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Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991

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Effective
  
December 12, 1991

Statutes at Large
  
105 Stat. 1691

Public law
  
102-228

Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991

Long title
  
An Act to amend the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to transfer battle tanks, artillery pieces, and armored combat vehicles to member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in conjunction with implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

Nicknames
  
Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation Act of 1991

Enacted by
  
the 102nd United States Congress

Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, 22 U.S.C. ยง 2551, was chartered to amend the Arms Export Control Act enacting the transfer of Soviet military armaments and ordnances to NATO marking the conclusion of the Cold War. The Act sanctions the Soviet nuclear arsenal displacement shall be in conjunction with the implementation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

The United States legislation was passed by the 102nd Congressional session and enacted by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on December 12, 1991.

Provisions of the Act

The Act was penned as four titles with the principal titles as Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Implementation Act of 1991 and Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991.

Part C : Administrative and Funding Authorities

References

Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 Wikipedia