S.Amdt. 3778
What it does: Adds SEC. 1268. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENTS at the end of subtitle D of title XII
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S. 2410 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1268. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENTS at the end of subtitle D of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: SEC. 1268. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.
Inserted: (a) Thirty-year Limit on Nuclear Exports.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) and except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (b), no license to export pursuant to an agreement that has entered into force pursuant to the requirements of such section 123 may be issued after the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force of such agreement.
Inserted: (2) Exceptions.--The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
Inserted: (A) any agreement with a country that is a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Australia, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), or the International Atomic Energy Agency;
Inserted: (B) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014; or
Inserted: (C) any amendment to an agreement described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
Inserted: (b) Extension of Existing Agreements.--Congress may, in the final five years of the 30-year time limit applicable to the issuance of export licenses pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a)(1), enact a joint resolution permitting the issuance of such licenses for an additional period of not more than 30 years without the President submitting a new agreement pursuant to the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).
Inserted: (c) Applicable Law.--Each proposed export pursuant to an agreement described under this section shall be subject to United States laws and regulations in effect at the time of each such export.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
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SA 3778. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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:
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1268. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.
(a) Thirty-year Limit on Nuclear Exports.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) and except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (b), no license to export pursuant to an agreement that has entered into force pursuant to the requirements of such section 123 may be issued after the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force of such agreement.
(2) Exceptions.--The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
(A) any agreement with a country that is a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Australia, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), or the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(B) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014; or
(C) any amendment to an agreement described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(b) Extension of Existing Agreements.--Congress may, in the final five years of the 30-year time limit applicable to the issuance of export licenses pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a)(1), enact a joint resolution permitting the issuance of such licenses for an additional period of not more than 30 years without the President submitting a new agreement pursuant to the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).
(c) Applicable Law.--Each proposed export pursuant to an agreement described under this section shall be subject to United States laws and regulations in effect at the time of each such export.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 31, 2014