50 U.S.C. § 2531
Section 2531 · Testing of nuclear weapons
Amended 2 times on record
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 3101(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160) for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1994 for weapons testing, $211,326,000 shall be available for infrastructure maintenance at the Nevada Test Site, and for maintaining the technical capability to resume underground nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site.
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 or any other Act for any fiscal year may be available to maintain the capability of the United States to conduct atmospheric testing of a nuclear weapon.
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References in Text
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 103–160, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1547. Section 3101(a)(2) of the Act, 107 Stat. 1936, is not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 2121 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(e)(12)(D)(i), inserted “of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160)” after “section 3101(a)(2)”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(e)(12)(D)(ii), substituted “the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994” for “this Act”.