Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 41 — National Nuclear Security Administration
§ 2405. Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Statutory text
In general
There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Duties
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe, including the following:
Preventing the spread of materials, technology, and expertise relating to weapons of mass destruction.
Detecting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide.
Eliminating inventories of surplus fissile materials usable for nuclear weapons.
Providing for international nuclear safety.
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. 106–65 div. C title XXXII § 3215 · 113 Stat. 512
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 2405
(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3215, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 959.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3215, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 959.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3215. DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEFENSE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION. (a) In General.— There is in the Administration a Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) Duties.— Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Administrator may prescribe, including the following: (1) Preventing the spread of materials, technology, and expertise relating to weapons of mass destruction. (2) Detecting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction worldwide. (3) Eliminating inventories of surplus fissile materials usable for nuclear weapons. (4) Providing for international nuclear safety.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 3299 of Pub. L. 106–65, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXII, § 3215, , 113 Stat. 959.)