Calendar No. 300

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 169

RESOLUTION

Urging a cabinet-level review of United StatesRussia Nuclear Fuel Policy.

NOVEMBER 18 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 300

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 169

Urging a cabinet-level review of United States-Russia Nuclear Fuel Policy.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 18 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Mr. PELL, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following

original resolution; which was placed on the calendar

RESOLUTION

Urging a cabinet-level review of United States-Russia

Nuclear Fuel Policy.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

3 The Senate finds that—

4 (1) reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation

5 remains one of our Nation’s top priorities;

6 (2) while the nuclear arsenal of the former So7 viet Union represented the single greatest threat of

8 nuclear attack to the United States before the

9 breakup of that country, reducing our two arsenals
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1 and disposing of the resulting weapons grade ura2 nium and plutonium is one of the principal means

3 by which the threat of nuclear proliferation can be

4 reduced;

5 (3) while an agreement on the disposal of high6 ly enriched uranium is under discussion by both the

7 United States and the Russian Republic, a number

8 of issues have slowed the finalization of the agree9 ment;

10 (4) the prompt resolution of these issues is vital

11 to United States national interests; and

12 (5) although each agency has been working to

13 resolve the issues within its jurisdiction, there exists

14 no centralized, high-level mechanism within the Ex15 ecutive Branch by which these pressing nuclear is16 sues may be quickly and efficiently resolved.

17 SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

18 It is the sense of the Senate that:

19 (1) The President should establish immediately

20 an extraordinary nuclear policy review group, to be

21 chaired by the National Security Advisor and to be

22 composed of high-level officials from relevant agen23 cies, to seek to ensure that all outstanding issues be24 tween the United States and Russia relating to nu25 clear materials, including the highly enriched ura-
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1 nium agreement, are promptly addressed and re2 solved.

3 (2) The extraordinary nuclear policy review

4 group should review in particular a range of nuclear

5 policy matters that can and should be resolved by

6 administrative procedures including the purchase

7 agreement on highly enriched uranium and access to

8 United States markets for Russian commercial

9 grade uranium. Other programs to be reviewed in10 clude greater cooperation in technology transfer, nu11 clear safety and nuclear nonproliferation agree12 ments; training and other programs to increase the

13 stability of nuclear scientists and technicians of the

14 former Soviet Union; and feasibility of additional ef15 forts to accelerate the pace of dismantling the nu16 clear arsenal of the former Soviet Union.

17 (3) The President should provide a report to

18 the appropriate committees of Congress within 90

19 days of enactment of this Act, detailing the findings

20 of the extraordinary nuclear policy review group and

21 its recommendations for resolving all outstanding is22 sues between the United States and Russia relating

23 to nuclear materials, including the recommendations

24 for expedited administrative resolution of matters re25 lating to the highly enriched uranium agreement and
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1 access to United States markets for Russian com2 mercial grade uranium.

3 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.

4 For purposes of this section the ‘‘appropriate com5 mittees of Congress’’ shall include the Foreign Relations

6 Committee of the Senate and the Foreign Affairs Commit7 tee of the House of Representatives.