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22 U.S.C. § 6305 — Definitions
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For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “foreign person” means—
(A) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign country or which has its principal place of business outside the United States;
(2) the term “goods or technology” means—
(A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive nuclear technology (as such terms are defined in [section 3203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3203&num=0&edition=prelim)), all export items designated by the President pursuant to [section 2139a(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2139a/c&num=0&edition=prelim), and all technical assistance requiring authorization under [section 2077(b) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2077/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(B) in the case of exports from a country other than the United States, any goods or technology that, if exported from the United States, would be goods or technology described in subparagraph (A);
(3) the term “IAEA safeguards” means the safeguards set forth in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(4) the term “nuclear explosive device” means any device, whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from special nuclear material that is greater than the amount of energy that would be released from the det
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For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “foreign person” means—
(A) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign country or which has its principal place of business outside the United States;
(2) the term “goods or technology” means—
(A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive nuclear technology (as such terms are defined in [section 3203 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3203&num=0&edition=prelim)), all export items designated by the President pursuant to [section 2139a(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2139a/c&num=0&edition=prelim), and all technical assistance requiring authorization under [section 2077(b) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2077/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(B) in the case of exports from a country other than the United States, any goods or technology that, if exported from the United States, would be goods or technology described in subparagraph (A);
(3) the term “IAEA safeguards” means the safeguards set forth in an agreement between a country and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(4) the term “nuclear explosive device” means any device, whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from special nuclear material that is greater than the amount of energy that would be released from the detonation of one pound of trinitrotoluene (TNT);
(5) the term “non-nuclear-weapon state” means any country which is not a nuclear-weapon state, as defined by Article IX (3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968;
(6) the term “special nuclear material” has the meaning given that term in [section 2014(aa) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2014/aa&num=0&edition=prelim);
(7) the term “United States person” means—
(A) an individual who is a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment entity which is not a foreign person; and
(8) the term “unsafeguarded special nuclear material” means special nuclear material which is held in violation of IAEA safeguards or not subject to IAEA safeguards (excluding any quantity of material that could, if it were exported from the United States, be exported under a general license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
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**(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 prolifer
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**(a) Determination by President**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), the President shall impose the sanction described in subsection (c) if the President determines in writing that, on or after the effective date of this subchapter, a foreign person or a United States person has materially and with requisite knowledge contributed, through the export from the United States or any other country of any goods or technology (as defined in [section 6305(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6305/2&num=0&edition=prelim)), to the efforts by any individual, group, or non-nuclear-weapon state to acquire unsafeguarded special nuclear material or to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire any nuclear explosive device.
(2) **Persons against which the sanction is to be imposed** — The sanction shall be imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) on—
(A) the foreign person or United States person with respect to which the President makes the determination described in that paragraph;
(B) any successor entity to that foreign person or United States person;
(C) any foreign person or United States person that is a parent or subsidiary of that person if that parent or subsidiary materially and with requisite knowledge assisted in the activities which were the basis of that determination; and
(D) any foreign person or United States person that is an affiliate of that person if that affiliate materially and with requisite knowledge assisted in the activities which were the basis of that determination and if that affiliate is controlled in fact by that person.
(3) **Other sanctions available** — The sanction which is required to be imposed for activities described in this subsection is in
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — There is established a program for the payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of this section.
(2) **Purpose** — The rewards program shall be designed to assist in the prevention of acts of international terrorism, international narcotics trafficking, serious violations of international humanitarian law, foreign election interference, transnational organized crime, and other related criminal acts.
(3) **Implementation** — The rewards program shall be administered by the Secretary of State, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General.
**(b) Rewards authorized** In the sole discretion of the Secretary (except as provided in subsection (c)(2)) and in consultation, as appropriate, with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, the Secretary may pay a reward to any individual who furnishes information leading to—
(1) the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual for the commission of an act of international terrorism against a United States person or United States property;
(2) the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual conspiring or attempting to commit an act of international terrorism against a United States person or United States property;
(3) the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual for committing, primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, any narcotics-related offense if that offense involves or is a significant part of conduct that involves—
(A) a violation of United States narcotics laws such that the individual would be a major violator of such laws;
(B) the killing or kidnapping of—
(i) any officer, employee, or contract employee of the United States Government while such individual is engaged in offici
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235;
(2) the term “IAEA” means the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(3) the term “near real time material accountancy” means a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposition of special fissionable material at facilities that store or process such material, in which verification of peaceful use is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inventories and the use of in-process instrumentation;
(4) the term “special fissionable material” has the meaning given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of the United Nations on October 26, 1956;
(5) the term “the Treaty” means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and
(6) the terms “IAEA safeguards”, “non-nuclear-weapon state”, “nuclear explosive device”, and “special nuclear material” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
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son with respect to conduct, a circumstance,
or a result in which—
(A) such person is aware that such person
is engaging in such conduct, that such cir-
cumstance exists, or that such result is sub-
stantially certain to occur; or
(B) such person has a firm belief that such
circumstance exists or that such result is
substantially certain to occur.
(2) Knowledge of the existence of a particular
circumstance
If knowledge of the existence of a particular
circumstance is required for an offense, such
knowledge is established if a person is aware
of a high probability of the existence of such
circumstance, unless the person actually be-
lieves that such circumstance does not exist.
(j) Scope of application
This section shall apply with respect to pro-
hibited activities which occur on or after the
date this subchapter takes effect.
(Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 824, Apr. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 512; Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 157(b), July 21,
1996, 110 Stat. 1440.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
For the date this subchapter takes effect, referred to
in subsec. (j), as 60 days after Apr. 30, 1994, see section
831 of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as an Effective Date note
under section 6301 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–164, § 157(b)(1), struck
out ‘‘in writing after opportunity for a hearing on the
record’’ after ‘‘If the President determines,’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–164, § 157(b)(2), (3), redesig-
nated subsec. (f) as (e) and struck out heading and text
of former subsec. (e). Text read as follows: ‘‘Any deter-
mination of the President under subsection (c) of this
section shall be subject to judicial review in accordance
with chapter 7 of part I of title 5.’
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