22 U.S.C. § 2573 — Policy formulation
submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-297 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 163 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of State must prepare policy recommendations and advice about arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament for the President and any agency heads the President identifies. No action may require a militarily significant reduction or limit on U.S. forces or armaments unless it is taken under the President’s treaty-making power or authorized by further affirmative legislation from Congress; this chapter also does not authorize restrictions on an individual’s lawful firearm use.
(a) Formulation The Secretary of State must prepare recommendations and advice about United States arms control*, nonproliferation, and disarmament* policy for the President and for the heads of any other Government agencies that the President identifies. (b) Prohibition No action may be taken under this chapter or any other Act that would require the United States to reduce or limit its Armed Forces or armaments in a militarily significant way. This prohibition does not apply if the action is taken under the President’s treaty-making power in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, or if Congress passes further affirmative legislation authorizing it. (c) Statutory construction Nothing in this chapter may be understood to authorize any Government agency* policy or action that would interfere with, restrict, or prohibit an individual’s acquisition, possession, or use of firearms for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, recreation, education, or training. This section does not define the terms “Armed Forces,” “armaments,” “militarily significant,” “treaty-making power,” “Government agencies,” or “firearms.”
The Secretary of State shall prepare for the President, and the heads of such other Government agencies as the President may determine, recommendations and advice concerning United States arms control*, nonproliferation, and disarmament* policy.
No action shall be taken pursuant to this chapter or any other Act that would obligate the United States to reduce or limit the Armed Forces or armaments of the United States in a militarily significant manner, except pursuant to the treaty-making power of the President set forth in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution or unless authorized by the enactment of further affirmative legislation by the Congress of the United States.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any policy or action by any Government agency* which would interfere with, restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–297, title III, § 303, formerly § 33, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 88–186, § 3, Nov. 26, 1963, 77 Stat. 342; Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, § 709, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 494; renumbered § 303 and amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1223(8), (21), subdiv. B, title XXVI, § 2602, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–769, 2681–772, 2681–839.)
- 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-297 · 75 Stat. 634
- 1963Amended · Pub. L. 88-186 · 77 Stat. 342
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-236 · 108 Stat. 494
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
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