2021 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 35 - Arms Control and Disarmament
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 2552 - Definitions
| 22 U.S.C. § 2552 (2021) |
| §2552. Definitions |
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As used in this chapter— (a) The terms "arms control" and "disarmament" mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace. (b) The term "Government agency" means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government. |
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(Pub. L. 87–297, title I, §103, formerly §3, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 631; renumbered §103 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, §1223(2), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–769, 2681–772.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, §1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: "The term 'Agency' means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency." STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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| Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 35 - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 2552 - Definitions |
| section 2552 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 75 Stat. 631 112 Stat. 2681-769 |
| Public Law 87-297, Public Law 105-277 |
