3) to increase respect for human rights by sharing with foreign civil authorities modern, humane, and effective antiterrorism techniques.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. II, § 572, as added Pub. L. 98–151, § 101(b)(2), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 972.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 572 of Pub. L. 87–195 is based on section 201 of title II of H.R. 2992, Ninety-eighth Congress, as reported May 17, 1983, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 98–151.

### Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.