Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978
Other short titles	Nuclear Antiproliferation Act
Long title	An Act to provide for more efficient and effective control over the proliferation of nuclear explosive capability.
Acronyms (colloquial)	NNPA, NAPA
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Effective	March 10, 1978
Citations
Public law	95-242
Statutes at Large	92 Stat. 120
Codification
Titles amended	22 U.S.C.: Foreign Relations and Intercourse
U.S.C. sections created	22 U.S.C. ch. 47 § 3201 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 8638 by Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D–NY) on July 29, 1977; Committee consideration by House International Relations, Senate Foreign Relations; Passed the House on September 28, 1977 (411–0); Passed the Senate on February 7, 1978 (88–3, in lieu of S. 897) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on February 9, 1978 (passed/agreed); Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on March 10, 1978;

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, 22 U.S.C. § 3201, is a United States federal law declaring that nuclear explosive devices pose a perilous threat to the security interests of the United States. The law restricts U.S. export of civil nuclear programs to other nations.

The H.R. 8638 legislation was passed by the 95th United States Congress and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on March 10, 1978.