PUBLIC LAW 99-399—AUG. 27, 1986
100 STAT. 875
(4) to seek agreement in the United Nations Security Council to establish— (A) an effective regime of international sanctions against any nation or subnational group which conducts or sponsors acts of international nuclear terrorism, and (B) measures for coordinating responses to all acts of international nuclear terrorism, including measures for the recovery of stolen nuclear material and the clean-up of nuclear releases. (b) REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—The President shall report to the Congress annually, in the reports required by section 601 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3281), on the progress made during the preceding year in achieving the objectives described in this section.
Sanctions,
SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH NATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL.
Chapter 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 132. AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH
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NATIONS WHICH HAVE NOT RATIFIED THE CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL.—
"The President may suspend nuclear cooperation under this Act President of U.S. with any nation or group of nations which has not ratified the Convention on the Physical Security of Nuclear Material.". SEC. 603. CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCERNING CERTAIN NUCLEAR EXPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT ARRANGEMENTS.
Chapter 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by section 602 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 133. CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCERNING CERTAIN EXPORTS AND SUBSEQUENT ARRANGEMENTS.—
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"a. In addition to other applicable requirements— j li "(1) a license may be issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this Act for the export of special nuclear material described in subsection b.; and i •; "(2) approval may be granted by the Secretary of Energy under section 131 of this Act for the transfer of special nuclear 42 USC 2160. material described in subsection b.; only after the Secretary of Defense has been consulted on whether the physical protection of that material during the export or transfer will be adequate to deter theft, sabotage, and other acts of international terrorism which would result in the diversion of that material. If, in the view of the Secretary of Defense based on all available intelligence information, the export or transfer might be subject to a genuine terrorist threat, the Secretary shall provide to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, his written assessment of the risk and a description of the actions the Secretary of Defense considers necessary to upgrade -i physical protection measures. "b. Subsection a. applies to the export or transfer of more than 2 kilograms of plutonium or more than 20 kilograms of uranium enriched to more than 20 percent in the isotope 233 or the isotope 235.".
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