2018 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 42 - Atomic Energy Defense Provisions
Subchapter III - Proliferation Matters
Sec. 2570 - Silk Road Initiative
| 50 U.S.C. § 2570 (2018) |
| §2570. Silk Road Initiative |
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(a) Program authorized
(1) The Secretary of Energy may carry out a program, to be known as the Silk Road Initiative, to promote non-weapons-related employment opportunities for scientists, engineers, and technicians formerly engaged in activities to develop and produce weapons of mass destruction in Silk Road nations. The program should— (A) incorporate best practices under the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program; and (B) facilitate commercial partnerships between private entities in the United States and scientists, engineers, and technicians in the Silk Road nations. (2) Before implementing the program with respect to multiple Silk Road nations, the Secretary of Energy shall carry out a pilot program with respect to one Silk Road nation selected by the Secretary. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should select the Republic of Georgia. (b) Silk Road nations definedIn this section, the Silk Road nations are Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. (c) FundingOf the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for nonproliferation and international security for fiscal year 2005, up to $10,000,000 may be used to carry out this section. |
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(Pub. L. 108–375, div. C, title XXXI, §3133, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2168.) |
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CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Defense Act which comprises this chapter. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
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| Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS SUBCHAPTER III - PROLIFERATION MATTERS Sec. 2570 - Silk Road Initiative |
| section 2570 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 118 Stat. 2168 |
| Public Law 108-375 |
