12 2 STA T .403 3 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 3 69—O CT. 8, 2008 SEC.20 2. IN I T I A TI V ES AN D NE GO TIATIONS R E L ATING TO AGREE -M ENTS F OR P EACEF U L NUCLEAR COOPERATION. Section123 o f t h e A to m ic E ne rgy Actof1 954( 42 U. S. C . 2153 ) i sa men d ed b y adding at the end the fo l lo w ing
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‘e. T he P resident shall k ee p the Committee on F oreign Affairs of the H o u se of R epresentati v es and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate fully and currently informed of any initiative or negotiations relating to a new or amended agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation pursuant to this section (e x cept an agreement arranged pursuant to section 91 c. , 144 b., 144 c., or 144 d., or an amendment thereto). ’ ’. SEC. 20 3 . ACTIONS RE Q UIRED FOR RESUMPTION OF PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION. Section 129 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 215 8 (a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Congress adopts a concurrent resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘Congress adopts, and there is enacted, a j oint resolution’’. SEC. 20 4 . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POLIC Y ATT H E NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP TO STRENGTHEN THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REGIME. (a) C ERTIF I CA TI ON . —B efore exchanging diplomatic notes pursu - ant to Article 1 6 (1) of the Agreement, the President shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that it is the policy of the United States to work with members of the N uclear Suppliers G roup (NSG), individually and collectively, to agree to further restrict the transfers of e q uipment and technology related to the enrichment of uranium and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. (b) PEACEF UL U S E ASSURANCES FOR CERTAIN B Y -PRO D UCT M ATERIAL.—The President shall seek to achieve, by the earliest possible date, either within the NSG or with relevant NSG Partici- pating Governments, the adoption of principles, reporting, and exchanges of information as may be appropriate to assure peaceful use and accounting of by-product material in a manner that is substantially equivalent to the relevant provisions of the Agree- ment. (c) RE P ORT.— (1) I N G ENERAL.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months thereafter, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on efforts by the United States pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). (2) TER M INATION.—The requirement to transmit the report under paragraph (1) terminates on the date on which the President transmits a report pursuant to such paragraph stating that the objectives in subsections (a) and (b) have been achieved. SEC. 20 5 . CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. Section 13 0 i. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2159 (i)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘means a joint resolution’’ and all that follows through ‘‘, with the date’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘means— ‘‘(A) for an agreement for cooperation pursuant to section 123 of this Act, a joint resolution, the matter after the resolving Presid e nt. President.
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