[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3788-S3789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1629. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3124. ENSURING UNITED STATES CIVIL NUCLEAR COMPONENTS 
                   ARE NOT ILLEGALLY DIVERTED TO NUCLEAR NAVAL 
                   PROPULSION PROGRAMS.

       Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2077) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     may not make an authorization under subsection b.(2) with 
     respect to a foreign country with a nuclear naval propulsion 
     program unless--
       ``(A) the Director of National Intelligence and the Chief 
     of Naval Operations jointly submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an assessment of the risks of 
     diversion, and the likely consequences of such diversion, of 
     the technology and material covered by such authorization; 
     and
       ``(B) following the date on which such assessment is 
     submitted, the Administrator for Nuclear Security certifies 
     to the appropriate congressional committees that--
       ``(i) there is sufficient diversion control as part of the 
     authorization; and
       ``(ii) the authorization presents a minimal risk of 
     diversion of such technology and material to a military 
     program that would degrade the technical advantage of the 
     United States.
       ``(2) The limitation under paragraph (1) shall not apply 
     with respect to France or the United Kingdom.
       ``(3) In this subsection, the term `appropriate 
     congressional committees' means the following:

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       ``(A) The congressional defense committees (as defined in 
     section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code).
       ``(B) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
     and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       ``(C) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
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