[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 7061 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7061

    To approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on 
        Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2008

Mr. Berman (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, and Mr. Faleomavaega) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 approve the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on 
        Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``United States-
India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement 
Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
 TITLE I--APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES-INDIA AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION ON 
                    PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

Sec. 101. Approval of Agreement.
Sec. 102. Declarations of policy; certification requirement; rule of 
                            construction.
Sec. 103. Additional Protocol between India and the IAEA.
Sec. 104. Implementation of Safeguards Agreement between India and the 
                            IAEA.
Sec. 105. Modified reporting to Congress.
TITLE II--STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES NONPROLIFERATION LAW RELATING TO 
                      PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION

Sec. 201. Procedures regarding a subsequent arrangement on 
                            reprocessing.
Sec. 202. Initiatives and negotiations relating to agreements for 
                            peaceful nuclear cooperation.
Sec. 203. Actions required for resumption of peaceful nuclear 
                            cooperation.
Sec. 204. United States Government policy at the Nuclear Suppliers 
                            Group to strengthen the international 
                            nuclear nonproliferation regime.
Sec. 205. Conforming amendments.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Agreement.--The term ``United States-India Agreement 
        for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy'' or 
        ``Agreement'' means the Agreement for Cooperation Between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government 
        of India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy that was 
        transmitted to Congress by the President on September 10, 2008.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

 TITLE I--APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES-INDIA AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION ON 
                    PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

SEC. 101. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the provisions for congressional 
consideration and approval of a proposed agreement for cooperation in 
section 123 b. and d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153 
(b) and (d)), Congress hereby approves the United States-India 
Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, subject 
to subsection (b).
    (b) Applicability of Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Hyde Act, and Other 
Provisions of Law.--The Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Henry J. 
Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 
(22 U.S.C. 8001 et. seq; Public Law 109-401), and any other applicable 
United States law as if the Agreement had been approved pursuant to the 
provisions for congressional consideration and approval of a proposed 
agreement for cooperation in section 123 b. and d. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954.
    (c) Sunset of Exemption Authority Under Hyde Act.--Section 104(f) 
of the Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy 
Cooperation Act of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 8003(f)) is amended by striking 
``the enactment of'' and all that follows through ``agreement'' and 
inserting ``the date of the enactment of the United States-India 
Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 102. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY; CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT; RULE OF 
              CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Declarations of Policy Relating to Meaning and Legal Effect of 
Agreement.--Congress declares that it is the understanding of the 
United States that the provisions of the United States-India Agreement 
for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy have the meanings 
conveyed in the authoritative representations provided by the President 
and his representatives to the Congress and its committees prior to 
September 20, 2008, regarding the meaning and legal effect of the 
Agreement.
    (b) Declarations of Policy Relating to Transfer of Nuclear 
Equipment, Materials, and Technology to India.--Congress makes the 
following declarations of policy:
            (1) Pursuant to section 103(a)(6) of the Henry J. Hyde 
        United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 
        2006 (22 U.S.C. 8002(a)(6)), in the event that nuclear 
        transfers to India are suspended or terminated pursuant to 
        title I of such Act (22 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.), the Atomic Energy 
        Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), or any other United 
        States law, it is the policy of the United States to seek to 
        prevent the transfer to India of nuclear equipment, materials, 
        or technology from other participating governments in the 
        Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) or from any other source.
            (2) Pursuant to section 103(b)(10) of the Henry J. Hyde 
        United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 
        2006 (22 U.S.C. 8002(b)(10)), any nuclear power reactor fuel 
        reserve provided to the Government of India for use in 
        safeguarded civilian nuclear facilities should be commensurate 
        with reasonable reactor operating requirements.
    (c) Certification Requirement.--Before exchanging diplomatic notes 
pursuant to Article 16(1) of the Agreement, the President shall certify 
to Congress that entry into force and implementation of the Agreement 
pursuant to its terms is consistent with the obligation of the United 
States under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 
done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into 
force March 5, 1970 (commonly known as the ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
Treaty''), not in any way to assist, encourage, or induce India to 
manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear 
explosive devices.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the Agreement shall be 
construed to supersede the legal requirements of the Henry J. Hyde 
United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 or 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

SEC. 103. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL BETWEEN INDIA AND THE IAEA.

    (a) In General.--Congress urges the Government of India to sign and 
adhere to an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA), consistent with IAEA principles, practices, and 
policies, at the earliest possible date.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Additional Protocol'' 
has the meaning given the term in section 110(1) of the Henry J. Hyde 
United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 (22 
U.S.C. 8008(1)).

SEC. 104. IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND THE 
              IAEA.

    Licenses may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 
transfers pursuant to the Agreement only after the President determines 
and certifies to Congress that--
            (1) the Agreement Between the Government of India and the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of 
        Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities, as approved by the 
        Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency on 
        August 1, 2008 (the ``Safeguards Agreement''), has entered into 
        force; and
            (2) the Government of India has filed a declaration of 
        facilities pursuant to paragraph 13 of the Safeguards Agreement 
        that is not materially inconsistent with the facilities and 
        schedule described in paragraph (14) of the separation plan 
        presented in the national parliament of India on May 11, 2006, 
        taking into account the later initiation of safeguards than was 
        anticipated in the separation plan.

SEC. 105. MODIFIED REPORTING TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Information on Nuclear Activities of India.--Subsection (g)(1) 
of section 104 of the Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic 
Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 (22 U.S.C. 8003) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) any material inconsistencies between the 
                content or timeliness of notifications by the 
                Government of India pursuant to paragraph 14(a) of the 
                Safeguards Agreement and the facilities and schedule 
                described in paragraph (14) of the separation plan 
                presented in the national parliament of India on May 
                11, 2006, taking into account the later initiation of 
                safeguards than was anticipated in the separation 
                plan;''.
    (b) Implementation and Compliance Report.--Subsection (g)(2) of 
such section is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (K)(iv), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(M) with respect to the United States-India 
                Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
                Energy (hereinafter in this subparagraph referred to as 
                the `Agreement') approved under section 101(a) of the 
                United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and 
                Nonproliferation Enhancement Act--
                            ``(i) a listing of--
                                    ``(I) all provision of sensitive 
                                nuclear technology to India, and other 
                                such information as may be so 
                                designated by the United States or 
                                India under Article 1(Q); and
                                    ``(II) all facilities in India 
                                notified pursuant to Article 7(1) of 
                                the Agreement;
                            ``(ii) a description of--
                                    ``(I) any agreed safeguards or any 
                                other form of verification for by-
                                product material decided by mutual 
                                agreement pursuant to the terms of 
                                Article 1(A) of the Agreement;
                                    ``(II) research and development 
                                undertaken in such areas as may be 
                                agreed between the United States and 
                                India as detailed in Article 2(2)(a.) 
                                of the Agreement;
                                    ``(III) the civil nuclear 
                                cooperation activities undertaken under 
                                Article 2(2)(d.) of the Agreement;
                                    ``(IV) any United States efforts to 
                                help India develop a strategic reserve 
                                of nuclear fuel as called for in 
                                Article 2(2)(e.) of the Agreement;
                                    ``(V) any United States efforts to 
                                fulfill political commitments made in 
                                Article 5(6) of the Agreement;
                                    ``(VI) any negotiations that have 
                                occurred or are ongoing under Article 
                                6(iii.) of the Agreement; and
                                    ``(VII) any transfers beyond the 
                                territorial jurisdiction of India 
                                pursuant to Article 7(2) of the 
                                Agreement, including a listing of the 
                                receiving country of each such 
                                transfer;
                            ``(iii) an analysis of--
                                    ``(I) any instances in which the 
                                United States or India requested 
                                consultations arising from concerns 
                                over compliance with the provisions of 
                                Article 7(1) of the Agreement, and the 
                                results of such consultations; and
                                    ``(II) any matters not otherwise 
                                identified in this report that have 
                                become the subject of consultations 
                                pursuant to Article 13(2) of the 
                                Agreement, and a statement as to 
                                whether such matters were resolved by 
                                the end of the reporting period; and
                            ``(iv) a statement as to whether--
                                    ``(I) any consultations are 
                                expected to occur under Article 16(5) 
                                of the Agreement; and
                                    ``(II) any enrichment is being 
                                carried out pursuant to Article 6 of 
                                the Agreement.''.

TITLE II--STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES NONPROLIFERATION LAW RELATING TO 
                      PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION

SEC. 201. PROCEDURES REGARDING A SUBSEQUENT ARRANGEMENT ON 
              REPROCESSING.

    (a) Consultation.--The President shall keep the appropriate 
congressional committees fully and currently informed of any 
discussions or negotiations related to any proposed subsequent 
arrangement concerning arrangements and procedures regarding 
reprocessing or other alteration in form or content, as provided for in 
Article 6 of the United States-India Agreement for Cooperation on 
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. In particular, the President shall 
inform the appropriate congressional committees at the earliest 
possible time after a request by the Government of India to initiate 
discussions or negotiations under Article 6 of the Agreement and shall 
brief the appropriate congressional committees each month on such 
discussions or negotiations until an arrangement is reached.
    (b) Approval.--Notwithstanding section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160), no proposed subsequent arrangement concerning 
arrangements and procedures regarding reprocessing or other alteration 
in form or content, as provided for in Article 6 of the Agreement, 
shall take effect until the requirements specified in subsection (c) 
are met.
    (c) Requirements.--The requirements referred to in subsection (b) 
are the following:
            (1) The President transmits to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report containing--
                    (A) the reasons for entering into such proposed 
                subsequent arrangement;
                    (B) a detailed description, including the text, of 
                such proposed subsequent arrangement; and
                    (C) a certification that the United States will 
                pursue efforts to ensure that any other nation that 
                permits India to reprocess or otherwise alter in form 
                or content nuclear material that the nation has 
                transferred to India or nuclear material and by-product 
                material used in or produced through the use of nuclear 
                material, non-nuclear material, or equipment that it 
                has transferred to India requires India to do so under 
                similar arrangements and procedures.
            (2) A period of 30 days of continuous session (as defined 
        by section 130 g.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
        U.S.C. 2159 (g)(2)) has elapsed after transmittal of the report 
        required under paragraph (1).
    (d) Resolution of Disapproval.--Notwithstanding the requirements in 
subsection (c) having been met, a subsequent arrangement referred to in 
subsection (b) shall not become effective if during the time specified 
in subsection (c)(2), Congress adopts, and there is enacted, a joint 
resolution stating in substance that Congress does not favor such 
subsequent arrangement. Any such resolution shall be considered 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 130 i. of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2159 (i)), as amended by section 205 of 
this Act.

SEC. 202. INITIATIVES AND NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS FOR 
              PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION.

    Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``e. The President shall keep the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate fully and 
                currently informed of any initiative or negotiations 
                relating to a new or amended agreement for peaceful 
                nuclear cooperation pursuant to this section (except an 
                agreement arranged pursuant to section 91 c., 144 b., 
                144 c., or 144 d., or an amendment thereto). In 
                carrying out this subsection, the President shall 
                consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations of the Senate not less than 15 calendar days 
                before each of the following: (1) The President's 
                announcement of any initiative relating to such a new 
                or amended agreement. (2) The initiation of any formal 
                or informal negotiations relating to such a new or 
                amended agreement. (3) The receipt or transmission of a 
                draft of such a new or amended agreement.''.

SEC. 203. ACTIONS REQUIRED FOR RESUMPTION OF PEACEFUL NUCLEAR 
              COOPERATION.

    Section 129 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2158 
(a)) is amended by striking ``Congress adopts a concurrent resolution'' 
and inserting ``Congress adopts, and there is enacted, a joint 
resolution''.

SEC. 204. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POLICY AT THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS 
              GROUP TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR 
              NONPROLIFERATION REGIME.

    (a) Certification.--Before exchanging diplomatic notes pursuant to 
Article 16(1) of the Agreement, the President shall certify to the 
appropriate congressional committees that it is the policy of the 
United States to work with members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group 
(NSG), individually and collectively, to agree to further restrict the 
transfers of equipment and technology related to the enrichment of 
uranium and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.
    (b) Peaceful Use Assurances for Certain By-Product Material.--The 
President shall seek to achieve, by the earliest possible date, either 
within the NSG or with relevant NSG Participating Governments, the 
adoption of principles, reporting, and exchanges of information as may 
be appropriate to assure peaceful use and accounting of by-product 
material in a manner that is substantially equivalent to the relevant 
provisions of the Agreement.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than six months after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter, 
        the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report on efforts by the United States pursuant to 
        subsections (a) and (b).
            (2) Termination.--The requirement to transmit the report 
        under paragraph (1) terminates on the date on which the 
        President transmits a report pursuant to such paragraph stating 
        that the objectives in subsections (a) and (b) have been 
        achieved.

SEC. 205. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 130 i. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2159 
(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``means a joint 
        resolution'' and all that follows through ``, with the date'' 
        and inserting the following: ``means--
            ``(A) for an agreement for cooperation pursuant to section 
        123 of this Act, a joint resolution, the matter after the 
        resolving clause of which is as follows: `That the Congress 
        (does or does not) favor the proposed agreement for cooperation 
        transmitted to the Congress by the President on _____ .',
            ``(B) for a determination under section 129 of this Act, a 
        joint resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of 
        which is as follows: `That the Congress does not favor the 
        determination transmitted to the Congress by the President on 
        _____ .', or
            ``(C) for a subsequent arrangement under section 201 of the 
        United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and 
        Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, a joint resolution, the 
        matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: `That 
        the Congress does not favor the subsequent arrangement to the 
        Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United 
        States of America and the Government of India Concerning 
        Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy that was transmitted to 
        Congress by the President on September 10, 2008.',
with the date'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``a proposed agreement for 
                        cooperation is submitted to the House of 
                        Representatives and the Senate under section 
                        123 d.'' and inserting ``a proposed agreement 
                        for cooperation pursuant to section 123 d. of 
                        this Act, a determination under section 129 of 
                        this Act, or a subsequent arrangement under 
                        section 201 of the United States-India Nuclear 
                        Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation 
                        Enhancement Act, as the case may be, is 
                        submitted to the House of Representatives and 
                        the Senate''; and
                            (ii) by inserting after ``such agreement 
                        for cooperation'' the following ``, 
                        determination, or subsequent arrangement, as 
                        the case may be,''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting after 
                ``such an agreement for cooperation'' the following ``, 
                determination, or subsequent arrangement, as the case 
                may be,''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``45 days after its 
                introduction'' the following ``(or in the case of a 
                joint resolution related to a subsequent arrangement 
                under section 201 of the United States-India Nuclear 
                Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement 
                Act, 15 days after its introduction)''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``45-day period'' the 
                following: ``(or in the case of a joint resolution 
                related to a subsequent arrangement under section 201 
                of the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval 
                and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, 15-day period)''.
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