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title: "22 U.S.C. § 6727"
description: "National security exception"
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title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
chapter_number: "75"
chapter_name: "CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION"
section: "6727"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 6727"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 6727 - National security exception

## Text

Consistent with the objective of eliminating chemical weapons, the President may deny a request to inspect any facility in the United States in cases where the President determines that the inspection may pose a threat to the national security interests of the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. I, title III, § 307, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–878.)