22 USC § 6304 - Reporting on demarches

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6304"
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title: "22 USC § 6304 - Reporting on demarches"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6304"
section_name: "Reporting on demarches"
chapter_number: 72
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SANCTIONS FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 828(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 520.)"
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# § 6304. Reporting on demarches

**(1)** It is the sense of the Congress that the Department of State should, in the course of implementing its reporting responsibilities under section 3282(c) of this title, include a summary of demarches that the United States has issued or received from foreign governments with respect to activities which are of significance from the proliferation standpoint.

**(2)** For purposes of this section, the term “demarche” means any official communication by one government to another, by written or oral means, intended by the originating government to express—

**(A)** a concern over a past, present, or possible future action or activity of the recipient government, or of a person within the jurisdiction of that government, contributing to the global spread of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or of nuclear explosive devices;

**(B)** a request for the recipient government to counter such action or activity; or

**(C)** both the concern and request described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 828(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 520.)

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