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[S. Res. 541 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 546
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 541

Expressing the sense of the Senate that any United States-Saudi Arabia 
  civilian nuclear cooperation agreement must prohibit the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its own 
  territory, in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation 
                           ``gold standard''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2018

   Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Markey) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

                             July 30, 2018

   Reported by Mr. Corker, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                preamble
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                               in italic]
      [Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic]

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that any United States-Saudi Arabia 
  civilian nuclear cooperation agreement must prohibit the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its own 
  territory, in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation 
                           ``gold standard''.

Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at 
        Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968 (NPT), which is nearing its 
        fiftieth anniversary, obligates non-nuclear weapon states, in Article 
        II, ``not to receive the transfer from any transferor whatsoever of 
        nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or of control over 
        such weapons or explosive devices directly, or indirectly; not to 
        manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear 
        explosive devices; and not to seek or receive any assistance in the 
        manufacture of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices'': 
        Now, therefore, be it
Whereas, on May 21, 2009, the United States and the United Arab Emirates signed 
        a bilateral agreement pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act 
        of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), establishing cooperation on civilian nuclear 
        programs in which the United Arab Emirates agreed that it ``shall not 
        possess sensitive nuclear facilities within its territory or otherwise 
        engage in activities within its territory for, or relating to, the 
        enrichment or reprocessing of material, or for the alternation in form 
        or content (except by irradiation or further irradiation or, if agreed 
        by the Parties, post-irradiation examination) of plutonium, uranium 233, 
        high enriched uranium, or irradiated source or special fissionable 
        material'';
Whereas the civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and 
        the United Arab Emirates further obligates the United Arab Emirates to 
        bring into force its Additional Protocol to its IAEA Safeguards 
        Agreement before the United States licenses ``exports of nuclear 
        material, equipment, components, or technology'' pursuant to the 
        agreement; and
Whereas this agreement became known as the first ``gold standard'' civil nuclear 
        agreement and was lauded as a step toward establishing a precedent for 
        strong nonproliferation standards on the Arabian Peninsula: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any United 
States-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation agreement under 
section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), commonly 
known as a ``123 Agreement'', concluded in the future, must prohibit 
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating 
plutonium on its own territory, in keeping with the strongest possible 
nonproliferation ``gold standard''.
That it is the sense of the Senate that any United States-Saudi Arabia 
civilian nuclear cooperation agreement under section 123 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), commonly known as a ``123 
Agreement'', concluded in the future should prohibit the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on Saudi 
Arabian territory in keeping with the strongest possible 
nonproliferation ``gold standard'' as well as require the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia to bring into force the Additional Protocol with the 
International Atomic Energy Agency.




                                                       Calendar No. 546

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                              S. RES. 541

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                               RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate that any United States-Saudi Arabia 
  civilian nuclear cooperation agreement must prohibit the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its own 
  territory, in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation 
                           ``gold standard''.

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                             July 30, 2018

      Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the preamble