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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2595d Annual Report on Comprehensive Nuclear-test-ban Treaty Sensors

Title 22 › CHAPTER 35 — ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › SUBCHAPTER V — ON-SITE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES › § 2595d

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State must send a report about sensors in the Comprehensive Nuclear‑Test‑Ban Treaty's international monitoring system no later than 90 days after December 27, 2021, and by September 1 each year after that. The report must say how many times sensors were disabled, turned off, or had technical problems, and for each event give the sensor’s location, how long it lasted, and whether the Secretary thinks the host nation deliberately caused it. Reports go to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Armed Services Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Title 22, §2595d

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(a)Requirement
Not later than 90 days after December 27, 2021, and not later than September 1 of each subsequent year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the sensors used in the international monitoring system of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Each such report shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report—
(1)the number of incidents where such sensors are disabled, turned off, or experience “technical difficulties”; and
(2)with respect to each such incident—
(A)the location of the sensor;
(B)the duration of the incident; and
(C)whether the Secretary determines there is reason to believe that the incident was a deliberate act on the part of the host nation.
(b)Appropriate congressional committees defined
In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, and not as part of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act which comprises this chapter.

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22 U.S.C. § 2595d

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110