{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2161","title_num":"42","num":"§ 2161.","heading":"Policy of Commission","status":null,"guid":"id723e4806-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","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.)","seq_in_title":2960,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 23—","heading":"DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA","level":"division","num":"Division A—","heading":"Atomic Energy","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch23/dA/schXI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER XI—","heading":"CONTROL OF INFORMATION","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8cf090e5-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2161\"><num value=\"2161\">§ 2161.</num><heading> Policy of Commission</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">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:</chapeau><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id8cf0b7f6-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2161/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><content> 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 <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s2164\">section 2164 of this title</ref>; and</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id8cf0b7f7-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s2161/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id8cf0b7f8-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1946-08-01/ch724\">Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724</ref>, title I, § 141, as added <ref href=\"/us/act/1954-08-30/ch1073/s1\">Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/68/940\">68 Stat. 940</ref>; renumbered title I, <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/486/tIX/s902/a/8\">Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-24\">Oct. 24, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/2944\">106 Stat. 2944</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8cf0b7f9-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id8cf0b7fa-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Provisions similar to this section were contained in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s1810/a\">section 1810(a) of this title</ref>, prior to the general amendment and renumbering of act <date date=\"1946-08-01\">Aug. 1, 1946</date>, by act <date date=\"1954-08-30\">Aug. 30, 1954</date>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}