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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 32 — Chemical and Biological Warfare Program

§ 1526. Effective use of resources for nonproliferation programs

Statutory text

(a)

Prohibition

Except as provided in subsection (b), no assistance may be provided by the United States Government to any person who is involved in the research, development, design, testing, or evaluation of chemical or biological weapons for offensive purposes.

(b)

Exception

The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply to any activity conducted pursuant to title V of the National Security Act of 1947 [50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.].

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. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

    Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(7)(dB)(tXI)(s1132) · 113 Stat. 1501

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 1526

    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, § 1132], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–493).

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, § 1132], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–493).

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The National Security Act of 1947, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, which was formerly classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 401 et seq.) of this title, prior to editorial reclassification in chapter 44 (§ 3001 et seq.) of this title. Title V of the Act is now classified generally to subchapter III (§ 3091 et seq.) of chapter 44 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1999, and also as part of the Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Security Assistance Act of 1999, and the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years, 2000 and 2001, and not as part of Pub. L. 91–121, title IV, § 409, , 83 Stat. 209, which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, § 1132], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–493).

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