[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5341]
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  SA 5874. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN 
                   AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) since the earliest days of its illegal invasion of 
     Ukraine, the Russian Federation has cavalierly endangered the 
     safety of nuclear power plants, including the Zaporizhzhia 
     Nuclear Power Plant and the Southern Ukraine Nuclear Power 
     Plant; and
       (2) that recklessness demonstrates the danger posed by 
     nuclear reactors and power plants in places that may 
     experience armed conflict during the life span of those 
     nuclear reactors and plants.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     assessing--
       (A) the dangers posed to the national security of the 
     United States, to the interests of allies and partners of the 
     United States, and to the safety and security of civilian 
     populations by existing or new nuclear reactors or power 
     plants located in areas that--
       (i) have experienced armed conflict in the 25 years 
     preceding the date of the enactment of this Act; or
       (ii) are contested or likely to experience armed conflict 
     during the life span of those reactors and plants; and
       (B) steps the United States or allies and partners of the 
     United States can take to mitigate the risks to the national 
     security of the United States, to the interests of allies and 
     partners of the United States, and to the safety and security 
     of civilian populations posed by nuclear reactors and power 
     plants in places that may experience armed conflict.
       (2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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