Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2122?qt-us_code_tabs=2
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2122', '§ 2122', '§ 2122', '§ 92', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 902', '§ 6803', '§ 6904', '§ 6803', '§ 6803', '§ 6904', '§ 6803', '§ 6904', '§ 6904', '§ 6803', '§ 6904']

42 U.S. Code § 2122 - Prohibitions governing atomic weapons | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 23 › Division A › Subchapter VIII › § 2122 42 U.S. Code § 2122 - Prohibitions governing atomic weapons
It shall be unlawful, except as provided in section 2121 of this title, for any person, inside or outside of the United States, to knowingly participate in the development of, manufacture, produce, transfer, acquire, receive, possess, import, export, or use, or possess and threaten to use, any atomic weapon. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to modify the provisions of section 2051
(a) or 2131 of this title.
Conduct prohibited by subsection (a) of this section is within the jurisdiction of the United States if—
the offense occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; the offense occurs outside of the United States and is committed by a national of the United States;
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 92, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1,68 Stat. 936; amended Pub. L. 85–479, § 2,July 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 277; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8),Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, §§ 6803(b), 6904
(a),Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3768, 3771.)
2004—Pub. L. 108–458, § 6904(a)(1), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a).
Pub. L. 108–458, § 6803(b)(2), inserted “participate in the development of,” after “interstate or foreign commerce,”.
Pub. L. 108–458, § 6803(b)(1), inserted “, inside or outside of the United States,” after “for any person”.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458, § 6904(a)(4), which directed amendment by striking out “transfer or receive in interstate or foreign commerce,” before “manufacture”, was executed by striking out such phrase before “participate in the development of, manufacture” to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 108–458, § 6803(b)(2). See above.
Pub. L. 108–458, § 6904(a)(3), (5), (6), inserted “receive,” after “acquire,”, struck out “or” before “export”, and inserted “, or use, or possess and threaten to use,” before “any atomic weapon”.
Pub. L. 108–458, § 6904(a)(2), which directed amendment by inserting “knowingly” after “for any person to”, was executed by making the insertion after “for any person, inside or outside of the United States, to” to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the amendment by Pub. L. 108–458, § 6803(b)(1). See above.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–458, § 6904(a)(7), added subsec. (b).
1958—Pub. L. 85–479included transfers or receipts in foreign commerce.