§3241 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The United States must support the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and work with other countries to strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its safeguards so they stop the spread of nuclear weapons. To do that, the United States will give money, technical help, and other support to the IAEA; make sure the IAEA has the resources to carry out Article XII of its Statute; improve the IAEA’s safeguards so it can quickly detect, report, and act on any diversion of source or special nuclear materials that could make weapons; make sure the IAEA gets needed data quickly and warns the world about violations; and encourage the IAEA, as the Statute allows, to share information suppliers need to confirm that supply agreements are being kept.

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The United States is committed to continued strong support for the principles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to a strengthened and more effective International Atomic Energy Agency and to a comprehensive safeguards system administered by the Agency to deter proliferation. Accordingly, the United States shall seek to act with other nations to—

(a)continue to strengthen the safeguards program of the IAEA and, in order to implement this section, contribute funds, technical resources, and other support to assist the IAEA in effectively implementing safeguards;

(b)ensure that the IAEA has the resources to carry out the provisions of Article XII of the Statute of the IAEA;

(c)improve the IAEA safeguards system (including accountability) to ensure—

(1)the timely detection of a possible diversion of source or special nuclear materials which could be used for nuclear explosive devices;

(2)the timely dissemination of information regarding such diversion; and

(3)the timely implementation of internationally agreed procedures in the event of such diversion;

(d)ensure that the IAEA receives on a timely basis the data needed for it to administer an effective and comprehensive international safeguards program and that the IAEA provides timely notice to the world community of any evidence of a violation of any safeguards agreement to which it is a party; and

(e)encourage the IAEA, to the maximum degree consistent with the Statute, to provide nations which supply nuclear materials and equipment with the data needed to assure such nations of adherence to bilateral commitments applicable to such supply.

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Effective Date

Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing

Regulations

, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95–242, set out as a note under section 3201 of this title.

§3241 Congressional Declaration of Policy

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