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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§2552 Definitions

Title 22 › CHAPTER 35 — ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2552

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines two key terms used in the chapter. "Arms control" and "disarmament" mean actions under international agreements to identify, verify, inspect, limit, reduce, or remove armed forces and weapons, and to set up international controls or organizations to help keep the peace. "Government agency" means any part of the executive branch—departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, offices, officers, authorities, administrations—or any corporation owned wholly or partly by the United States.

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Title 22, §2552

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

As used in this chapter—
(a)The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.
(b)The term “Government agency” means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 6511 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2552

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102