22 U.S.C. § 2552
Section 2552 · Definitions
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Energy Research Foundation v. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (1990)
Most recently applied in Energy Research Foundation v. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (October 1990)
As used in this chapter—
(a) The terms “arms control” and “disarmament” mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.
(b) The term “Government agency” means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, §1223(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.”
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective on earlier of Apr. 1, 1999, or date of abolition of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency pursuant to reorganization plan described in section 6601 of this title, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.