Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8007 United States-india Scientific Cooperative Nuclear Nonproliferation Program

Title 22 › Chapter 87— UNITED STATES AND INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION › § 8007

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy, through the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, may create a joint U.S.-India science program to advance nuclear nonproliferation goals, with a special focus on safeguards and research and development. The program must be planned with the Secretaries of State and Defense. The Secretary must make an agreement with the National Academies so experts send yearly recommendations on research priorities and yearly assessments of whether the program is meeting its goals. Those reports must be made public. All U.S. work under the program must follow the United States’ obligations under the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty. Congress authorized whatever money is needed to run the program for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §8007

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(a)The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, is authorized to establish a cooperative nuclear nonproliferation program to pursue jointly with scientists from the United States and India a program to further common nuclear nonproliferation goals, including scientific research and development efforts, with an emphasis on nuclear safeguards (in this section referred to as “the program”).

(b)The program shall be carried out in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.

(c)(1)The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies to develop recommendations for the implementation of the program.

(2)The agreement entered into under paragraph (1) shall provide for the preparation by qualified individuals with relevant expertise and knowledge and the communication to the Secretary of Energy each fiscal year of—

(A)recommendations for research and related programs designed to overcome existing technological barriers to nuclear nonproliferation; and

(B)an assessment of whether activities and programs funded under this section are achieving the goals of the activities and programs.

(3)The recommendations and assessments prepared under this subsection shall be made publicly available.

(d)All United States activities related to the program shall be consistent with United States obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

(e)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

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22 U.S.C. § 8007

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60