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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 88 — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—United States Additional Protocol Implementation

§ 8111. Authority

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The President is authorized to implement and carry out the provisions of this chapter and the Additional Protocol and shall designate through Executive order which executive agency or agencies of the United States, which may include but are not limited to the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall issue or amend and enforce regulations in order to implement this chapter and the provisions of the Additional Protocol.

(b)

Included authority

For any executive agency designated under subsection (a) that does not currently possess the authority to conduct site vulnerability assessments and related activities, the authority provided in subsection (a) includes such authority.

(c)

Exception

The authority described in subsection (b) does not supersede or otherwise modify any existing authority of any Federal department or agency already having such authority.

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.

  1. United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 109–401 title II § 211 · 120 Stat. 2726

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8111

    (Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 211, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2743.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 211, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2743.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 211. AUTHORITY. (a) In General.— The President is authorized to implement and carry out the provisions of this title and the Additional Protocol and shall designate through Executive order which executive agency or agencies of the United States, which may include but are not limited to the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, shall issue or amend and enforce regulations in order to implement this title and the provisions of the Additional Protocol. (b) Included Authority.— For any executive agency designated under subsection (a) that does not currently possess the authority to conduct site vulnerability assessments and related activities, the authority provided in subsection (a) includes such authority. (c) Exception.— The authority described in subsection (b) does not supersede or otherwise modify any existing authority of any Federal department or agency already having such authority.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 211, , 120 Stat. 2743.)

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