S.Amdt. 5874
What it does: Adds SEC. 1064. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT at the end of subtitle F of title X
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1064. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT at the end of subtitle F of title X
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "180 days after" and inserting "one year after".
Inserted: SEC. 1064. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) since the earliest days of its illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has cavalierly endangered the safety of nuclear power plants, including the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the Southern Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant; and
Inserted: (2) that recklessness demonstrates the danger posed by nuclear reactors and power plants in places that may experience armed conflict during the life span of those nuclear reactors and plants.
Inserted: (b) Report Required.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing--
Inserted: (A) the dangers posed to the national security of the United States, to the interests of allies and partners of the United States, and to the safety and security of civilian populations by existing or new nuclear reactors or power plants located in areas that--
Inserted: (i) have experienced armed conflict in the 25 years preceding the date of the enactment of this Act; or
Inserted: (ii) are contested or likely to experience armed conflict during the life span of those reactors and plants; and
Inserted: (B) steps the United States or allies and partners of the United States can take to mitigate the risks to the national security of the United States, to the interests of allies and partners of the United States, and to the safety and security of civilian populations posed by nuclear reactors and power plants in places that may experience armed conflict.
Inserted: (2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--
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Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
Inserted: (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5874. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1064. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) since the earliest days of its illegal invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation has cavalierly endangered the safety of nuclear power plants, including the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the Southern Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant; and
(2) that recklessness demonstrates the danger posed by nuclear reactors and power plants in places that may experience armed conflict during the life span of those nuclear reactors and plants.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing--
(A) the dangers posed to the national security of the United States, to the interests of allies and partners of the United States, and to the safety and security of civilian populations by existing or new nuclear reactors or power plants located in areas that--
(i) have experienced armed conflict in the 25 years preceding the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(ii) are contested or likely to experience armed conflict during the life span of those reactors and plants; and
(B) steps the United States or allies and partners of the United States can take to mitigate the risks to the national security of the United States, to the interests of allies and partners of the United States, and to the safety and security of civilian populations posed by nuclear reactors and power plants in places that may experience armed conflict.
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 28, 2022