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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2778a Exportation of uranium depleted in the isotope 235

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MILITARY EXPORT CONTROLS › § 2778a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If uranium that has less of the U-235 isotope is put into military items only because it is very dense or because it burns on its own (pyrophoric), and not because of its radioactivity, then those exports do not have to follow the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Act of 1978. That exception applies only when the export is already controlled under the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2778a

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Upon a finding that an export of uranium depleted in the isotope 235 is incorporated in defense articles or commodities solely to take advantage of high density or pyrophoric characteristics unrelated to its radioactivity, such exports shall be exempt from the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.] and of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 [22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.] when such exports are subject to the controls established under the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] or the Export Administration Act of 1979.

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The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 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

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note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 95–242, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 120, which is classified principally to chapter 47 (§ 3201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 3201 of this title and Tables. The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, which is classified principally to this chapter (§ 2751 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables. The Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96–72, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 503, which was classified principally to chapter 56 (§ 4601 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232, except for section 11A, 11B, and 11C thereof (50 U.S.C. 4611, 4612, 4613). Codification Section was enacted as part of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, and not as part of the Arms Export Control Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2778a

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73