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 92 STAT. 120

PUBLIC LAW 95-242—MAR. 10, 1978

Public Law 95-242 95th Congress An Act Mar. 10, 1978 [H.R. 8638] Nuclear NonProliferation Act of 1978. 22 USC 3201 note. 22 USC 3201.

To provide for more efficient and effective control over the proliferation of nuclear explosive capability. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Arnenca in Congress a-ssembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978". STATEMENT OF POLICY

SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that the proliferation of nuclear explosive devices or of the direct capability to manufacture or otherwise acquire such devices poses a grave threat to the security interests of the United States and to continued international progress toward world peace and development. Eecent events emphasize the urgency of this threat and the imperative need to increase the effectiveness of international safeguards and controls on peaceful nuclear activities to prevent proliferation. Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States to— (a) actively pursue through international initiatives mechanisms for fuel supply assurances and the establishment of more effective international controls over the transfer and use of nuclear materials and equipment and nuclear technology for peaceful purposes in order to prevent proliferation, including the establishment of common international sanctions; (b) take such actions as are required to confirm the reliability of the United States in meeting its commitments to supply nuclear reactors and fuel to nations which adhere to effective non-proliferation policies by establishing procedures to facilitate the timely •processing of requests for subsequent arrangements and export licenses; (c) strongly encourage nations which have not ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to do so at the earliest possible date; and (d) cooperate with foreign nations in identifying and adapting suitable technologies for energy production and, in particular, to identify alternative options to nuclear power in aiding such nations to meet their energy needs, consistent with the economic and material resources of those nations and environmental protection. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

22 USC 3202.

SEC. 3. I t is the purpose of this Act to promote the policies set forth above by— (a) establishing a more effective framework for international cooperation to meet the energy needs of all nations and to ensure that the worldwide development of peaceful nuclear activities and the export by any nation of nuclear materials and equipment and nuclear technology intended for use in peaceful nuclear activities do not contribute to proliferation; (b) authorizing the United States to take such actions as are required to ensure that it will act reliably in meeting its commit-

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