S.Amdt. 5552

1. Adds SEC. 3116. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISPOSITION OF FISSILE MATERIALS at the end of subtitle B of title XXXI

   Adds a section

   In S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (c) Limitation on Funding for Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.-- None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 by section 3101(a)(2) for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities and available for the Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention program may be used for projects related to energy security that could promote the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.

   Inserted: SEC. 3116. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISPOSITION OF FISSILE MATERIALS.

   Inserted: Section 3212 of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2402) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(g) Limitation on Transfers of Responsibilities for the Disposition of Fissile Materials.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--No provision of law enacted on or after January 1, 2008, other than a provision of law enacted as part of an act authorizing appropriations for a fiscal year for the defense activities of the Department of Energy, that transfers any responsibility for the disposition of fissile materials, including the construction and operation of Project 99-D-143, Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, and related programs, shall become effective until the President certifies to Congress that the responsibility to be transferred no longer serves nuclear nonproliferation, foreign policy, or national security objectives.

   Inserted: "(2) Transfer of certain funds to administrator.--Any amounts authorized to be appropriated on or after January 1, 2008, and any transfers of amounts authorized to be appropriated before January 1, 2008, relating to Project 99-D-143, Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, that are designated for an organizational unit or component of the Administration shall, notwithstanding such designation, be transferred to the Administrator.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

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