§3281 Annual Presidential report to Congress on governmental efforts to prevent proliferation

Summary

The President must review what every government agency is doing to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and send a report to Congress in January 1979 and then every January after that. The report must say how the United States is doing on negotiating key non‑proliferation initiatives and international arrangements, getting non‑nuclear states to join the Treaty or to accept similar safeguards and promise not to build nuclear bombs, strengthening IAEA safeguards, and renegotiating cooperation agreements. It must explain how these steps affect U.S. policy, say why any progress has not happened, and recommend actions or laws needed to meet U.S. non‑proliferation goals. The President must also identify any partner country that has detonated a nuclear device, refused full IAEA safeguards, refused to promise not to make nuclear explosives, or carried out activities with nuclear materials that could help make weapons. The report must assess whether U.S. policies have sometimes worked against non‑proliferation, describe efforts to speed up export and cooperation approvals so suppliers can be reliable, and summarize the last year’s nuclear and dual‑use export controls, licenses, approvals, sanctions, denials, delays, waivers, and the progress of former Soviet and Baltic states toward full‑scope safeguards. In the first report, the President must also review each civil cooperation agreement negotiated under section 2153 of title 42 and discuss whether its safeguards and controls are strong enough.