[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 36 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 36

 Relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement 
  for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist 
                          Republic of Vietnam.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2014

Mr. Menendez introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement 
  for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist 
                          Republic of Vietnam.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPROVAL.

    (a) Congress does favor the Agreement for Cooperation Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy, signed on May 6, 2014, in this joint resolution referred to as 
the ``Agreement''.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2153), the Agreement becomes effective in accordance with 
the provisions of this joint resolution and other applicable provisions 
of law.

SEC. 2. THIRTY-YEAR LIMIT ON NUCLEAR EXPORTS.

    (a) Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2153) and except as provided in subsection (b) and section 
3, no license to export pursuant to an agreement that has entered into 
force pursuant to the requirements of such section 123 may be issued 
after the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force of 
such agreement.
    (b) The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to--
            (1) any agreement with a country that is a member country 
        of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Australia, 
        Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Taipei 
        Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United 
        States (TECRO), or the International Atomic Energy Agency;
            (2) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 
        1, 2014; or
            (3) any amendment to an agreement described in paragraph 
        (1) or (2).

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS.

    Congress may, in the final five years of the 30-year time limit 
applicable to the issuance of export licenses pursuant to an agreement 
under section 2(a), enact a joint resolution permitting the issuance of 
such licenses for an additional period of not more than 30 years 
without the President submitting a new agreement pursuant to the 
requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2153).

SEC. 4. APPLICABLE LAW.

    Each proposed export pursuant to the Agreement shall be subject to 
United States laws and regulations in effect at the time of each such 
export.
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