42 USC § 2156a - Regulations establishing levels of physical security to protect facilities and material

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title: "42 USC § 2156a - Regulations establishing levels of physical security to protect facilities and material"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "2156a"
section_name: "Regulations establishing levels of physical security to protect facilities and material"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 304(d), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 135; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XII, § 1225(e)(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–775.)"
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# § 2156a. Regulations establishing levels of physical security to protect facilities and material

March 10, 1978section 2156 of this title

Within sixty days of , the Commission shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Defense, promulgate (and may from time to time amend) regulations establishing the levels of physical security which in its judgement are no less strict than those established by any international guidelines to which the United States subscribes and which in its judgment will provide adequate protection for facilities and material referred to in paragraph (3) of  taking into consideration variations in risks to security as appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–242, title III, § 304(d), Mar. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 135; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XII, § 1225(e)(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–775.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Commission, referred to in text, is defined as meaning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by section 4(a)(1) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, , which is classified to , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1998— substituted “and the Secretary of Defense,” for “the Secretary of Defense, and the Director,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on earlier of , or date of abolition of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency pursuant to reorganization plan described in , Foreign Relations and Intercourse, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

### 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 , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

## Executive Documents

### Performance of Functions Pending Development of Procedures

The performance of functions under 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.