[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5309]
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  SA 3036. Mr. MARKEY 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 end of subtitle B of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1526. REPORT ON DANGERS POSED BY NUCLEAR REACTORS IN 
                   AREAS THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE ARMED CONFLICT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Administrator for Nuclear Security shall jointly submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the 
     following:
       (1) 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 nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants in 
     existence as of such date of enactment or scheduled to be 
     completed during the 10-year period beginning on such date of 
     enactment and located in the following areas:
       (A) Regions that have experienced armed conflict in the 25 
     years preceding such date of enactment.
       (B) Areas that are contested or likely to experience armed 
     conflict during the life span of those reactors and plants.
       (C) Areas that would be involved in any of the following 
     hypothetical conflicts:
       (i) An attack by the Russian Federation on the eastern 
     European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Lithuania, or 
     Poland.
       (ii) A conflict between India and Pakistan.
       (iii) A conflict over Taiwan.
       (iv) An attack by North Korea on South Korea.
       (2) Steps the United States or allies and partners of the 
     United States can take to prevent, prepare for, and 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.
       (b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
     the House of Representatives.
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