[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3592-S3593]
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SA 586. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 title XII, add the following:
Subtitle H--Saudi Arabia Nuclear Nonproliferation
SEC. 1291. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Saudi Nuclear
Nonproliferation Act of 2019''.
SEC. 1292. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should not approve a civilian nuclear
cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia until the Government
of Saudi Arabia--
(A) has been truthful and transparent with regard to the
death of Jamal Khashoggi;
(B) has renounced uranium enrichment and reprocessing on
its territory, as well as agreed to an Additional Protocol
with the International Atomic Energy Agency; and
(C) has made significant progress on the protection of
human rights, including through the release of political
prisoners;
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(2) the United States and Saudi Arabia have traditionally
shared an important strategic partnership, which includes
joint efforts--
(A) to combat terrorism;
(B) to ensure regional stability; and
(C) to address other common challenges;
(3) the strategic partnership between the United States and
Saudi Arabia should be based on--
(A) the pursuit of shared national security interests; and
(B) respect for human rights and the rule of law; and
(4) any decision by the Government of Saudi Arabia to
pursue civilian nuclear cooperation with the Russian
Federation or the People's Republic of China, or without
signing a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with the
United States, would--
(A) harm efforts to promote nuclear nonproliferation; and
(B) seriously undermine the strategic partnership between
the United States and Saudi Arabia.
SEC. 1293. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States--
(1) to require the Government of Saudi Arabia to renounce
uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing on its
territory for the duration of a civilian nuclear cooperation
agreement with the United States;
(2) to require the Government of Saudi Arabia to sign and
implement the Additional Protocol with the International
Atomic Energy Agency as part of a civilian nuclear
cooperation agreement with the United States;
(3) to oppose, through the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the
sale of nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia until the
Government of Saudi Arabia has renounced uranium enrichment
and reprocessing on its territory as part of a civilian
nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States; and
(4) to seek modification of the guidelines of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group relating to the transfer of nuclear
technology, as applied with respect to Saudi Arabia, until
Saudi Arabia has renounced enrichment and reprocessing on its
territory.
SEC. 1294. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR CIVILIAN
NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
Notwithstanding any other requirements under section 123 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), a civilian
nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia may only
enter into effect on or after the date on which each of the
following has occurred:
(1) The President has submitted a proposed agreement with
Saudi Arabia in accordance with the requirements of such
section 123.
(2) In conjunction with the submission referred to in
paragraph (1), the President has submitted to Congress an
unclassified report (which may include a classified annex)
that describes each of the following:
(A) The extent to which the Government of Saudi Arabia has
been truthful and transparent in its investigation into the
death of Jamal Khashoggi.
(B) Whether those responsible for his death have been
prosecuted or otherwise held accountable for such act.
(C) The extent to which Saudi Arabia has renounced uranium
enrichment and reprocessing on its territory or will commit
to renouncing such enrichment and reprocessing as part of the
proposed agreement with the United States.
(D) Whether Saudi Arabia has agreed to sign and implement
an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy
Agency.
(E) The extent to which Saudi Arabia has cooperated, or is
pursuing cooperation, with the People's Republic of China or
with any other foreign governments on advancing its missile
programs and acquiring missile and other associated
technologies that would be restricted under the Missile
Technology Control Regime.
(F) The extent to which Saudi Arabia has made substantial
progress on improving the protection of human rights,
including through the release of political prisoners.
(3) On or after the date of the submission of the proposed
agreement and report required under paragraphs (1) and (2), a
joint resolution stating that Congress approves such
agreement has been enacted.
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