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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2797b–1 Notification of Admittance of Mtcr Adherents

Title 22 › Chapter 39— ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › Subchapter VII— CONTROL OF MISSILES AND MISSILE EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY › § 2797b–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the United States makes a country an MTCR adherent, the President must quickly send Congress a report saying why that decision was made and giving an evaluation of the country’s nonproliferation policies, practices, and commitments. That report must also include any written agreements or understandings with the United States about the country’s terms of adherence. At the same time, the Director of Central Intelligence must promptly give Congress a separate report with any credible information that the country engaged in activities listed in section 2797b(a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) during the previous two years.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2797b–1

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Following any action by the United States that results in a country becoming a MTCR adherent, the President shall transmit promptly to the Congress a report which describes the rationale for such action, together with an assessment of that country’s nonproliferation policies, practices, and commitments. Such report shall also include the text of any agreements or understandings between the United States and such country regarding the terms and conditions of the country’s adherence to the MTCR.
(b)At such times that a report is transmitted pursuant to subsection (a), the Director of Central Intelligence shall promptly prepare and submit to the Congress a separate report containing any credible information indicating that the country described in subsection (a) has engaged in any activity identified under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 2797b(a)(1) of this title within the previous two years.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–113 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the intelligence community deemed to be a reference to the Director of National Intelligence. Reference to the Director of Central Intelligence or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Director’s capacity as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. See section 1081(a), (b) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out as a note under section 3001 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of State by Memorandum of President of the United States, July 26, 1994, 59 F.R. 40205, set out as a note under section 2370a of this title.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2797b–1

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60