22 USC § 3261 - Congressional declaration of policy; Presidential report to Congress

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3261"
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title: "22 USC § 3261 - Congressional declaration of policy; Presidential report to Congress"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3261"
section_name: "Congressional declaration of policy; Presidential report to Congress"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–242, title V, § 501, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 148.)"
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# § 3261. Congressional declaration of policy; Presidential report to Congress

The United States shall endeavor to cooperate with other nations, international institutions, and private organizations in establishing programs to assist in the development of non-nuclear energy resources, to cooperate with both developing and industrialized nations in protecting the international environment from contamination arising from both nuclear and non-nuclear energy activities, and shall seek to cooperate with and aid developing countries in meeting their energy needs through the development of such resources and the application of non-nuclear technologies consistent with the economic factors, the material resources of those countries, and environmental protection. The United States shall additionally seek to encourage other industrialized nations and groups of nations to make commitments for similar cooperation and aid to developing countries. The President shall report annually to Congress on the level of other nations’ and groups of nations’ commitments under such program and the relation of any such commitments to United States efforts under this title. In cooperating with and providing such assistance to developing countries, the United States shall give priority to parties to the Treaty.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–242, title V, § 501, Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 148.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirements for the promulgation of implementing regulations, see , set out as a note under .

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in this section requiring the President to report annually to Congress, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and page 126 of House Document No. 103–7.

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

Secretary of State responsible for performing functions vested in President under this section, see section 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, , 43 F.R. 20947, set out as a note under .