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Other short titles | Nuclear Antiproliferation Act |
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Long title | An Act to provide for more efficient and effective control over the proliferation of nuclear explosive capability. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | NNPA, NAPA |
Enacted by | the 95th United States Congress |
Effective | March 10, 1978 |
Citations | |
Public law | 95-242 |
Statutes at Large | 92 Stat. 120 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse |
U.S.C. sections created | 22 U.S.C. ch. 47 § 3201 et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, 22 U.S.C. § 3201, is a United States federal law declaring that nuclear explosive devices pose a perilous threat to the security interests of the United States. The law restricts U.S. export of civil nuclear programs to other nations.[1]
The H.R. 8638 legislation was passed by the 95th United States Congress and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on March 10, 1978.[2][3][4][5]
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act provided several policy elements for the control and limitations of nuclear technology.[6][7]
Amendments and revisions to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.
Date of Enactment | Public Law Number | U.S. Statute Citation | U.S. Legislative Bill | U.S. Presidential Administration |
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August 14, 1979 | P.L. 96-53 | 93 Stat. 359 | H.R. 3324 | Jimmy E. Carter |
October 23, 1992 | P.L. 102-484 | 106 Stat. 2315 | H.R. 5006 | George H.W. Bush |
April 30, 1994 | P.L. 103-236 | 108 Stat. 382 | H.R. 2333 | William J. Clinton |
The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was a document drafted between October 1977 and October 1979 by fifty-eight foreign States in conjunction with International Atomic Energy Agency.[15] The international agreement established twenty-three Articles declaring the significance of decisive physical protection with regards to nuclear materials utilized for military and nuclear energy applications. The U.S. 97th Congressional session passed legislation H.R. 5228 amending U.S. criminal code Title 18 and endorsing the international atomic policy.[16] United States public law 97-351 was enacted as a legal proceeding by Ronald Reagan on October 18, 1982.[17][18]