50 U.S.C. § 2357: Findings

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Congress wants better coordination of U.S. work in countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union to keep weapons, weapon materials, and related knowledge away from terrorists and hostile states. U.S. programs and private spending—such as job programs for unemployed Russian weapons scientists and technicians—have helped. For that reason, Congress says a coordinating group should be set up so public and private efforts don’t clash and U.S. money is used efficiently to protect national security.

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Congress finds that—

(1)United States nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union have achieved important results in ensuring that weapons of mass destruction, weapons-usable material and technology, and weapons-related knowledge remain beyond the reach of terrorists and weapons-proliferating states;

(2)although these efforts are in the United States national security interest, the effectiveness of these efforts has suffered from a lack of coordination within and among United States Government agencies;

(3)increased spending and investment by the United States private sector on nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, specifically, spending and investment by the United States private sector in job creation initiatives and proposals for unemployed Russian Federation weapons scientists and technicians, are making an important contribution in ensuring that knowledge related to weapons of mass destruction remains beyond the reach of terrorists and weapons-proliferating states; and

(4)increased spending and investment by the United States private sector on nonproliferation efforts in the independent states of the former Soviet Union make advisable the establishment of a coordinating body to ensure that United States public and private efforts are not in conflict, and to ensure that public spending on efforts by the independent states of the former Soviet Union is maximized to ensure efficiency and further United States national security interests.

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of subtitle C (§§ 1331–1339) of title XIII of div. B of Pub. L. 107–228, which enacted this subchapter, as the “Nonproliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2002”, see section 1331 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2301 of this title.

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