S.Amdt. 2273

SA 2273. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Cotton)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place in title XXXI, insert the
following:

SEC. 31___. APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
FOR COOPERATION ON THE USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY
FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE PURPOSES.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States and the United Kingdom share a
special relationship;
(2) the Agreement Between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the
Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes, done at
Washington July 3, 1958 (in this section referred to as the
``Agreement'') provides one of the bases for such special
relationship;
(3) the Agreement has served the national security interest
of the United States for more than 65 years; and
(4) Congress expects to receive transmittal of proposed
amendments to the Agreement.
(b) In General.--Notwithstanding the provisions for
congressional consideration of a proposed agreement for
cooperation in subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), any amendments providing
for the renewal of Article III of the Agreement (in this
section referred to as the ``Amendment''), transmitted to
Congress before January 3, 2025, may be brought into effect
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, if no
joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the Amendment
is enacted during 10-calendar-day period beginning on the
date that the Amendment is transmitted to Congress, as if all
the requirements in such section 123 for consideration of the
Amendment had been satisfied, subject to subsection (c) of
this section.
(c) Applicability of Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and Other
Provisions of Law.--Upon coming into effect, the Amendment
shall be subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and any other applicable
United States law as if the Amendment had come into effect in
accordance with the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954.
(d) Adherence in the Event of Timely Submission.--If the
Amendment is completed and transmitted to Congress before
October 1, 2024, thereby allowing for adherence to the
provisions for congressional consideration of the Amendment
as outlined in subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), subsection (b) of this
section shall not take effect.
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