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[CITE: 22USC2576]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                CHAPTER 35--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 2576. Arms control information

    In order to assist the Secretary of State in the performance of his 
duties with respect to arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament 
policy and negotiations, any Government agency preparing any legislative 
or budgetary proposal for--
        (1) any program of research, development, testing, engineering, 
    construction, deployment, or modernization with respect to nuclear 
    armaments, nuclear implements of war, military facilities or 
    military vehicles designed or intended primarily for the delivery of 
    nuclear weapons,
        (2) any program of research, development, testing, engineering, 
    construction, deployment, or modernization with respect to 
    armaments, ammunition, implements of war, or military facilities, 
    having--
            (A) an estimated total program cost in excess of 
        $250,000,000, or
            (B) an estimated annual program cost in excess of 
        $50,000,000, or

        (3) any other program involving technology with potential 
    military application or weapons systems which such Government agency 
    or the Secretary of State believes may have a significant impact on 
    arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament policy or 
    negotiations,

shall, on a continuing basis, provide the Secretary of State with full 
and timely access to detailed information with respect to the nature, 
scope, and purpose of such proposal.

(Pub. L. 87-297, title III, Sec. 305, formerly Sec. 36, as added Pub. L. 
94-141, title I, Sec. 146, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 758; amended Pub. L. 
95-338, Sec. 1, Aug. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 458; Pub. L. 103-236, title VII, 
Secs. 704(1), 719(e), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 492, 501; renumbered 
Sec. 305 and amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, 
Sec. 1223(10), (21), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-770, 2681-772.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1223(10), substituted ``Secretary of 
State'' for ``Director'' wherever appearing and, in concluding 
provisions, struck out ``, in accordance with the procedures established 
pursuant to section 2575 of this title,'' after ``detailed 
information''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-236, Sec. 719(e), substituted ``information'' for 
``impact information and analysis'' in section catchline, redesignated 
subsec. (a) as entire section, and inserted ``, nonproliferation,'' 
after ``arms control'' in introductory provisions and par. (3).
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103-236, Sec. 704(1), struck out subsec. 
(b) which required the Director to assess and analyze certain 
legislative and budgetary proposals with respect to their impact on arms 
control and disarmament policy and negotiations and subsec. (c) which 
prohibited courts from compelling performance of any requirement under 
this section.
    1978--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 95-338, Sec. 1(1), substituted 
``technology with potential military application or weapons systems'' 
for ``weapons systems or technology''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 95-338, Sec. 1(2), inserted provisions 
requiring requests to be transmitted either as an individual program or 
as an aggregation of related programs, and classification requirements 
for transmitted statements.


                    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.
