Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8152 Application of National Security Exclusion to Wide-area Environmental Sampling

Title 22 › Chapter 88— NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter V— ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING › § 8152

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not let the IAEA do wide-area environmental sampling at a named U.S. site under Article 9 unless the President tells the appropriate congressional committees that (1) the sampling is needed to help the IAEA detect undeclared nuclear activity in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party; (2) the sampling will not give the IAEA access to locations, activities, or information of direct national security significance; and (3) the United States either had a chance to consult if the IAEA requested such access or the United States itself requested the access under Article 8.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §8152

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In accordance with Article 1(b) of the Additional Protocol, the United States shall not permit any wide-area environmental sampling proposed by the IAEA to be conducted at a specified location in the United States under Article 9 of the Additional Protocol unless the President has determined and reported to the appropriate congressional committees with respect to that proposed use of environmental sampling that—

(1)the proposed use of wide-area environmental sampling is necessary to increase the capability of the IAEA to detect undeclared nuclear activities in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party;

(2)the proposed use of wide-area environmental sampling will not result in access by the IAEA to locations, activities, or information of direct national security significance; and

(3)the United States—

(A)has been provided sufficient opportunity for consultation with the IAEA if the IAEA has requested complementary access involving wide-area environmental sampling; or

(B)has requested under Article 8 of the Additional Protocol that the IAEA engage in complementary access in the United States that involves the use of wide-area environmental sampling.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8152

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60