### Question
How is the "covered foreign country" defined?


### Answer
The term **covered foreign country** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 2077a* as follows -

> a foreign country that is a nuclear-weapon state, as defined by Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, but does not include the United States, the United Kingdom, or France

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2077a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 23-DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY > Division A-Atomic Energy > SUBCHAPTER V-SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL**

