Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 88 — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—United States Additional Protocol Implementation
§ 8151. Notification to Congress of IAEA Board approval of wide-area environmental sampling
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board of Governors of the IAEA approves wide-area environmental sampling for use as a safeguards verification tool, the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees.
Content
The notification under subsection (a) shall contain—
a description of the specific methods and sampling techniques approved by the Board of Governors that are to be employed for purposes of wide-area sampling;
a statement as to whether or not such sampling may be conducted in the United States under the Additional Protocol; and
an assessment of the ability of the approved methods and sampling techniques to detect, identify, and determine the conduct, type, and nature of nuclear activities.
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.
United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act
Pub. L. 109–401 title II § 251 · 120 Stat. 2726
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8151
(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 251, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 251, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 251. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF IAEA BOARD APPROVAL OF WIDE-AREA ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING. (a) In General.— Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board of Governors of the IAEA approves wide-area environmental sampling for use as a safeguards verification tool, the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees. (b) Content.— The notification under subsection (a) shall con- tain— (1) a description of the specific methods and sampling techniques approved by the Board of Governors that are to be employed for purposes of wide-area sampling; (2) a statement as to whether or not such sampling may be conducted in the United States under the Additional Protocol; and (3) an assessment of the ability of the approved methods and sampling techniques to detect, identify, and determine the conduct, type, and nature of nuclear activities.
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