22 U.S.C. § 6304: Reporting on demarches

Summary

Congress says the Department of State should add a short summary to its reports about formal messages the United States has sent or received from other countries about actions that matter for preventing the spread of nuclear materials or weapons. A "demarche" is an official written or spoken message one government sends to another. It can say it is worried about past, present, or possible future acts that could spread unsafeguarded special nuclear material or nuclear explosive devices, ask the other government to counter those acts, or do both.

Title 22, §6304

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(1)It is the sense of the Congress that the Department of State should, in the course of implementing its reporting responsibilities under section 3282(c) of this title, include a summary of demarches that the United States has issued or received from foreign governments with respect to activities which are of significance from the proliferation standpoint.

(2)For purposes of this section, the term “demarche” means any official communication by one government to another, by written or oral means, intended by the originating government to express—

(A)a concern over a past, present, or possible future action or activity of the recipient government, or of a person within the jurisdiction of that government, contributing to the global spread of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or of nuclear explosive devices;

(B)a request for the recipient government to counter such action or activity; or

(C)both the concern and request described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

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Effective Date

Section effective 60 days after Apr. 30, 1994, see section 831 of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§6304 Reporting on Demarches

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Title 22, §6304

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