[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 169 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 300

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              S. RES. 169

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                               RESOLUTION

  Urging a cabinet-level review of United States-Russia Nuclear Fuel 
                                Policy.

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            November 18 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

                         Placed on the calendar





                                                       Calendar No. 300
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 169

  Urging a cabinet-level review of United States-Russia Nuclear Fuel 
                                Policy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 18 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

    Mr. Pell, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the 
    following original resolution; which was placed on the calendar

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Urging a cabinet-level review of United States-Russia Nuclear Fuel 
                                Policy.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Senate finds that--
            (1) reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation remains 
        one of our Nation's top priorities;
            (2) while the nuclear arsenal of the former Soviet Union 
        represented the single greatest threat of nuclear attack to the 
        United States before the breakup of that country, reducing our 
        two arsenals and disposing of the resulting weapons grade 
        uranium and plutonium is one of the principal means by which 
        the threat of nuclear proliferation can be reduced;
            (3) while an agreement on the disposal of highly enriched 
        uranium is under discussion by both the United States and the 
        Russian Republic, a number of issues have slowed the 
        finalization of the agreement;
            (4) the prompt resolution of these issues is vital to 
        United States national interests; and
            (5) although each agency has been working to resolve the 
        issues within its jurisdiction, there exists no centralized, 
        high-level mechanism within the Executive Branch by which these 
        pressing nuclear issues may be quickly and efficiently 
        resolved.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that:
            (1) The President should establish immediately an 
        extraordinary nuclear policy review group, to be chaired by the 
        National Security Advisor and to be composed of high-level 
        officials from relevant agencies, to seek to ensure that all 
        outstanding issues between the United States and Russia 
        relating to nuclear materials, including the highly enriched 
        uranium agreement, are promptly addressed and resolved.
            (2) The extraordinary nuclear policy review group should 
        review in particular a range of nuclear policy matters that can 
        and should be resolved by administrative procedures including 
        the purchase agreement on highly enriched uranium and access to 
        United States markets for Russian commercial grade uranium. 
        Other programs to be reviewed include greater cooperation in 
        technology transfer, nuclear safety and nuclear 
        nonproliferation agreements; training and other programs to 
        increase the stability of nuclear scientists and technicians of 
        the former Soviet Union; and feasibility of additional efforts 
        to accelerate the pace of dismantling the nuclear arsenal of 
        the former Soviet Union.
            (3) The President should provide a report to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress within 90 days of enactment 
        of this Act, detailing the findings of the extraordinary 
        nuclear policy review group and its recommendations for 
        resolving all outstanding issues between the United States and 
        Russia relating to nuclear materials, including the 
        recommendations for expedited administrative resolution of 
        matters relating to the highly enriched uranium agreement and 
        access to United States markets for Russian commercial grade 
        uranium.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.

    For purposes of this section the ``appropriate committees of 
Congress'' shall include the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate 
and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.