[House Document 119-188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


119th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-188

 
   AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR CO-
                 OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

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  THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
  TREATY FOR CO-OPERATION REGARDING ATOMIC INFORMATION, WITH ANNEXES, 
 PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 2153(d); PUBLIC LAW 95-242, SEC. 401; (92 STAT. 
144) AND 42 U.S.C. 2153c(c); PUBLIC LAW 95-242, SEC. 404(c); (92 STAT. 
                                  147)




  August 24, 2026.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 21, 2026.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am pleased to transmit to the Congress, 
consistent with sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153 and 2164(b)), the text 
of the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic 
Treaty for Co-operation Regarding Atomic Information, with 
annexes (hereinafter referred to as the ``ATOMAL Agreement''), 
as an agreement for cooperation proposed to be effective to 
authorize the communication of U.S. Restricted Data and 
Formerly Restricted Data (atomic information) within the 
context of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
between the United States of America and each of the following 
members of NATO: the Republic of Finland (Finland) and the 
Kingdom of Sweden (Sweden) (hereinafter the ``New Parties'').
    I am also pleased to transmit my written approval, 
authorization, and determination concerning the ATOMAL 
Agreement with respect to the New Parties, with a copy of the 
memorandum from the Secretary of War recommending my approval 
of the ATOMAL Agreement with respect to the New Parties. 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 ATOMAL Agreement is effective to permit sharing of 
atomic information with respect to the original parties as well 
as 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, the Republic of Slovenia, and the 
Republic of Croatia, which subsequently became parties to the 
ATOMAL Agreement and were authorized to receive atomic 
information under the ATOMAL Agreement. The New Parties have 
signed the ATOMAL Agreement and have indicated their 
willingness to be bound by it. While the ATOMAL Agreement 
continues in force with respect to the United States and the 
other current parties to it, the United States may not, 
pursuant to United States law, communicate atomic information 
to the New Parties to the ATOMAL Agreement until completion of 
the procedures prescribed by sections 123 and 144 b. of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
    For more than 60 years, the ATOMAL Agreement has served as 
the framework within which NATO members who become parties to 
the ATOMAL Agreement and are authorized by the United States 
have received the information that is necessary to have an 
understanding and knowledge of, and participation in, the 
political and strategic consensus upon which the collective 
military capacity of the Alliance depends. The ATOMAL Agreement 
permits only the transfer of atomic information, not weapons, 
nuclear material, or equipment. Participation in the ATOMAL 
Agreement will give the New Parties the same standing within 
the Alliance regarding nuclear matters as that of other 
authorized 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 War and other interested executive departments 
and agencies in reviewing the ATOMAL Agreement and have 
determined that its performance, including the proposed 
cooperation and the proposed communication of Restricted Data 
and Formerly Restricted Data thereunder with respect to the New 
Parties, will promote, and will not constitute an unreasonable 
risk to, the common defense and security. Additionally, Finland 
and Sweden, by participating with the United States pursuant to 
international arrangements, are making substantial and material 
contributions to the mutual defense and security as parties to 
the North Atlantic Treaty and through participation in NATO. 
Accordingly, I have approved United States implementation of 
the ATOMAL Agreement with respect to the New Parties and 
authorized the Department of War to cooperate with the New 
Parties in the context of NATO upon satisfaction of the 
requirements of sections 123 and 144 b. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
                                                   
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