50 USC 2901 – Findings
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The 9/11 Commission has made the following recommendations:
(1) Strengthen “counter-proliferation” efforts
The United States should work with the international community to develop laws and an international legal regime with universal jurisdiction to enable any state in the world to capture, interdict, and prosecute smugglers of nuclear material.
(2) Expand the Proliferation Security Initiative
In carrying out the Proliferation Security Initiative, the United States should—
(A) use intelligence and planning resources of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance;
(B) make participation open to non-NATO countries; and
(C) encourage Russia and the People’s Republic of China to participate.
(3) Support the Cooperative Threat Reduction program
The United States should expand, improve, increase resources for, and otherwise fully support the Cooperative Threat Reduction program.
Terms Used In 50 USC 2901
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7