Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 35 — Arms Control and Disarmament
§ 2552. Definitions
Statutory text
As used in this chapter—
The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.
The term “Government agency” means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 87–297 title I § 103 · 75 Stat. 631
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2552
Pub. L. 87–297, title I, § 103, formerly § 3, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 631
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 87–297, title I, § 103, formerly § 3, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 631Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. definitions As used in this Act— (a) The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of inter-national control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace. (b) The term “Government agency” means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government. (c) The term “Agency” means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.Pub. L. 105–277 § 1223(2) · 112 Stat. 2681
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 2552(c)
Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective , see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.
Credits
1961–1998 · 2 acts
- 1961Pub. L. 87–297, title I, § 103, formerly § 3, , 75 Stat. 631
- 1998renumbered § 103 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(2), (21), , 112 Stat. 2681–769, 2681–772.
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(Pub. L. 87–297, title I, § 103, formerly § 3, , 75 Stat. 631; renumbered § 103 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(2), (21), , 112 Stat. 2681–769, 2681–772.)