### Question
How is the term non-nuclear-weapon state defined?


### Answer
The term **non-nuclear-weapon state** is defined in *22 U.S.C. § 6305* as the following:

> any country which is not 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 on July 1, 1968

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 6305*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 72-NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION > SUBCHAPTER I-SANCTIONS FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION**

