42 U.S.C. § 2161 — Policy of Commission
submitted 80 years ago by ch. 724 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 134 words · no verdicts yet
The Commission must control Restricted Data so that common defense and security are protected. It must generally withhold the data from other nations until effective international safeguards exist, while allowing and encouraging scientific and technical exchange.
The Commission's policy is to control the sharing and declassification of Restricted Data in a way that protects the common defense and security*. (a) Until an international arrangement creates effective and enforceable safeguards against using atomic energy* for destructive purposes, Restricted Data may not be exchanged with another nation except as section 2164 permits. (b) Scientific and technical information about atomic energy should be shared and encouraged so that free exchange of ideas and criticism supports scientific and industrial progress, public understanding, and a larger body of technical information.
It shall be the policy of the Commission* to control the dissemination and declassification of Restricted Data in such a manner as to assure the common defense and security*. Consistent with such policy, the Commission shall be guided by the following principles:
Until effective and enforceable international safeguards against the use of atomic energy* for destructive purposes have been established by an international arrangement, there shall be no exchange of Restricted Data with other nations except as authorized by section 2164 of this title; and
The dissemination of scientific and technical information relating to atomic energy should be permitted and encouraged so as to provide that free interchange of ideas and criticism which is essential to scientific and industrial progress and public understanding and to enlarge the fund of technical information.
Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 141, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 940; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)
- 1946Enacted · Act of Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724 · 68 Stat. 940
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-486 · 106 Stat. 2944
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 724 on 1946-08-01.
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