[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3593]
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  SA 587. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Young) 
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 subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3116. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO APPLICATIONS 
                   FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DEVELOP OR PRODUCE SPECIAL 
                   NUCLEAR MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2077) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``f. Reporting Requirements.--
       ``(1) Quarterly reports.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, and every 90 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the 
     chairman and ranking member of each of the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that describes each 
     authorization issued by the Secretary under subsection b.(2) 
     during the 90-day period preceding submission of the report.
       ``(B) Elements.--Each report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall include--
       ``(i) a summary of each application for an authorization 
     under subsection b.(2) during the 90-day period preceding 
     submission of the report, including a description of--

       ``(I) whether the application was accepted or rejected;
       ``(II) the applicant; and
       ``(III) the intended purpose for which the applicant sought 
     the authorization; and

       ``(ii) an annex containing--

       ``(I) each application submitted to the Secretary during 
     that period; and
       ``(II) each report submitted to the Secretary under section 
     810.12 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     corresponding similar regulation or ruling) during that 
     period.

       ``(C) Additional material in initial report.--The first 
     report required to be submitted by subparagraph (A) shall 
     include the matters required by subparagraph (B) for the 
     period beginning on March 25, 2015, and ending on the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection.
       ``(D) Review by secretary of state.--The Secretary shall 
     submit each report required by this paragraph to the 
     Secretary of State for approval before submitting the report 
     to the chairmen and ranking members of the appropriate 
     congressional committees.
       ``(E) Form.--Each report required by this paragraph shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       ``(2) Submission to congress of applications and certain 
     reports.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide to the 
     chairman and ranking member of each of the appropriate 
     congressional committees an application for an authorization 
     under subsection b.(2) that is pending before or has been 
     approved by the Secretary, or a report submitted under 
     section 810.12 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     any corresponding similar regulation or ruling), not later 
     than 10 days after receiving a request for the application or 
     report, as the case may be, from the chairman or ranking 
     member of either such committee.
       ``(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In 
     this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
     committees' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
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