22 U.S.C. § 5951 — Findings on cooperative threat reduction
submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 103-160 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 232 words · no verdicts yet
Congress finds that these actions serve United States national security interests. They concern reducing and securing weapons and related capabilities in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, preventing proliferation and diversion of expertise, converting defense industries, and expanding defense contacts.
Congress finds that it is in the national security interest of the United States for the United States to do the following:
(1) As a priority, help transport, store, protect, and eliminate nuclear and other weapons of the independent states of the former Soviet Union. This includes (A) safely and securely storing fissile materials produced by eliminating nuclear weapons; (B) dismantling (i) intercontinental ballistic missiles and their launchers, (ii) submarine-launched ballistic missiles and their launchers, and (iii) heavy bombers; and (C) eliminating chemical, biological, and other weapons capabilities.
(2) As a priority, help prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their components, and destabilizing conventional weapons, from the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Also, help establish safeguards that can be verified against that spread.
(3) As a priority, help prevent weapons-related scientific expertise from the independent states of the former Soviet Union from being diverted to terrorist groups or third world countries.
(4) Support (A) removing military purposes from the defense-related industries and equipment of the independent states of the former Soviet Union, and (B) converting those industries and equipment to civilian purposes and uses.
(5) Expand military-to-military and defense contacts between the United States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.
The Congress finds that it is in the national security interest of the United States for the United States to do the following:
Facilitate, on a priority basis, the transportation, storage, safeguarding, and elimination of nuclear and other weapons of the independent states of the former Soviet Union, including—
the safe and secure storage of fissile materials derived from the elimination of nuclear weapons;
the dismantlement of (i) intercontinental ballistic missiles and launchers for such missiles, (ii) submarine-launched ballistic missiles and launchers for such missiles, and (iii) heavy bombers; and
the elimination of chemical, biological and other weapons capabilities.
Facilitate, on a priority basis, the prevention of proliferation of weapons (and components of weapons) of mass destruction and destabilizing conventional weapons of the independent states of the former Soviet Union and the establishment of verifiable safeguards against the proliferation of such weapons and components.
Facilitate, on a priority basis, the prevention of diversion of weapons-related scientific expertise of the independent states of the former Soviet Union to terrorist groups or third world countries.
Support (A) the demilitarization of the defense-related industry and equipment of the independent states of the former Soviet Union, and (B) the conversion of such industry and equipment to civilian purposes and uses.
Expand military-to-military and defense contacts between the United States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XII, § 1202, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1777.)
- 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1777
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