[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3764]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 541--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ANY 
UNITED STATES-SAUDI ARABIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT MUST 
    PROHIBIT THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FROM ENRICHING URANIUM OR 
    SEPARATING PLUTONIUM ON ITS OWN TERRITORY, IN KEEPING WITH THE 
         STRONGEST POSSIBLE NONPROLIFERATION ``GOLD STANDARD''

  Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Markey) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations:

                              S. Res. 541

       Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
     Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968 
     (NPT), which is nearing its fiftieth anniversary, obligates 
     non-nuclear weapon states, in Article II, ``not to receive 
     the transfer from any transferor whatsoever of nuclear 
     weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or of control over 
     such weapons or explosive devices directly, or indirectly; 
     not to manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or 
     other nuclear explosive devices; and not to seek or receive 
     any assistance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other 
     nuclear explosive devices'': Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any 
     United States-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear cooperation 
     agreement under section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
     (42 U.S.C. 2153), commonly known as a ``123 Agreement'', 
     concluded in the future, must prohibit the Kingdom of Saudi 
     Arabia from enriching uranium or separating plutonium on its 
     own territory, in keeping with the strongest possible 
     nonproliferation ``gold standard''.

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