22 U.S.C. § 8152 — Application of national security exclusion to wide-area environmental sampling

In accordance with Article 1(b) of the Additional Protocol, the United States shall not permit any wide-area environmental sampling^* proposed by the IAEA^* to be conducted at a specified location^* in the United States under Article 9 of the Additional Protocol unless the President has determined and reported to the appropriate congressional committees^* with respect to that proposed use of environmental sampling that— (1) the proposed use of wide-area environmental sampling is necessary to increase the capability of the IAEA to detect undeclared nuclear activities in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon State Party^*; (2) the proposed use of wide-area environmental sampling will not result in access by the IAEA to locations, activities, or information of direct national security significance; and (3) the United States— (A) has been provided sufficient opportunity for consultation with the IAEA if the IAEA has requested complementary access^* involving wide-area environmental sampling; or (B) has requested under Article 8 of the Additional Protocol that the IAEA engage in complementary access in the United States that involves the use of wide-area environmental sampling.