---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2349bb–5"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2349bb–5"
heading: "Proliferation interdiction assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2349bb-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter II — Military Assistance and Sales"
  - "Part IX — Nonproliferation and Export Control Assistance"
---

# §2349bb–5. Proliferation interdiction assistance


Consistent with [section 2349bb–2 of this title](/usc/22/2349bb–2.md), the President is authorized to provide assistance to friendly [foreign countries](/usc/22/2321c.md?p=2) for proliferation detection and interdiction activities and for developing complementary capabilities.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–472, § 10(a), Jan. 11, 2007, 120 Stat. 3557.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorities Act of 2006, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.