[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1901 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1901

  To authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy 
       agreement with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2014

  Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Corker) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy 
       agreement with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016.

    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 ``Support for United States-Republic 
of Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In the 60th year of the alliance, the relationship 
        between the United States and the Republic of Korea could not 
        be stronger. It is based on mutual sacrifice, mutual respect, 
        shared interests, and shared responsibility to promote peace 
        and security in the Asia-Pacific region and throughout the 
        world.
            (2) North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, including 
        uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing technologies, 
        undermine security on the Korean Peninsula. The United States 
        and the Republic of Korea have a shared interest in preventing 
        further proliferation, including through the implementation of 
        the 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks.
            (3) Both the United States and Republic of Korea have a 
        shared objective in strengthening the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at London, Moscow, and 
        Washington July 1, 1968, and a political and a commercial 
        interest in working collaboratively to address challenges to 
        their respective peaceful civil nuclear programs.
            (4) The nuclear energy agreement referred to in section 3 
        is scheduled to expire on March 19, 2014. In order to maintain 
        healthy and uninterrupted cooperation in this area between the 
        two countries while a new agreement is being negotiated, 
        Congress should authorize the President to extend the duration 
        of the current agreement until March 19, 2016.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AGREEMENT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF 
              KOREA.

    Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2153), the President is authorized to take such actions as may 
be required to extend the term of the Agreement for Cooperation between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy, done at 
Washington November 24, 1972 (24 UST 775; TIAS 7583), and amended on 
May 15, 1974 (25 UST 1102; TIAS 7842), to a date that is not later than 
March 19, 2016.

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE 
              UNITED STATES AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and every 180 days thereafter until a new Agreement for 
Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of 
Nuclear Energy is submitted to Congress, the President shall provide to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the progress 
of negotiations on a new civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
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