§ 6305. — 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: 22USC6305]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 72--NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION
SUBCHAPTER I--SANCTIONS FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Sec. 6305. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter--
(1) the term ``foreign person'' means--
(A) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States
or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United
States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment
entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign
country or which has its principal place of business outside the
United States;
(2) the term ``goods or technology'' means--
(A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive nuclear
technology (as such terms are defined in section 3203 of this
title), all export items designated by the President pursuant to
section 2139a(c) of title 42, and all technical assistance
requiring authorization under section 2077(b) of title 42, and
(B) in the case of exports from a country other than the
United States, any goods or technology that, if exported from
the United States, would be goods or technology described in
subparagraph (A);
(3) the term ``IAEA safeguards'' means the safeguards set forth
in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic
Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the Statute of
the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(4) the term ``nuclear explosive device'' means any device,
whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce an
instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from special
nuclear material that is greater than the amount of energy that
would be released from the detonation of one pound of
trinitrotoluene (TNT);
(5) the term ``non-nuclear-weapon state'' means any country
which is not a nuclear-weapon state, as defined by Article IX (3) of
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at
Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968;
(6) the term ``special nuclear material'' has the meaning given
that term in section 2014(aa) of title 42;
(7) the term ``United States person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen of the United States or
an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States;
or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment
entity which is not a foreign person; and
(8) the term ``unsafeguarded special nuclear material'' means
special nuclear material which is held in violation of IAEA
safeguards or not subject to IAEA safeguards (excluding any quantity
of material that could, if it were exported from the United States,
be exported under a general license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission).
(Pub. L. 103-236, title VIII, Sec. 830, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 521.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original a
reference to this part, meaning part B of title VIII of Pub. L. 103-236,
which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete
classification of part B to the Code, see Effective Date note set out
under section 6301 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 262d, 2593a, 2708, 2753,
2780, 2799aa-2, 6301, 6324 of this title; title 12 section 635.
