Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§8111 Authority
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 88— - NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 8111
Summary
By Executive order, the President must name federal agencies (e.g., State, Defense, Justice, Commerce, Energy, NRC) to make and enforce rules to implement this chapter and the Additional Protocol. If a named agency lacks authority for site vulnerability assessments, it is given that authority without changing existing powers.
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Title 22, §8111
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(a)The President is authorized to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter and the Additional Protocol and shall designate through Executive order which executive agency or agencies of the United States, which may include but are not limited to the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall issue or amend and enforce regulations in order to implement this chapter and the provisions of the Additional Protocol.
(b)For any executive agency designated under subsection (a) that does not currently possess the authority to conduct site vulnerability assessments and related activities, the authority provided in subsection (a) includes such authority.
(c)The authority described in subsection (b) does not supersede or otherwise modify any existing authority of any Federal department or agency already having such authority.
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22 U.S.C. § 8111
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73