H.R. 3000 · 103rd Congress · enacted
FRIENDSHIP Act
Became Public Law No: 103-199.
Latest official action 1993-12-17 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Policy of Friendship and Cooperation Title II: Trade and Business Relations Title III: Cultural, Educational, and Other Exchange Programs Title IV: Arms Control Title V: Diplomatic Relations Title VI: Oceans and the Environment Title VII: Regional and General Diplomatic Issues Title VIII: Internal Security; Worldwide Communist Conspiracy Title IX: Miscellaneous Act for Reform in Emerging New Democracies and Support and Help for Improved Partnership with Russia, Ukraine, and Other New Independent States or the Friendship Act - Title I: Policy of Friendship and Cooperation - Affirms that certain existing statutory provisions that impose limitations on the Soviet Union or utilize language that reflect the tension that existed between the Soviet Union and the United States should not be construed as being directed against the independent states of the former Soviet Union, connoting an adversarial relationship between the United States and these states, or implying unfriendliness toward such states. Title II: Trade and Business Relations - Amends the Federal criminal code to consider persons engaged in legal commercial transactions as agents of Cuba or any other country determined by the President to pose a threat to national security interests to be foreign agents subject to notification requirements. (Current law considers agents of the Soviet Union, t…
Congressional Research Service · 1993-10-15
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