Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2595c Definitions
Title 22 › CHAPTER 35 — ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ON-SITE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES › § 2595c
Summary
Defines four terms. INF Treaty (1987) is the U.S.–USSR agreement that ended certain intermediate and shorter‑range missiles; OSIA is the President’s on‑site inspection agency for that treaty; Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (1976) covers underground peaceful nuclear blasts; Threshold Test Ban Treaty (1974) limits underground nuclear tests.
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Title 22, §2595c
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As used in this subchapter—
(1)the term “INF Treaty” means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (signed at Washington, December 8, 1987);
(2)the term “OSIA” means the On-Site Inspection Agency established by the President, or such other agency as may be designated by the President to carry out the on-site inspection provisions of the INF Treaty;
(3)the term “Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty” means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (signed at Washington and Moscow, May 28, 1976); and
(4)the term “Threshold Test Ban Treaty” means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapons Tests (signed at Moscow, July 3, 1974).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(20), inserted “of America” after “United States”. 1991—Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 102–228, § 402(a)(2), added pars. (3) and (4).
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. § 2595c
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102