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[CITE: 42USC2153a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER X--INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2153a. Approval for enrichment after export of source or 
        special nuclear material; export of major critical components of 
        enrichment facilities
        
    (a) Except as specifically provided in any agreement for 
cooperation, no source or special nuclear material hereafter exported 
from the United States may be enriched after export without the prior 
approval of the United States for such enrichment: Provided, That the 
procedures governing such approvals shall be identical to those set 
forth for the approval of proposed subsequent arrangements under section 
2160 of this title, and any commitments from the recipient which the 
Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State deem necessary to ensure 
that such approval will be obtained prior to such enrichment shall be 
obtained prior to the submission of the executive branch judgment 
regarding the export in question and shall be set forth in such 
submission: And provided further, That no source or special nuclear 
material shall be exported for the purpose of enrichment or reactor 
fueling to any nation or group of nations which has, after March 10, 
1978, entered into a new or amended agreement for cooperation with the 
United States, except pursuant to such agreement.
    (b) In addition to other requirements of law, no major critical 
component of any uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprocessing, or heavy 
water production facility shall be exported under any agreement for 
cooperation (except an agreement for cooperation pursuant to section 
2121(c), 2164(b), or 2164(c) of this title) unless such agreement for 
cooperation specifically designates such components as items to be 
exported pursuant to the agreement for cooperation. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ``major critical component'' means any component 
part or group of component parts which the President determines to be 
essential to the operation of a complete uranium enrichment, nuclear 
fuel reprocessing, or heavy water production facility.

(Pub. L. 95-242, title IV, Sec. 402, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 145.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 
1978, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises 
this chapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 10, 1978, except as otherwise provided and 
regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing 
regulations, see section 603(c) of Pub. L. 95-242, set out as a note 
under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Delegation or assignment to Secretary of Energy of function vested 
in President under subsec. (b) of this section, see section 1(a) of Ex. 
Ord. No. 12058, May 11, 1978, 43 F.R. 20947, set out under section 3201 
of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


       Performance of Functions Pending Development of Procedures

    The performance of functions under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act 
of 1978, Pub. L. 95-242, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 120, not to be delayed 
pending development of procedures even though as many as 120 days [after 
Mar. 10, 1978] are allowed for establishing those procedures, see 
section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, May 11, 1978, 43 F.R. 20947, set out 
under section 3201 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2158 of this title.
