[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4003 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4003

To make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to 
                 International Space Station payments.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2005

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to 
                 International Space Station payments.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 2000 RELATED TO 
              INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PAYMENTS.

    (a) Treatment of Certain Payments.--Section 7(1)(B) of the Iran 
Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
        comma; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
        ``except that such term does not mean payments in cash or in 
        kind made or to be made by the United States Government prior 
        to January 1, 2012, to meet the obligations of the United 
        States under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on the Civil 
        International Space Station, with annex, signed at Washington 
        January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 2001, or any 
        protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, or contract 
        related thereto.''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 6 of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Report on Certain Payments Related to International Space 
Station.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall, together with each 
        report submitted under section 2(a), submit to the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
        International Relations of the House of Representatives a 
        report that identifies each Russian entity or person to whom 
        the United States Government has, since the date of the 
        enactment of the Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005, 
        made a payment in cash or in kind to meet the obligations of 
        the United States under the Agreement Concerning Cooperation on 
        the Civil International Space Station, with annex, signed at 
        Washington January 29, 1998, and entered into force March 27, 
        2001, or any protocol, agreement, memorandum of understanding, 
        or contract related thereto.
            ``(2) Content.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) the specific purpose of each payment made to 
                each entity or person identified in the report; and
                    ``(B) with respect to each such payment, the 
                assessment of the President that the payment was not 
                prejudicial to the achievement of the objectives of the 
                United States Government to prevent the proliferation 
                of ballistic or cruise missile systems in Iran and 
                other countries that have repeatedly provided support 
                for acts of international terrorism, as determined by 
                the Secretary of State under section 620A(a) of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)), 
                section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
                (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), or section 40(d) of the Arms 
                Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)).''.
                                 <all>