§ 3244. — Actions to combat international nuclear terrorism.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3244]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 47--NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
SUBCHAPTER II--UNITED STATES INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL
SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM
Sec. 3244. Actions to combat international nuclear terrorism
(a) Actions to be taken by President
The Congress hereby directs the President--
(1) to seek universal adherence to the Convention on the
Physical Protection of Nuclear Material;
(2) to--
(A) conduct a review, enlisting the participation of all
relevant departments and agencies of the Government, to
determine whether the recommendations on Physical Protection of
Nuclear Material published by the International Atomic Energy
Agency are adequate to deter theft, sabotage, and the use of
nuclear facilities and materials in acts of international
terrorism, and
(B) transmit the results of this review to the Director-
General of the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(3) to take, in concert with United States allies and other
countries, such steps as may be necessary--
(A) to keep to a minimum the amount of weapons-grade nuclear
material in international transit, and
(B) to ensure that when any such material is transported
internationally, it is under the most effective means for
adequately protecting it from acts or attempted acts of sabotage
or theft by terrorist groups or nations; and
(4) to seek agreement in the United Nations Security Council to
establish--
(A) an effective regime of international sanctions against
any nation or subnational group which conducts or sponsors acts
of international nuclear terrorism, and
(B) measures for coordinating responses to all acts of
international nuclear terrorism, including measures for the
recovery of stolen nuclear material and the clean-up of nuclear
releases.
(b) Reports to Congress
The President shall report to the Congress annually, in the reports
required by section 3281 of this title, on the progress made during the
preceding year in achieving the objectives described in this section.
(Pub. L. 99-399, title VI, Sec. 601, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 874.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and
Antiterrorism Act of 1986, and not as part of the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Act of 1978 which comprises this chapter.
