2012 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 40 - DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (§§ 2301 - 2371)
Subchapter V - MISCELLANEOUS (§§ 2361 - 2371)
Section 2365 - Sense of Congress concerning purchase, packaging, and transportation of fissile materials at risk of theft
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 40 - DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SUBCHAPTER V - MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 2365 - Sense of Congress concerning purchase, packaging, and transportation of fissile materials at risk of theft |
| Contains | section 2365 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, §1455, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2731. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 2731 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-201 |
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It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State should purchase, package, and transport to secure locations weapons-grade nuclear materials from a stockpile of such materials if such officials determine that—
(A) there is a significant risk of theft of such materials; and
(B) there is no reasonable and economically feasible alternative for securing such materials; and
(2) if it is necessary to do so in order to secure the materials, the materials should be imported into the United States, subject to the laws and regulations that are applicable to the importation of such materials into the United States.
(Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, §1455, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2731.)
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