§7273c. International cooperative stockpile stewardship

(a) Funding prohibition

No funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Energy for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended to conduct any activities associated with international cooperative stockpile stewardship.

(b) Exceptions

Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the following:

(1) Activities conducted between the United States and the United Kingdom.

(2) Activities conducted between the United States and France.

(3) Activities carried out under title XIV of this Act relating to cooperative threat reduction with states of the former Soviet Union.

( Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXI, §3133, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2036 ; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, §1069(b)(3), div. C, title XXXI, §3131, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136 , 2246.)

References in Text

Title XIV of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is title XIV of Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1958 , which is not classified to the Code.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter.

Similar Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior authorization act:

Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXI, §3138, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2830 .

Amendments

1998-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–261, §3131, substituted "for any fiscal year" for "for fiscal year 1998".

Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 105–261, §1069(b)(3), substituted "XIV" for "III".

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, §1069(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136 , provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Nov. 18, 1997, and as if included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, Pub. L. 105–85, as enacted.