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

Summary

The President must review what all federal agencies do 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 U.S. is doing on key nonproliferation talks and international arrangements; efforts to get non-nuclear states to join the Treaty or accept similar safeguards and to prevent nuclear exports to those who do not; steps to strengthen IAEA safeguards; and efforts to renegotiate cooperation agreements. The President must also explain how this progress affects U.S. policy, say why any items have not moved forward, recommend actions to encourage progress (including any needed changes in law), and identify any partner countries that have detonated a device, refused full IAEA safeguards, refused to promise not to build nuclear weapons, or taken nuclear-related steps that matter for making weapons. The report must assess if U.S. policies have backfired, describe work to speed up processing of export and supply requests for reactors and fuel, and summarize last year’s nuclear and dual-use export controls by type of item and destination. That summary must cover licenses and approvals for exports, retransfers, and production authorizations; every case where sanctions, denials, delays, or waivers were applied; and progress by former Soviet non-nuclear states and the Baltic states toward full-scope safeguards. In the first report, the President must also review each civil cooperation agreement negotiated under the law and say whether its safeguards and controls are adequate.