[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1793. Mr. MENENDEZ 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR 
                   COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Thirty-year Limit on Nuclear Exports.--
       (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 Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives 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, 2015;
       (B) any agreement with the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
     Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), or the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency; or
       (C) any amendment to an agreement described in subparagraph 
     (A) or (B).
       (b) Applicable Law.--Each proposed export pursuant to an 
     agreement described under this section shall be subject to 
     United States laws and regulations in effect at the time of 
     each such export.
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