12 2 STA T .587PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 (2)Thet e rm‘ ‘ fo rm ulaq ua n t i tie s of strate g i c s p ecial nuclear material ’ ’ means uranium – 2 35 (containe d in uranium enriched to2 0 percent or more in the U –235 isotope) , uranium–233, or plutonium in an y com b ination in a total quantity of 5,000 grams or more computed by the formula, grams = (grams contained U–235) + 2 . 5 (grams U–233 + grams plutonium), as set forth in the definitions of ‘‘formula quantity’’ and ‘‘stra - tegic special nuclear material’’ in section 7 3.2 of title 1 0, C ode of F ederal R egulations. (3) The term ‘‘ N uclear Non- P roliferation Treaty’’ means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear W eapons, done at Washington, L ondon, and M osco wJ uly1,1 968 , and entered into force March 5, 1970 (21 U S T 4 83). (4) The term ‘‘nuclear weapon’’ means any de v ice utili z ing atomic energy, e x clusive of the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of which is for use as, or for the development of, a weapon, a weapon prototype, or a weapon test device. SEC.31 3 2 .SE N SE OF CON GR ESS ON TH E P RE V ENT I ONOFN U C L E A R TERRORIS M . I t is the sense of Congress that — (1) the President should ma k e the prevention of a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States a high priority
(2) the President should accelerate programs, requesting additional funding as appropriate, to prevent nuclear terrorism, including combating nuclear smuggling, securing and accounting for nuclear weapons, and eliminating, removing, or securing and accounting for formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material wherever such quantities may be; (3) the United States, together with the international community, should take a comprehensive approach to reducing the danger of nuclear terrorism, including by making additional efforts to identify and eliminate terrorist groups that aim to acquire nuclear weapons, to ensure that nuclear weapons world- wide are secure and accounted for and that formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material worldwide are eliminated, removed, or secure and accounted for to a degree sufficient to defeat the threat that terrorists and criminals have shown they can pose, and to increase the ability to find and stop terrorist efforts to manufacture nuclear explosives or to trans- port nuclear explosives and materials anywhere in the world; (4) within such a comprehensive approach, a high priority must be placed on ensuring that all nuclear weapons worldwide are secure and accounted for and that all formula quantities of strategic special nuclear material worldwide are eliminated, removed, or secure and accounted for; and (5) the International A tomic E nergy Agency should be funded appropriately to fulfill its role in coordinating inter- national efforts to protect nuclear material and to combat nuclear smuggling. SEC. 3133. MINIMUM SECURIT Y STAN D ARD FOR NUCLEAR W EAPONS AND FORMULA Q UANTITIES OF STRATEGIC SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. (a) P OLICY .—It is the policy of the United States to work with the international community to take all possible steps to 2 2 USC3 2 4 4 note. 22 USC 3244 note.
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