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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 40 — Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction

§ 2345. Export control programs

Statutory text

(a)

Authority to pursue options for strengthening export control programs

The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may pursue in the region of the former Soviet Union and other regions of concern options for accelerating programs that assist the countries in such regions in improving their domestic export control programs for materials, technologies, and expertise relevant to the construction or use of a nuclear or radiological dispersal device.

(b)

Amount for activities

Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) 1 for the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation, up to $5,000,000 may be available for carrying out this section.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. Pub. L. 107–314 div. C title XXXI § 3159 · 116 Stat. 2458

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 2345

    (Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXI, § 3159, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2741.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXI, § 3159, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2741.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 3159. EXPORT CONTROL PROGRAMS. (a) Authority to Pursue Options for Strengthening Export Control Programs.— The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may pursue in the region of the former Soviet Union and other regions of concern options for accelerating programs that assist the countries in such regions in improving their domestic export control programs for materials, technologies, and expertise relevant to the construction or use of a nuclear or radiological dispersal device. (b) Amount for Activities.— Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3101(a)(2) for the Department of Energy for the National Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear nonproliferation, up to $5,000,000 may be available for carrying out this section.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 3101(a)(2), referred to in subsec. (b), is section 3101(a)(2) of Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXI, , 116 Stat. 2729, which is not classified to the Code.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXI, § 3159, , 116 Stat. 2741.)

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