### Question
How does FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT define defense conversion and defense transition activities in the United States?


### Answer
Under *22 U.S.C. § 5855*, **defense conversion and defense transition activities in the United States** is defined as:

> those United States Government funded programs whose primary purpose is to assist United States private sector defense workers, United States companies that manufacture or otherwise provide defense goods or services, or United States communities adversely affected by reductions in United States defense spending, such as programs funded through the Office of Economic Adjustment in the Department of Defense or through the Economic Development Administration

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 5855*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 67-FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT > SUBCHAPTER IV-NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES**

