§ 2552. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2552]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 35--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2552. Definitions
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.
(Pub. L. 87-297, title I, Sec. 103, formerly Sec. 3, Sept. 26, 1961, 75
Stat. 631; renumbered Sec. 103 and amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. G,
subdiv. A, title XII, Sec. 1223(2), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
769, 2681-772.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1223(2), struck out subsec.
(c) which read as follows: ``The term `Agency' means the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''
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.
