§2352 National Security Council Committee on Nonproliferation

Summary

Creates a Nonproliferation Committee inside the National Security Council. It includes representatives from the State and Defense Departments, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Attorney General, the Energy Department, the FEMA Administrator, the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and others the President names. The National Coordinator for Nonproliferation Matters must lead the Committee. The Committee must review and coordinate federal programs and policies to stop the spread of nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weapons and the materials or technology used to make them, including links to terrorism and international organized crime. It must give the President recommendations on national policies, ways to align agency budgets, how federal, state, and local governments can prepare for and respond to incidents, and how to improve cooperation on preventing smuggling, law enforcement, countering organized crime, protecting dangerous materials and technology, coordinating intelligence and agencies, strengthening export controls, and reducing proliferation.