CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 20, 1982
96 STAT. 2677
"ObXD Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: " 'SEC. 170B. URANIUM SUPPLY.—
" *a. The Secretary of Energy shall monitor and for the years 1983 to 1992 report annually to the Congress and to the President a determination of the viability of the domestic uranium mining and milling industry and shall establish by rule, after public notice and in accordance with the requirements of section 181 of this Act, within nine months of enactment of this section, specific criteria which shall be assessed in the annual reports on the domestic uranium industry's viability. The Secretary of Energy is authorized to issue regulations providing for the collection of such information as the Secretary of Energy deems necessary to carry out the monitoring and reporting requirements of this section. " 'b. Upon a satisfactory showing to the Secretary of Energy by any person that any information, or portion thereof obtained under this section, would, if made public, divulge proprietary information of such person, the Secretary shall not disclose such information and disclosure thereof shall be punishable under section 1905 of title 18, United States Code. " 'c. The criteria referred to in subsection a. shall also include, but not be limited to— " '(1) an assessment of whether executed contracts or options for source material or special nuclear material will result in greater than 37 ¥2 per centum of actual or projected domestic uranium requirements for any two-consecutive-year period being supplied by source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources; " '(2) projections of uranium requirements and inventories of domestic utilities for a ten-year period; " '(3) present and probable future use of the domestic market by foreign imports; " *(4) whether domestic economic reserves can supply all future needs for a future ten-year period; " '(5) present and projected domestic uranium exploration expenditures and plans; " '(6) present and projected employment and capital investment in the uranium industry; " '(7) the level of domestic uranium production capacity sufficient to meet projected domestic nuclear power needs for a tenyear period; and " '(8) a projection of domestic uranium production and uranium price levels which will be in effect under various assumptions with respect to imports. " 'd. The Secretary of Energy, at any time, may determine on the basis of the monitoring and annual reports required under this section that source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources is being imported in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat thereof, to the United States uranium mining and milling industry. Based on that determination, the United States Trade Representative shall request that the United States International Trade Commission initiate an investigation under section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251). " 'e. (1) If, during the period 1982 to 1992, the Secretary of Energy determines that executed contracts or options for source material or special nuclear material from foreign sources for use in utilization facilities within or under the jurisdiction of the United States represent greater than 37 ¥2 per centum of actual or projected
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