S.Amdt. 1793

SA 1793. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.

(a) Thirty-year Limit on Nuclear Exports.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds may be used to implement any aspect of an
agreement for civil nuclear cooperation pursuant to section
123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) after
the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force
of such agreement unless--
(A) the President, within the final five years of the
agreement, has certified to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives that the party to such
agreement has continued to fulfill the terms and conditions
of the agreement and that the agreement continues to be in
the interest of the United States; and
(B) Congress enacts a joint resolution permitting the
continuation of the agreement for an additional period of not
more than 30 years.
(2) Exceptions.--The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not
apply to--
(A) any agreement that had entered into force as of August
1, 2015;
(B) any agreement with the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), or the
International Atomic Energy Agency; or
(C) any amendment to an agreement described in subparagraph
(A) or (B).
(b) 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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