---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 5473"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "5473"
heading: "Report on environmental problems in Poland and Hungary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/5473"
units:
  - "Chapter 63 — Support for East European Democracy (seed)"
  - "Subchapter VI — Reports to Congress"
---

# §5473. Report on environmental problems in Poland and Hungary


The first report submitted pursuant to [section 5474 of this title](/usc/22/5474.md) shall include the following:

- (1) **Assessment of problems—** An overall assessment of the environmental problems facing Poland and Hungary, including—
  - (A) a relative ranking of the severity of the problems and their effects on both human health and the general environment;
  - (B) a listing of the geographical areas of each country that have suffered the heaviest environmental damage, and a description of the source and scope of the damage; and
  - (C) an assessment of the environmental performance of leading industrial polluters in those countries and the expected effect on pollution levels of industrial modernization.
- (2) **Priorities and costs for action—** An analysis of the priorities that Poland and Hungary should each assign in addressing its environmental problems, and an estimate of the capital and human resources required to undertake a comprehensive program of environmental protection in that country.
- (3) **Role of United States and multilateral assistance—** A statement of strategy for United States assistance for the next 5 years to address environmental problems in Poland and Hungary, including—
  - (A) recommendations for appropriate levels and forms of bilateral financial and technical assistance;
  - (B) recommendations concerning United States participation in cooperative multilateral undertakings;
  - (C) an assessment of the feasibility of debt-for-nature swaps as a technique of environmental protection in each country; and
  - (D) recommendations for minimizing further environmental damage to Krakow, and for the protection and restoration of historic sites in that city.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–179, title VII, § 703, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1321.)