Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§8162 Iaea Inspections and Visits

Title 22 › Chapter 88— NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION › Subchapter VI— PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES › § 8162

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who are nationals of countries the U.S. Secretary of State lists as supporting international terrorism cannot enter the United States to carry out IAEA inspections or similar safeguards activities. IAEA inspectors must always be accompanied by U.S. government personnel when inspecting U.S. sites. The President must carry out vulnerability, counterintelligence, and related assessments at least every 5 years to make sure information of direct national security significance stays protected at those inspected U.S. sites.

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Title 22, §8162

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(a)No national of a country designated by the Secretary of State under section 2371 of this title as a government supporting acts of international terrorism shall be permitted access to the United States to carry out an inspection activity under the Additional Protocol or a related safeguards agreement.

(b)IAEA inspectors shall be accompanied at all times by United States Government personnel when inspecting sites, locations, facilities, or activities in the United States under the Additional Protocol.

(c)The President shall conduct vulnerability, counterintelligence, and related assessments not less than every 5 years to ensure that information of direct national security significance remains protected at all sites, locations, facilities, and activities in the United States that are subject to IAEA inspection under the Additional Protocol.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8162

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60