USC Subchapter II

in effect

50 U.S.C. § 2331 Procurement of detection equipment for United States border security

Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301,11 See References in Text note below. $15,000,000 is available for the procurement of— (1) equipment capable of detecting the movement of weapons of mass destruction and related materials into the United States; (2) equipment capable of interdicting the movement of weapons of mass destruction and related materials into the United States; and (3) materials and technologies related to use of equipment described in paragraph (1) or (2).

50 U.S.C. § 2332 Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties

(a) Sense of Congress concerning inadequacy of sentencing guidelinesIt is the sense of Congress that the sentencing guidelines prescribed by the United States Sentencing Commission for the offenses of importation, attempted importation, exportation, and attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons materials constitute inadequate punishment for such offenses. (b) Urging of revision to guidelinesCongress urges the United States Sentencing Commission to revise the relevant sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for offenses relating to importation, attempted importation, exportation, and attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons or related materials or technologies under the following provisions of law:(1) Section 4610 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. (2) Sections 2778 and 2780 of title 22. (3) The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). (4) Section 2139a(c) of title 42.

50 U.S.C. § 2333 International border security

(a) Secretary of Defense responsibilityThe Secretary of Defense, in consultation and cooperation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall carry out programs for assisting customs officials and border guard officials in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, the Baltic states, and other countries of Eastern Europe in preventing unauthorized transfer and transportation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and related materials. Training, expert advice, maintenance of equipment, loan of equipment, and audits may be provided under or in connection with the programs. (b) Other countriesThe Secretary of Defense may carry out programs under subsection (a) in a country other than a country specified in that subsection if the Secretary determines that there exists in that country a significant threat of the unauthorized transfer and transportation of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons or related materials. (c) Assistance to states of former Soviet UnionAssistance under programs referred to in subsection (a) may (notwithstanding any provision of law prohibiting the extension of foreign assistance to any of the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union) be extended to include an independent state of the former Soviet Union if the President certifies to Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States to extend assistance under this section to that state.

50 U.S.C. § 2334 Training program

The Secretary of Defense may participate in a training program carried out jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in order to expand and improve United States efforts to deter the possible proliferation and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by organized crime organizations in Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, states of the former Soviet Union, and in other countries in which, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, there exists a significant threat of such proliferation and acquisition.