[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4608]
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  SA 2273. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Cotton) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 title XXXI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 31___. APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT 
                   BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
                   AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 
                   KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND 
                   FOR COOPERATION ON THE USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY 
                   FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE PURPOSES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States and the United Kingdom share a 
     special relationship;
       (2) the Agreement Between the Government of the United 
     States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of 
     Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the 
     Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defense Purposes, done at 
     Washington July 3, 1958 (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Agreement'') provides one of the bases for such special 
     relationship;
       (3) the Agreement has served the national security interest 
     of the United States for more than 65 years; and
       (4) Congress expects to receive transmittal of proposed 
     amendments to the Agreement.
       (b) In General.--Notwithstanding the provisions for 
     congressional consideration of a proposed agreement for 
     cooperation in subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), any amendments providing 
     for the renewal of Article III of the Agreement (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Amendment''), transmitted to 
     Congress before January 3, 2025, may be brought into effect 
     on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, if no 
     joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the Amendment 
     is enacted during 10-calendar-day period beginning on the 
     date that the Amendment is transmitted to Congress, as if all 
     the requirements in such section 123 for consideration of the 
     Amendment had been satisfied, subject to subsection (c) of 
     this section.
       (c) Applicability of Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and Other 
     Provisions of Law.--Upon coming into effect, the Amendment 
     shall be subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act 
     of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and any other applicable 
     United States law as if the Amendment had come into effect in 
     accordance with the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954.
       (d) Adherence in the Event of Timely Submission.--If the 
     Amendment is completed and transmitted to Congress before 
     October 1, 2024, thereby allowing for adherence to the 
     provisions for congressional consideration of the Amendment 
     as outlined in subsection d. of section 123 of the Atomic 
     Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), subsection (b) of this 
     section shall not take effect.
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