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[CITE: 22USC3282]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                  CHAPTER 47--NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--EXECUTIVE REPORTING
 
Sec. 3282. Reports by departments and agencies


(a) Reports by Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy

    The annual reports to the Congress by the Commission and the 
Department of Energy which are otherwise required by law shall also 
include views and recommendations regarding the policies and actions of 
the United States to prevent proliferation which are the statutory 
responsibility of those agencies. The Department's report shall include 
a detailed analysis of the proliferation implications of advanced 
enrichment and reprocessing techniques, advanced reactors, and 
alternative nuclear fuel cycles. This part of the report shall include a 
comprehensive version which includes any relevant classified information 
and a summary unclassified version.

(b) Additional reporting requirements

    The reporting requirements of this subchapter are in addition to and 
not in lieu of any other reporting requirements under applicable law.

(c) Committees on Foreign Relations and Governmental Affairs of Senate 
        and Committee on International Relations of House of 
        Representatives to be kept informed

    (1) The Department of State, the Department of Defense, the 
Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Commission, and, 
with regard to subparagraph (B), the Director of Central Intelligence, 
shall keep the Committees on Foreign Relations and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to--
        (A) their activities to carry out the purposes and policies of 
    this chapter and to otherwise prevent proliferation, including the 
    proliferation of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, or their 
    means of delivery; and
        (B) the current activities of foreign nations which are of 
    significance from the proliferation standpoint.

    (2) For the purposes of this subsection with respect to paragraph 
(1)(B), the phrase ``fully and currently informed'' means the 
transmittal of credible information not later than 60 days after 
becoming aware of the activity concerned.

(d) Classified portions of reports

    Any classified portions of the reports required by this chapter 
shall be submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the 
House Foreign Affairs Committee.

(e) Omitted

(f) Access by Secretary of Defense to information regarding nuclear 
        proliferation matters; applicability

    (1) The Secretary of Defense shall have access, on a timely basis, 
to all information regarding nuclear proliferation matters which the 
Secretary of State or the Secretary of Energy has or is entitled to 
have. Such access shall include access to all communications, materials, 
documents, and records relating to nuclear proliferation matters.
    (2) This subsection does not apply to any intradepartmental document 
of the Department of State or the Department of Energy, or any portion 
of such document, that is solely concerned with internal, confidential 
advice on policy concerning the conduct of interagency deliberations on 
nuclear proliferation matters.

(Pub. L. 95-242, title VI, Sec. 602, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 151; Pub. 
L. 99-661, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1370, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4004; 
Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 9(a)(8), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588; Pub. L. 
105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, Sec. 1225(e)(6), Oct. 21, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2681-775; Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7), [div. B, 
title XI, Sec. 1131], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-492.)

                          Codification

    Subsec. (e) directed that, three years after Mar. 10, 1978, the 
Comptroller General complete a study and report to Congress on the 
implementation and impact of this chapter on the nuclear non-
proliferation policies, purposes, and objectives of this chapter, with 
such recommendations as deemed necessary to support the nuclear non-
proliferation policies, purposes, and objectives of this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-113 amended subsec. (c) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: ``The Department of 
State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Energy, and the Commission shall keep the Committees on 
Foreign Relations and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives fully and 
currently informed with respect to their activities to carry out the 
purposes and policies of this chapter and to otherwise prevent 
proliferation, and with respect to the current activities of foreign 
nations which are of significance from the proliferation standpoint.''
    1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1225(e)(6)(A), struck out 
``the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,'' after ``the Department of 
Defense,''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1225(e)(6)(B), struck out ``and 
the Director'' after ``and the Commission'' in subsec. (e), which had 
previously been omitted from the Code. See Codification note above.
    1994--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Foreign 
Affairs'' for ``International Relations''.
    1986--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-661, Sec. 1370(1), inserted ``the 
Department of Defense,''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99-661, Sec. 1370(2), added subsec. (f).

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.


                    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.


              Provision of Certain Information to Congress

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, 
Sec. 1134], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-494, provided that:
    ``(a) Requirement to Provide Information.--The head of each 
department and agency described in section 602(c) of the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3282(c)) shall promptly provide 
information to the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives in meeting the requirements of 
subsection (c) or (d) of section 602 of such Act [22 U.S.C. 3282(c), 
(d)].
    ``(b) Issuance of Directives.--Not later than February 1, 2000, the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the 
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue directives, 
which shall provide access to information, including information 
contained in special access programs, to implement their 
responsibilities under subsections (c) and (d) of section 602 of the 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3282(c) and (d)). 
Copies of such directives shall be forwarded promptly to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives upon the issuance of the 
directives.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6304 of this title.
