Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2022 Purpose of participation; reports to Congress
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY PARTICIPATION › § 2022
Summary
U.S. participation in the International Atomic Energy Agency must follow the Agency's goals and the atomic energy policy in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. The President must report to Congress on IAEA activities and U.S. participation annually, and State and the Atomic Energy Commission must keep certain House and Senate energy and foreign‑affairs committees informed.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2022
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The participation of the United States in the International Atomic Energy Agency shall be consistent with and in furtherance of the purposes of the Agency set forth in its Statute and the policy concerning the development, use, and control of atomic energy set forth in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.]. The President shall, from time to time as occasion may require, but not less than once each year, make reports to the Congress on the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency and on the participation of the United States therein. In addition to any other requirements of law, the Department of State and the Atomic Energy Commission shall keep the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Foreign Relations of the Senate, as appropriate, currently informed with respect to the activities of the Agency and the participation of the United States therein.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Statute, referred to in text, is the “Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency”. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, referred to in text, is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Foreign Relations of the Senate” for “Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and exchanges and insurance generally transferred to Committee on Financial Services of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001. Termination of Reporting Requirements Pub. L. 89–348, § 1(20), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1311, repealed the following reporting requirement: “The report to the Congress by the President not less than once each year on the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency and on the participation of the United States therein (71 Stat. 453; 22 U.S.C. 2022).”
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by section 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See, also,
Transfer of Functions
notes set out under those sections. Termination of Authority Under This SectionAuthority under this section to terminate if Senate refuses its advice and consent by a formal vote to an amendment to the Statute of the Agency, see section 2026 of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2022
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73