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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83

§6158 International Agreements on Information on Radioactive Materials

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part VI— ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B— Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter 603— PROLIFERATION MATTERS › § 6158

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy may, with the Secretary of State’s agreement and coordinating with defense, homeland security, and intelligence leaders, make agreements with other countries or international organizations to get verified physical data on radioactive material at sites. That data lets experts quickly trace the source of parts or fissile material and access it after a nuclear detonation or interception or discovery.

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Title 10, §6158

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The Secretary of Energy may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, enter into agreements with countries or international organizations—
(1)to acquire for the materials information program of the Department of Energy validated information on the physical characteristics of radioactive material produced, used, or stored at various locations, in order to facilitate the ability to determine accurately and in a timely manner the source of any components of, or fissile material used or attempted to be used in, a nuclear device or weapon; and
(2)to obtain access to information described in paragraph (1) in the event of—
(A)a nuclear detonation; or
(B)the interdiction or discovery of a nuclear device or weapon or nuclear material.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 6158, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, exempted enlisted members of the Marine Corps, while on active duty, from personal arrest for debt or contract, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 7(b)(1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2573 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

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10 U.S.C. § 6158

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 18, 2026

Release point: 119-83