Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§2153d Authority to Continue Agreements for Cooperation Entered Into Prior to March 10, 1978

Title 42 › CHAPTER 23 — DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER X — INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES › § 2153d

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Cooperation under any agreement made before March 10, 1978 can keep going even though this Act changes the law. The Act also does not stop putting dispute‑settlement clauses, including arbitration, into any cooperation agreement.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §2153d

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(a)The amendments to section 2153 of this title made by this Act shall not affect the authority to continue cooperation pursuant to agreements for cooperation entered into prior to March 10, 1978.

(b)Nothing in this Act shall affect the authority to include dispute settlement provisions, including arbitration, in any agreement made pursuant to an Agreement for Cooperation.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, Pub. L. 95–242, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 120, which is classified principally to chapter 47 (§ 3201 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 3201 of Title 22 and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing

Regulations

, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95–242, set out as a note under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 2153d

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102