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[CITE: 22USC5902]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 68--DEMILITARIZATION OF FORMER SOVIET UNION
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--FINDINGS AND PROGRAM AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 5902. Authority for programs to facilitate demilitarization


(a) In general

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is 
authorized, in accordance with this chapter, to establish and conduct 
programs described in subsection (b) of this section to assist the 
demilitarization of the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

(b) Types of programs

    The programs referred to in subsection (a) of this section are 
limited to--
        (1) transporting, storing, safeguarding, and destroying nuclear, 
    chemical, and other weapons of the independent states of the former 
    Soviet Union, as described in section 212(b) of the Soviet Nuclear 
    Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102-228);
        (2) establishing verifiable safeguards against the proliferation 
    of such weapons and their components;
        (3) preventing diversion of weapons-related scientific expertise 
    of the former Soviet Union to terrorist groups or third countries;
        (4) facilitating the demilitarization of the defense industries 
    of the former Soviet Union and the conversion of military 
    technologies and capabilities into civilian activities;
        (5) establishing science and technology centers in the 
    independent states of the former Soviet Union for the purpose of 
    engaging weapons scientists, engineers, and other experts previously 
    involved with nuclear, chemical, and other weapons in productive, 
    nonmilitary undertakings; and
        (6) expanding military-to-military contacts between the United 
    States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

(c) United States participation

    The programs described in subsection (b) of this section should, to 
the extent feasible, draw upon United States technology and expertise, 
especially from the United States private sector.

(d) Restrictions

    United States assistance authorized by subsection (a) of this 
section may not be provided unless the President certifies to the 
Congress, on an annual basis, that the proposed recipient country is 
committed to--
        (1) making a substantial investment of its resources for 
    dismantling or destroying such weapons of mass destruction, if such 
    recipient has an obligation under a treaty or other agreement to 
    destroy or dismantle any such weapons;
        (2) forgoing any military modernization program that exceeds 
    legitimate defense requirements and forgoing the replacement of 
    destroyed weapons of mass destruction;
        (3) forgoing any use in new nuclear weapons of fissionable or 
    other components of destroyed nuclear weapons;
        (4) facilitating United States verification of any weapons 
    destruction carried out under this chapter or section 212 of the 
    Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 
    102-228);
        (5) complying with all relevant arms control agreements; and
        (6) observing internationally recognized human rights, including 
    the protection of minorities.

(Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1412, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 
2563.)

                       References in Text

    Section 212 of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 
(title II of Public Law 102-228), referred to in subsecs. (b)(1) and 
(d)(4), is set out in a note under section 2551 of this title.

                         Delegation of Authority

    Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this section delegated 
to Secretary of Defense by section 2 of Memorandum of President of the 
United States, Dec. 30, 1992, 58 F.R. 3193, set out as a note under 
section 5852 of this title.
    Authority of President under subsec. (d) of this section delegated 
to Secretary of State by section 1 of Memorandum of President of the 
United States, Dec. 30, 1992, 58 F.R. 3193.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5911, 5952 of this title.
