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Pressler Amendment

law & sanctions. Also Section 620E(e)

A 1985 provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (section 620E(e)), named for Senator Larry Pressler, that barred US military and economic assistance to Pakistan unless the President certified each year that Pakistan did not possess a nuclear explosive device. Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush certified annually until October 1990, when no certification was made and most aid stopped. In 1995 the restriction was narrowed to military assistance.^1,2,3

Linked from 6 pages across CUPA.

Sources

1. 1 Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance (R41856). Congressional Research Service. Official
2. 2 India and Pakistan: U.S. Economic Sanctions (RS20995). Congressional Research Service (via EveryCRSReport). Official
3. 3 Pakistan Nuclear Weapons: A Chronology. Federation of American Scientists. Reference