Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8161 Protection of Certain Information

Title 22 › Chapter 88— NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter VI— PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES › § 8161

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Any current or former Department of Defense or Department of Energy site that is directly important to national security must not be declared or opened to inspection by the IAEA under the Additional Protocol. Information about such sites that is directly important to national security also must not be shared under the Additional Protocol. The United States will not give the IAEA or its staff restricted nuclear data covered by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), including “Restricted Data” as defined in paragraph (1) of section 11 y. (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)), or any national security or other classified information.

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Title 22, §8161

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(a)No current or former Department of Defense or Department of Energy location, site, or facility of direct national security significance shall be declared or be subject to IAEA inspection under the Additional Protocol.
(b)No information of direct national security significance regarding any location, site, or facility associated with activities of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy shall be provided under the Additional Protocol.
(c)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit the communication or disclosure to the IAEA or IAEA employees of restricted data controlled by the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), including in particular “Restricted Data” as defined under paragraph (1) of section 11 y. of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2014(y)).
(d)Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit the communication or disclosure to the IAEA or IAEA employees of national security information and other classified information.

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The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (c), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables. This Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 109–401, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2726, which enacted this chapter and chapter 87 (§ 8001 et seq.) of this title and amended section 2652c of this title and section 2153 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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22 U.S.C. § 8161

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

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Apr 5, 2026

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