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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§3241 Congressional Declaration of Policy

Title 22 › CHAPTER 47 — NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION › SUBCHAPTER II — UNITED STATES INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM › § 3241

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States will work with other countries to strengthen the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It will give money, technical help, and other support so the IAEA can run a strong, global safeguards system. The U.S. wants the IAEA to have the resources called for under Article XII. It seeks improvements so the IAEA can quickly detect any possible diversion of nuclear material, promptly tell the world, and carry out agreed international steps if diversion appears. It also wants the IAEA to get needed data on time and, when allowed by its rules, to give supplier countries information that shows agreements between suppliers and recipients are being kept.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3241

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3241

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102