§3281 Annual Presidential Report to Congress on Governmental Efforts to Prevent Proliferation

Summary

The President must review all government work to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and send a report to Congress in January 1979 and every January after that. The report must say how the United States is doing on key goals: negotiating proposed nonproliferation measures and international arrangements, getting non-nuclear countries to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or similar safeguards and to promise not to make nuclear bombs, strengthening IAEA safeguards, and renegotiating cooperation agreements. The President must explain how these steps affect U.S. nonproliferation policy, say why any item has not moved forward, recommend actions (including any needed law changes), and name any partner countries that have detonated a device, rejected IAEA safeguards, refused assurances not to build weapons, or done nuclear activities important for making weapons. The report must also say if any U.S. policies have hurt nonproliferation goals and describe progress on speeding up approvals for reactor and fuel supplies to responsible countries. The report must describe how nuclear and dual‑use export controls were carried out in the past year, summarize relevant licenses, retransfers, authorizations, and any sanctions or waivers, and report on safeguards progress in certain former Soviet and Baltic states. Some details may be submitted as classified or confidential. In the first report, the President must also review each civil cooperation agreement and discuss whether its safeguards and controls are strong enough.