S.Amdt. 5170

SA 5170. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3709, to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 United States exports of nuclear materials, equipment, and technology to India, and to implement the United States Additional Protocol; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 262 and insert the following:

SEC. 262. IAEA INSPECTIONS AND VISITS.

(a) Certain Individuals Prohibited From Obtaining Access.--No national of a country designated by the Secretary of State under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) as a government supporting acts of international terrorism shall be permitted access to the United States to carry out an inspection activity under the Additional Protocol or a related safeguards agreement.

(b) Certain Individuals Prohibited From Entering the United States.--The head of any agency or department of the United States may deny entry into the United States of an IAEA inspector seeking such entry to carry out official business of the IAEA if the head of such agency or department suspects the IAEA inspector of having links to foreign intelligence services.

(c) Presence of United States Government Personnel.--IAEA inspectors shall be accompanied at all times by United States Government personnel when inspecting sites, locations, facilities, or activities in the United States under the Additional Protocol.

(d) Use of United States Equipment, Materials, and Resources.--Any inspections conducted by personnel of the IAEA in the United States pursuant to the Additional Protocol shall by carried out using equipment, materials, and resources that are purchased, owned, inspected, and controlled by the United States.

(e) Vulnerability and Related Assessments.--The President shall conduct vulnerability, counterintelligence, and related assessments not less than every 5 years to ensure that information of direct national security significance remains protected at all sites, locations, facilities, and activities in the United States that are subject to IAEA inspection under the Additional Protocol.