Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/898

This page needs to be proofread.

107 STAT. 1848 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (2) The term "intelligence community" has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act ofl947(50 U.S.C.401a). Subtitle B—Intemational Nonproliferation Activities SEC. 1611. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has been seeking to contain the spread of nuclear weapons technology and materials. (2) With the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union, the proliferation of nuclear weapons is now a leading military threat to the national security of the United States and its allies. (3) The United Nations Security Council declared on January 31, 1992, that "proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security^ and committed to taking appropriate action to prevent proliferation from occurring. (4) Aside from the five declared nuclear weapon states, a number of other nations have or are pursuing nuclear weapons capabilities. (5) The IAEA is a valuable international institution to counter proliferation, but the effectiveness of its system to safegu£U'd nuclear materials may be adversely affected by financial constraints. (6) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty codifies world consensus against further nuclear proliferation and is scheduled for review and extension in 1995. (7) The Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 declared that the United States is committed to continued strong support for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to a strengthened and more effective IAEA, and established that it is United States policy to establish more effective controls over the transfer of nuclear equipment, materials, and technology. (b) COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION POLICY. —In order to end nuclear proliferation and reduce current nuclear arsenals and supplies of weapons-usable nuclear materials, it should be the policy oi the United States to pursue a comprehensive poUcy to end the further spread of nuclear weapons capability, roll back nuclear proliferation where it has occurred, and prevent the use of nuclear weapons anywhere in the world, with the following additional objectives: (1) Successful conclusion of all pending nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements with all the republics of the former Soviet Union and their secure implementation. (2) Full participation by all the republics of the former Soviet Union in all multilateral nuclear nonproliferation efforts and acceptance of IAEA safeguards on all their nuclear facilities.