[House Document 113-64]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-64

 
  TEXT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR 
                COOPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION 

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  THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
   TREATY FOR CO-OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION, INCLUDING A 
                   TECHNICAL ANNEX AND SECURITY ANNEX

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 September 19, 2013.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, consistent with 
sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 2153 and 2164(b)), the text of the Agreement Between 
the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for Cooperation 
Regarding Atomic Information, including a technical annex and 
security annex (hereinafter collectively referred to as the 
``ATOMAL Agreement''), as a proposed agreement for cooperation 
authorizing the exchange of U.S. Restricted Data and Formerly 
Restricted Data within the context of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) between the United States of America and 
the following member of NATO: the Republic of Croatia 
(hereinafter the ``New Party'').
    In addition, I am pleased to transmit my written approval, 
authorization, and determination concerning the ATOMAL 
Agreement with respect to the New Party, with a copy of the 
memorandum of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the 
agreement. The ATOMAL Agreement entered into force on March 12, 
1965, with respect to the United States and the other NATO 
members at that time. The Czech Republic, the Republic of 
Hungary, the Republic of Poland, Spain, the Republic of 
Bulgaria, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the 
Republic of Lithuania, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and the 
Republic of Slovenia subsequently became parties to the ATOMAL 
Agreement. The New Party has signed this agreement and has 
indicated its willingness to be bound by it. The ATOMAL 
Agreement with respect to the New Party meets the requirements 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Although the 
ATOMAL Agreement continues in force with respect to the United 
States and the other current parties to it, it will not become 
effective as an agreement for cooperation authorizing the 
exchange of atomic information with respect to the New Party 
until completion of procedures prescribed by sections 123 and 
144 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
    For more than 40 years, the ATOMAL Agreement has served as 
the framework within which NATO and the other NATO members that 
have become parties to this agreement have received the 
information that is necessary to an understanding and knowledge 
of, and participation in, the political and strategic consensus 
upon which the collective military capacity of the Alliance 
depends. This agreement permits only the transfer of atomic 
information, not weapons, nuclear material, or equipment. 
Participation in the ATOMAL Agreement will give the New Party 
the same standing within the Alliance with regard to nuclear 
matters as that of the other current parties to the ATOMAL 
Agreement. This is important for the cohesiveness of the 
Alliance and will enhance its effectiveness.
    I have considered the views and recommendations of the 
Department of Defense (DOD) and other interested agencies in 
reviewing the ATOMAL Agreement and have determined that its 
performance, including the proposed cooperation and the 
proposed communication of Restricted Data thereunder with 
respect to the New Party, will promote, and will not constitute 
an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security. 
Accordingly, I have approved the ATOMAL Agreement with respect 
to the New Party and authorized the DOD to cooperate with the 
New Party in the context of NATO upon satisfaction of the 
requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended.
    The 60-day continuous session period provided for in 
section 123 begins upon receipt of this submission.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, September 18, 2013.

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