---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8007"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8007"
heading: "United States-India scientific cooperative nuclear nonproliferation program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8007"
units:
  - "Chapter 87 — United States and India Nuclear Cooperation"
---

# §8007. United States-India scientific cooperative nuclear nonproliferation program

- (a) **Establishment—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Energy, acting through the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the National Nuclear Security Administration, is authorized to establish a cooperative nuclear nonproliferation program to pursue jointly with scientists from the United States and India a program to further common nuclear nonproliferation goals, including scientific research and development efforts, with an emphasis on nuclear safeguards (in this section referred to as “the program”).
- (b) **Consultation—** The program shall be carried out in consultation with the Secretary of State and the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Defense.
- (c) **National Academies recommendations—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Energy shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies to develop recommendations for the implementation of the program.
  - (2) **Recommendations—** The agreement entered into under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall provide for the preparation by qualified individuals with relevant expertise and knowledge and the communication to the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Energy each fiscal year of—
    - (A) recommendations for research and related programs designed to overcome existing technological barriers to nuclear nonproliferation; and
    - (B) an assessment of whether activities and programs funded under this section are achieving the goals of the activities and programs.
  - (3) **Public availability—** The recommendations and assessments prepared under this subsection shall be made publicly available.
- (d) **Consistency with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—** All United States activities related to the program shall be consistent with United States obligations under the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty](/usc/22/8008.md?p=8).
- (e) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–401, title I, § 109, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2739.)