[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3088]
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SA 917. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XV, insert
the following:
SEC. ___. MONITORING IRANIAN ENRICHMENT.
(a) Significant Enrichment Activity Defined.--In this
section, the term ``significant enrichment activity'' means--
(1) any enrichment of any amount of uranium-235 to a purity
percentage that is 5 percent higher than the purity
percentage indicated in the prior submission to Congress
under subsection (b)(1); or
(2) any enrichment of uranium-235 in a quantity exceeding
10 kilograms.
(b) Submission to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 48 hours after the Director
of National Intelligence assesses that the Islamic Republic
of Iran has produced or possesses any amount of uranium-235
enriched to greater than 60 percent purity or has engaged in
significant enrichment activity, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to Congress such assessment,
consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and
methods.
(2) Duplication.--For any submission required by this
subsection, the Director of National Intelligence may rely
upon existing products that reflect the current analytic
judgment of the intelligence community, including reports or
products produced in response to congressional mandate or
requests from executive branch officials.
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