---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8162"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8162"
heading: "IAEA inspections and visits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8162"
units:
  - "Chapter 88 — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty—united States Additional Protocol Implementation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Protection of National Security Information and Activities"
---

# §8162. IAEA inspections and visits

- (a) **Certain individuals prohibited from obtaining access—** No national of a country designated by the Secretary of State under [section 2371 of this title](/usc/22/2371.md) as a government supporting acts of international terrorism shall be permitted access to the [United States](/usc/22/8102.md?p=13) to carry out an inspection activity under the [Additional Protocol](/usc/22/8102.md?p=1) or a related safeguards agreement.
- (b) **Presence of United States Government personnel—** [IAEA](/usc/22/8102.md?p=6) inspectors shall be accompanied at all times by [United States](/usc/22/8102.md?p=13) Government personnel when inspecting [sites](/usc/22/8102.md?p=12), [locations](/usc/22/8102.md?p=8), [facilities](/usc/22/8102.md?p=5), or activities in the [United States](/usc/22/8102.md?p=13) under the [Additional Protocol](/usc/22/8102.md?p=1).
- (c) **Vulnerability and related assessments—** The President shall conduct vulnerability, counterintelligence, and related assessments not less than every 5 years to ensure that information of direct national security significance remains protected at all [sites](/usc/22/8102.md?p=12), [locations](/usc/22/8102.md?p=8), [facilities](/usc/22/8102.md?p=5), and activities in the [United States](/usc/22/8102.md?p=13) that are subject to [IAEA](/usc/22/8102.md?p=6) inspection under the [Additional Protocol](/usc/22/8102.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–401, title II, § 262, Dec. 18, 2006, 120 Stat. 2751.)