22 U.S.C. § 2378a — Depleted uranium ammunition
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 87-195 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 137 words · no verdicts yet
This section covers depleted uranium ammunition. Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to carry out this chapter or any other Act can be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than— (1) a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; (2) a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2403(q) of this title ); or (3) Taiwan.
(a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to carry out this chapter or any other Act can be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than—
(1) a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
(2) a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2403(q) of this title ); or
(3) Taiwan.
(b) Exception The prohibition contained in subsection
(a) must not apply about the use of funds to facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.
Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to carry out this chapter or any other Act may be made available to facilitate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than—
a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 2403(q) of this title); or
Taiwan.
The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of funds to facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 620J, formerly § 620G, as added Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 149, July 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1436; renumbered § 620J, Pub. L. 109–446, § 2(b)(1), Dec. 21, 2006, 120 Stat. 3318.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 87-195 · 110 Stat. 1436
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-446 · 120 Stat. 3318
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-195 on 1996-07-21.
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