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[CITE: 42USC7273c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7273c. International cooperative stockpile stewardship


(a) Funding prohibition

    No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise available to the 
Department of Energy for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended to 
conduct any activities associated with international cooperative 
stockpile stewardship.

(b) Exceptions

    Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the following:
        (1) Activities conducted between the United States and the 
    United Kingdom.
        (2) Activities conducted between the United States and France.
        (3) Activities carried out under title XIV of this Act relating 
    to cooperative threat reduction with states of the former Soviet 
    Union.

(Pub. L. 105-85, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3133, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 
2036; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title X, Sec. 1069(b)(3), div. C, title 
XXXI, Sec. 3131, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136, 2246.)

                       References in Text

    Title XIV of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is title XIV 
of Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1958, which is not 
classified to the Code.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and not as part of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act which comprises this chapter.


                           Similar Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior authorization act:
    Pub. L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3138, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2830.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 3131, substituted ``for any 
fiscal year'' for ``for fiscal year 1998''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 1069(b)(3), substituted 
``XIV'' for ``III''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title X, Sec. 1069(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2136, provided that the amendment made by that section is 
effective as of Nov. 18, 1997, and as if included in the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, Pub. L. 105-85, as 
enacted.
