### Question
Can you define what nuclear-weapon state means?


### Answer
**Nuclear-weapon state** is defined as the following in *12 U.S.C. § 635*:

> given the term in Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968.

#### Citation:
  - *12 U.S.C. § 635*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6A-EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

