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Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSEChapter 88 - NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY-UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION
Subchapter V - ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING
Section 8151 - Notification to Congress of IAEA Board approval of wide-area environmental sampling

22 U.S.C. § 8151

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 8151 - Notification to Congress of IAEA Board approval of wide-area environmental sampling
(a) In general

Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Board of Governors of the IAEA approves wide-area environmental sampling for use as a safeguards verification tool, the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees.

(b) Content

The notification under subsection (a) shall contain-

(1) a description of the specific methods and sampling techniques approved by the Board of Governors that are to be employed for purposes of wide-area sampling;
(2) a statement as to whether or not such sampling may be conducted in the United States under the Additional Protocol; and
(3) an assessment of the ability of the approved methods and sampling techniques to detect, identify, and determine the conduct, type, and nature of nuclear activities.

22 U.S.C. § 8151

Pub. L. 109-401, title II, §251, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2749.
IAEA
The term "IAEA" means the International Atomic Energy Agency.
appropriate congressional committees
The term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on Science, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.