3.0.0 36 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z Senate S SJRES 2014-05-22 113 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-08-01T21:50:10Z ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2014-07-29T23:41:32Z Markup by 2014-07-22T22:15:50Z Referred to 2014-05-22T19:20:25Z S. Rept. 113-221 2014-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2014-08-01 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2014-08-01 10:52:42 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2014-07-31 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR 8/1/2014 S5312-5313; text as passed Senate: CR 8/1/2014 S5312-5313) Floor 2014-07-31 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR 8/1/2014 S5312-5313; text as passed Senate: CR 8/1/2014 S5312-5313) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-29 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 494. Calendars 2014-07-29 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-221. Committee 2014-07-29 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-221. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2014-07-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2014-05-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2014-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2014-06-04 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-06-05 False International Affairs Asia Congressional oversight International law and treaties Licensing and registrations Nuclear power Trade restrictions Vietnam International Affairs 00 2014-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-28T19:51:29Z States that: (1) Congress favors the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed on May 6, 2014; and (2) such Agreement becomes effective in accordance with this joint resolution and other applicable law.

Prohibits issuance of any export license pursuant to a nuclear cooperation agreement 30 years after the agreement's entry into force.

Exempts from such restriction: (1) any agreement with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member, Australia, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States, or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); (2) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014; or (3) any amendment to any such agreement.

Authorizes Congress, in the final five years of an export license's 30-year limit, to enact a joint resolution permitting the issuance of such licenses for an additional period of not more than 30 years without the President's submitting a new agreement pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

]]> 01 2014-07-29 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2014-08-04T18:59:29Z States that: (1) Congress favors the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed on May 6, 2014; and (2) such Agreement becomes effective in accordance with this joint resolution and other applicable law.

Prohibits issuance of any export license pursuant to a civil nuclear cooperation agreement 30 years after the agreement's entry into force unless:

  • (1) the President, within the agreement's final five years, has certified to Congress that the party to such agreement has continued to fulfill its terms and conditions and that the agreement continues to be in the interest of the United States; and
  • (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution permitting the continuation of the agreement for an additional period of not more than 30 years.

Exempts from such restriction:

  • any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014,
  • any agreement with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or
  • any amendment to any such agreement.

States that the Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement required to be submitted by the Secretary State to the President shall also be submitted to Congress and shall be accompanied by a classified annex identifying all classified information related to the agreement to which such Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement applies, and shall include the following:

  • an assessment of the proposed agreement for cooperation;
  • an assessment of the adequacy of safeguards and other control mechanisms and the peaceful use assurances contained in the agreement for cooperation;
  • a historical assessment of past proliferation activity of the cooperating party;
  • a list of all the treaties and agreements related to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to which the cooperating party is also a party;
  • an assessment of the cooperating party's national laws that govern the non-proliferation of materials or equipment related to weapons of mass destruction;
  • an explanation for the negotiated duration of the agreement;
  • a comparison of the agreement to other existing civil nuclear cooperation agreements between the United States and other states in the region;
  • an assessment of the strategic, security, stability, and regional considerations throughout the negotiation of this agreement; and
  • an assessment of the physical and environmental security of the waste-cycle.
]]> 35 2014-07-31 Passed Senate amended 2014-08-04T18:57:44Z (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 29, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

States that: (1) Congress favors the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed on May 6, 2014; and (2) such Agreement becomes effective in accordance with this joint resolution and other applicable law.

Prohibits issuance of any export license pursuant to a civil nuclear cooperation agreement 30 years after the agreement's entry into force unless:

  • (1) the President, within the agreement's final five years, has certified to Congress that the party to such agreement has continued to fulfill its terms and conditions and that the agreement continues to be in the interest of the United States; and
  • (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution permitting the continuation of the agreement for an additional period of not more than 30 years.

Exempts from such restriction:

  • any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014,
  • any agreement with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) or the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), or
  • any amendment to any such agreement.

States that the Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement required to be submitted by the Secretary State to the President shall also be submitted to Congress and shall be accompanied by a classified annex identifying all classified information related to the agreement to which such Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement applies, and shall include the following:

  • an assessment of the proposed agreement for cooperation;
  • an assessment of the adequacy of safeguards and other control mechanisms and the peaceful use assurances contained in the agreement for cooperation;
  • a historical assessment of past proliferation activity of the cooperating party;
  • a list of all the treaties and agreements related to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to which the cooperating party is also a party;
  • an assessment of the cooperating party's national laws that govern the non-proliferation of materials or equipment related to weapons of mass destruction;
  • an explanation for the negotiated duration of the agreement;
  • a comparison of the agreement to other existing civil nuclear cooperation agreements between the United States and other states in the region;
  • an assessment of the strategic, security, stability, and regional considerations throughout the negotiation of this agreement; and
  • an assessment of the physical and environmental security of the waste-cycle.
]]> A joint resolution relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Display Title A joint resolution relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Official Title as Introduced A joint resolution relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Introduced in Senate IS Referred in House 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sjres36rfh/xml/BILLS-113sjres36rfh.xml Engrossed in Senate 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sjres36es/xml/BILLS-113sjres36es.xml Reported to Senate 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sjres36rs/xml/BILLS-113sjres36rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113sjres36is/xml/BILLS-113sjres36is.xml 2014-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.