42 USC § 2094 - Foreign distribution of source material

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title: "42 USC § 2094 - Foreign distribution of source material"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2094"
section_name: "Foreign distribution of source material"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "SOURCE MATERIAL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 64, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 933; amended Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 301(b), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 125; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)"
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# § 2094. Foreign distribution of source material

section 2153 of this title

The Commission is authorized to cooperate with any nation by distributing source material and to distribute source material pursuant to the terms of an agreement for cooperation to which such nation is a party and which is made in accordance with . The Commission is also authorized to distribute source material outside of the United States upon a determination by the Commission that such activity will not be inimical to the interests of the United States. The authority to distribute source material under this section other than under an export license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall in no case extend to quantities of source material in excess of three metric tons per year per recipient.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 64, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 933; amended Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 301(b), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 125; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— provided that the authority to distribute source material under this section other than under an export license granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall in no case extend to quantities of source material in excess of three metric tons per year per recipient.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided and regardless of any requirement for the promulgation of implementing regulations, see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

## Executive Documents

### Performance of Functions Pending Development of Procedures

The performance of functions under this chapter, as amended by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, , , , not to be delayed pending development of procedures even though as many as 120 days [after ] are allowed for establishing those procedures, see section 5(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 12058, , 43 F.R. 20947, set out under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.