2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 23 - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY (§§ 2011 - 2297h-13)
Division A - Atomic Energy (§§ 2011 - 2296b-7)
Subchapter X - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (§§ 2151 - 2160d)
Section 2160c - Consultation with Department of Defense concerning certain exports and subsequent arrangements
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 23 - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY Division A - Atomic Energy SUBCHAPTER X - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES Sec. 2160c - Consultation with Department of Defense concerning certain exports and subsequent arrangements |
Contains | section 2160c |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §133, as added Pub. L. 99-399, title VI, §603, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 875; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, §902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; amended Pub. L. 103-236, title VIII, §829, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 521. |
Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 875 106 Stat. 2944 108 Stat. 521 |
Public Law References | Public Law 99-399, Public Law 102-486, Public Law 103-236 |
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(a) In addition to other applicable requirements—
(1) a license may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this chapter for the export of special nuclear material described in subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) approval may be granted by the Secretary of Energy under section 2160 of this title for the transfer of special nuclear material described in subsection (b) of this section;
only after the Secretary of Defense has been consulted on whether the physical protection of that material during the export or transfer will be adequate to deter theft, sabotage, and other acts of international terrorism which would result in the diversion of that material. If, in the view of the Secretary of Defense based on all available intelligence information, the export or transfer might be subject to a genuine terrorist threat, the Secretary shall provide to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, his written assessment of the risk and a description of the actions the Secretary of Defense considers necessary to upgrade physical protection measures.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies to the export or transfer of more than 2 kilograms of plutonium or more than 5 kilograms of uranium enriched to more than 20 percent in the isotope 233 or the isotope 235.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §133, as added Pub. L. 99–399, title VI, §603, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 875; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, §902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; amended Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, §829, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 521.)
Amendments1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–236 substituted “5 kilograms” for “20 kilograms”.
Effective Date of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–236 effective 60 days after Apr. 30, 1994, see section 831 of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6301 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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