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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S649)</text>
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        <fullName>Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that </p> <ul> <li>the establishment of a regional nuclear fuel bank should be part of a comprehensive plan for confronting nuclear nonproliferation in the Middle East;</li> <li>the United States should implement a policy that guarantees that any Middle East state that forgoes domestic uranium enrichment and reprocessing can purchase fuel for its commercial nuclear reactors from an international nuclear fuel bank; and</li> <li>the United States should seek bilateral and multilateral nuclear cooperation agreements with various Middle Eastern states, including Iran, that include a commitment by states to forgo domestic uranium enrichment and reprocessing of spent fuel.</li> </ul>]]></text>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S649)</text>
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