### Question
How is the term defense conversion and defense transition activities in the United States defined?


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

> 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, through the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (as authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.]), 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**

