22 USC § 8154 - Rule of construction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8154"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 8154 - Rule of construction"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8154"
section_name: "Rule of construction"
chapter_number: 88
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY—UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 254, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2751.)"
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# § 8154. Rule of construction

As used in this subchapter, the term “necessary to increase the capability of the IAEA to detect undeclared nuclear activities in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party” shall not be construed to encompass proposed uses of environmental sampling that might assist the IAEA in detecting undeclared nuclear activities in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party by—

**(1)** setting a good example of cooperation in the conduct of such sampling; or

**(2)** facilitating the formation of a political consensus or political support for such sampling in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 254, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2751.)