[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3814 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3814

    To provide for a ``gold standard'' for the security of nuclear 
              materials worldwide, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2007

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a ``gold standard'' for the security of nuclear 
              materials worldwide, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Nuclear Gold Standard Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. GLOBAL ALLIANCE AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM.

    The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary 
of Defense shall develop a framework to create a new global alliance 
against nuclear terrorism that would incorporate the ``gold standard'' 
for the security of nuclear materials developed under section 3.

SEC. 3. SECRETARY OF ENERGY COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO 
              DEVELOP ``GOLD STANDARD'' FOR SECURITY OF NUCLEAR 
              MATERIALS WORLDWIDE.

    The Secretary of Energy shall work with the Secretary's counterpart 
in Russia to develop a formal set of verifiable and enforceable 
standards to which all United States and Russian nuclear materials 
shall be secured and against which inspectors can test.  The Secretary 
of Energy shall work with the International Atomic Energy Agency to 
extend those standards through binding agreements to all other 
countries with nuclear materials.

SEC. 4. SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND SECRETARY OF STATE ASSISTANCE TO OTHER 
              COUNTRIES TO IMPLEMENT UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL 
              RESOLUTION 1540.

    (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--The Secretary of Energy and 
the Secretary of State shall, separately and jointly, provide 
assistance to other countries to help those countries implement the 
measures required by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 of 
April 28, 2004. The assistance shall include incentives developed under 
subsection (b) and counsel to foreign leaders.
    (b) Incentives Required.--The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary 
of State shall jointly develop a set of incentives for use in carrying 
out subsection (a).

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in subsection (b) a report on the 
activities carried out under sections 3 and 4, including an assessment 
of the progress made.
    (b) Specified Committees.--The committees referred to in subsection 
(a) are--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on International 
        Relations of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Commerce, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

SEC. 6. CONDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Additional Amounts for Certain DOE and DOD Programs.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to paragraph 
        (2), there are authorized to be appropriated a total of 
        $2,500,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for the 
        purpose of carrying out the following programs:
                    (A) In the Department of Energy:
                            (i) The Elimination of Weapons Grade 
                        Plutonium Production program.
                            (ii) The Global Threat Reduction 
                        Initiative.
                            (iii) The Reduced Enrichment for Research 
                        and Test Reactors program.
                            (iv) The Russian Research Reactor Fuel 
                        Return program.
                            (v) The Foreign Research Reactor Spent 
                        Nuclear Fuel Return program.
                            (vi) The BN-350 Spent Fuel Security 
                        program.
                            (vii) The Materials Protection, Control, 
                        and Accounting program, to be used only to 
                        specifically ensure that measures are sustained 
                        after they are installed.
                    (B) In the Department of Defense:
                            (i) The Nuclear Weapons Storage Security 
                        program.
                            (ii) The Nuclear Weapons Transportation 
                        Security program.
            (2) Condition.--Paragraph (1) applies only if the Secretary 
        of Energy submits to Congress the Secretary's certification 
        that a nuclear `gold standard' has been developed under section 
        3.
    (b) Additional Amounts To Secure Nuclear Materials in Russia.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to paragraph 
        (2), there are authorized to be appropriated a total of 
        $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 for the purpose 
        of securing nuclear materials in Russia.
            (2) Condition.--Paragraph (1) applies only if the Secretary 
        of Energy submits to Congress the Secretary's certification 
        that Russia has agreed to a plan for the accelerated blend-down 
        of the highly enriched uranium in Russia.
    (c) Treatment as Additional Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under this section are in addition to any other amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for the purposes specified in subsections 
(a) and (b).
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