---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4401"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4401"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4401"
units:
  - "Chapter 54 — Private Organization Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — The Asia Foundation"
---

# §4401. Findings


The Congress finds that—

- (1) The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6), a private nonprofit [corporation](/usc/22/7702.md?p=6) incorporated in 1954 in the State of California, has long been active in promoting Asian-American friendship and cooperation and in lending encouragement and assistance to Asians in their own efforts to develop more open, more just, and more democratic societies;
- (2) The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6)’s commitment to strengthening indigenous Asian institutions which further stable national development, constructive social change, equitable economic growth, and cooperative international relationships is fully consistent with and supportive of long-term [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) interests in Asia;
- (3) The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6), as a private organization, is able to conduct [programs](/usc/22/3383.md?p=6) in response to Asian initiatives that would be difficult or impossible for an official [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) instrumentality, and it is in a position in Asia to respond quickly and flexibly to meet new opportunities;
- (4) in recognition of the valuable contributions of The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6) to long-range [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) [foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) policy interests, the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Government has, through a variety of agencies, provided financial support for The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6); and
- (5) it is in the interest of the [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1), and the further strengthening of Asian-American friendship and cooperation, to establish a more permanent mechanism for [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) Government financial support for the ongoing activities of The Asia [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6), while preserving the independent character of the [Foundation](/usc/22/10601.md?p=6).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–164, title IV, § 402, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1038.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 98–164, title IV, § 401, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1038, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as ‘The Asia Foundation Act’.”

For short title of title V of Pub. L. 98–164, which enacted subchapter II of this chapter, as the “National Endowment for Democracy Act”, see section 501 of Pub. L. 98–164, set out as a Short Title note under section 4411 of this title.