10 U.S.C. § 4971

1. (a)In order to meet the national security objectives in section 4811(a) of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program under which the Secretary may issue guarantees assuring a lender against losses of principal or interest, or both principal and interest, arising out of the financing of the sale or long-term lease of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services to a country referred to in subsection (b).
2. (b)The authority under subsection (a) applies with respect to the following countries:
   1. (1)A member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
   2. (2)A country designated as of March 31, 1995, as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 2350a(i)(3) of this title, as in effect on that date.
   3. (3)A country in Central Europe that, as determined by the Secretary of State—
      1. (A)has changed its form of national government from a nondemocratic form of government to a democratic form of government since October 1, 1989; or
      2. (B)is in the process of changing its form of national government from a nondemocratic form of government to a democratic form of government.
   4. (4)A noncommunist country that was a member nation of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as of October 31, 1993.
3. (c)The Secretary may guarantee a loan under this subchapter only to such extent or in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriations Acts.