S.Amdt. 5362

SA 5362. Mr. COLEMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 356, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

SEC. 1222. RESTRICTIONS ON ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT FOR NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in addition to any other sanction in effect, beginning on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and until the President makes the certification described in subsection (c), the restrictions described in subsection (b) shall apply with respect to Russia.

(b) Restrictions.--The restrictions referred to in subsection (a) are the following:

(1) Nuclear cooperation agreements.--The United States may not enter into an agreement for cooperation with Russia pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).

(2) Licenses to export nuclear material, facilities, or components.--The United States may not issue a license to export directly or indirectly to Russia any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that would be subject to an agreement under section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).

(3) Transfers of nuclear material, facilities, or components.--The United States may not approve the transfer or retransfer directly or indirectly to Russia of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that would be subject to an agreement under section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).

(c) Certification.--The certification referred to in subsection (a) is a certification made by the President to Congress that--

(1) either--

(A) Russia has suspended all nuclear assistance to Iran and all transfers of advanced conventional weapons and missiles to Iran, including the SA-20 system; or

(B) Iran has completely, verifiably, and irreversibly dismantled all nuclear enrichment-related and reprocessing-related programs; and

(2) all Russian forces have been withdrawn from the undisputed territory of the sovereign state of Georgia and Russia has complied with its obligations under the cease-fire agreement signed on August 15, 2008.

(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with or preventing cooperation between the United States and Russia on Cooperative Threat Reduction programs.