[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 131 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5591-S5592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED

       SA 3810. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be 
     proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities 
     of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
     for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to 
     prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
     and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
     table.
       SA 3811. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Udall of 
     Colorado) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
     her to the bill S. 2410, supra; which was ordered to lie on 
     the table.

                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3810. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1268. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR 
                   COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Thirty-year Limit on Civil Nuclear Engagement.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no funds may be used to implement any aspect of an 
     agreement for civil nuclear cooperation pursuant to section 
     123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) after 
     the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force 
     of such agreement unless--
       (A) the President, within the final five years of the 
     agreement, has certified to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the party to such agreement has continued to 
     fulfill the terms and conditions of the agreement and that 
     the agreement continues to be in the interest of the United 
     States; and
       (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution permitting the 
     continuation of the agreement for an additional period of not 
     more than 30 years.
       (2) Exceptions.--The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 
     apply to--
       (A) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 
     1, 2014;
       (B) any agreement with the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
     Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) or the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); or
       (C) any amendment to an agreement described in subparagraph 
     (A) or (B).
       (b) Applicable Law.--Each proposed nuclear export pursuant 
     to an agreement for civil nuclear cooperation shall be 
     subject to United States laws and regulations in effect at 
     the time of each such export.
       (c) Additional Requirements for Nuclear Proliferation 
     Assessment Statements.--
       (1) In general.--The Nuclear Proliferation Assessment 
     Statement required to be submitted by the Secretary State to 
     the President pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 
     Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) shall also be submitted to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and shall be accompanied 
     by a classified annex, prepared in consultation with the 
     Director of National Intelligence, identifying and explaining 
     all classified information related to the agreement to which 
     such Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement applies, and 
     shall, in addition to any other requirements pursuant to law, 
     include the following elements:
       (A) An assessment of the consistency of the text of the 
     proposed agreement for cooperation with all the requirements 
     of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and this Act, with specific 
     attention to whether the proposed agreement is consistent 
     with each criterion set forth in subsection a. of section 123 
     of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153).
       (B) An assessment of the adequacy of safeguards and other 
     control mechanisms and the peaceful use assurances contained 
     in the agreement for cooperation to ensure that any 
     assistance furnished thereunder will not be used to further 
     any military or nuclear explosive purpose.
       (C) A historical review and assessment of past 
     proliferation activity of the cooperating party, or suspect 
     activity identified by any element of the intelligence 
     community in its review of raw or processed intelligence 
     information, including all activities that are potentially 
     inconsistent with a peaceful nuclear program and any 
     potential delivery mechanisms of concern.
       (D) A list of all the treaties and agreements related to 
     non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to which the 
     cooperating party is also a party.
       (E) An assessment of the cooperating party's current 
     national laws that govern the non-proliferation of materials 
     or equipment related to weapons of mass destruction, 
     including any chemical, biological, or nuclear material, 
     plutonium, uranium-233, high enriched uranium, or irradiated 
     source material or special fissionable material.
       (F) An explanation for the negotiated duration of the 
     agreement, including an explanation of the renewal and 
     termination procedures.
       (G) A comparison of the agreement to other existing civil 
     nuclear cooperation agreements between the United States and 
     other states in the region.
       (H) An assessment of the strategic, security, stability, 
     and regional considerations throughout the negotiation of 
     this agreement.
       (I) An assessment of the physical and environmental 
     security of the waste-cycle, ensuring the agreement addresses 
     international concerns, including international and local 
     response.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Cooperating party.--The term ``cooperating party'' 
     means an entity with which the United States proposes to 
     enter into an agreement for cooperation under the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954, and shall include--
       (A) the government of such cooperating party;
       (B) any person authorized by or who acts with the knowledge 
     of the government of such cooperating party; or
       (C) any person who acts within the territory of the 
     cooperating party.
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  SA 3811. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Udall of Colorado) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 737. REPORTS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES AND OTHER COVERED 
                   BENEFICIARIES.

       (a) Secretary of Defense Report.--
       (1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a report on women's health care 
     services for members of the Armed Forces on active duty and 
     other covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by this subsection shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A description and assessment of women's health care 
     services for members of the

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     Armed Forces and other covered beneficiaries, including 
     access to care, scope of available care, and availability of 
     speciality care, and with a particular emphasis on maternity 
     care.
       (B) An assessment whether the quality measures used by the 
     military health system with respect to women's health care 
     services for members of the Armed Forces and other covered 
     beneficiaries facilitate expected outcomes, and an assessment 
     whether another, or additional, evidence-based quality 
     measures would improve outcomes in the military health 
     system.
       (C) A description and assessment of recommendations to 
     improve access to health services and better health outcomes 
     for women members of the Armed Forces and other covered 
     beneficiaries proposed by the Women's Health Research 
     Interest Group, the Comptroller General of the United States, 
     and such other entities as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate for purposes of the report.
       (D) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative 
     action as the Secretary considers appropriate to improve 
     women's health care services for members of the Armed Forces 
     and other covered beneficiaries.
       (E) Such other matters relating to women's health care 
     services for members of the Armed Forces and other covered 
     beneficiaries as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (b) Comptroller General of the United States Report.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the submittal under subsection (a) 
     of the report required by that subsection, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
     report setting forth the assessment of the Comptroller 
     General of such report. The report shall include, in 
     particular, an assessment of the recommendations of the 
     Secretary for actions to improve the delivery of women's 
     health care services to members of the Armed Forces and other 
     covered beneficiaries under chapter 55 of title 10, United 
     States Code.

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