Sanctions Against Pakistan for Detonation of a Nuclear Explosive Device
President Clinton formally determined that Pakistan, a non-nuclear-weapon state, detonated a nuclear explosive device on May 28, 1998, triggering mandatory sanctions under section 102(b) of the Arms Export Control Act. The determination directs relevant U.S. government agencies to impose the congressionally prescribed sanctions and orders the Secretary of State to transmit the determination to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.