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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. RES. 174

To express the sense of the Senate concerning the expeditious resolution

of the dispute concerning sales of commercial grade uranium between

the United States and Russia.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

Mr. BROWN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on Foreign Relations

RESOLUTION

To express the sense of the Senate concerning the expeditious

resolution of the dispute concerning sales of commercial

grade uranium between the United States and Russia.

1 Resolved,

2 SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

3 The Senate finds that—

4 (1) the United States has a stake in the effort

5 of the people of Russia to build democracy and mar6 ket economies;

7 (2) post-Communist reform is a long-term prop8 osition, requiring a long view and steadiness on the

9 part of the United States;
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1 (3) the building of democracy and a market

2 economy in Russia is in the interest of the United

3 States;

4 (4) the building of democracy and a market

5 economy is one of the most important foreign policy

6 challenges of our time;

7 (5) in helping Russia build a market economy,

8 the United States and its allies must work to inte9 grate Russia into the world trading system;

10 (6) this means removing barriers to trade and

11 investment for their goods and services to be sold in

12 Western markets and for Western goods and serv13 ices to be sold in Russia; and

14 (7) a special effort to resolve this issue should

15 be made during the upcoming high level visits be16 tween the United States and Russia.

17 SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

18 Therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that—

19 (1) it is imperative that the dispute concerning

20 sales of commercial grade uranium by Russia be

21 promptly resolved;

22 (2) as part of its ongoing management of Unit23 ed States-Russia policy, the Clinton administration’s

24 steering group on policy toward the new independent

25 States should immediately conduct a nuclear policy
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1 review involving high-level officials from relevant

2 United States Government departments and agen3 cies concerning the United States-Russia agreement

4 on sales of commercial grade uranium;

5 (3) the review should recommend administrative

6 methods and procedures for achieving access to

7 United States markets for Russian commercial

8 grade uranium in a manner that is consistent with

9 United States trade law;

10 (4) based on this review, the policy steering

11 group should propose recommendations for expedi12 tiously resolving the dispute through government-to13 government agreements in the context of the the

14 United States-Russia summit in January 1994; and

15 (5) to the extent that the dispute remains unre16 solved, the President should provide a report to the

17 appropriate committees of Congress within 90 days

18 of enactment of this Act, detailing findings of the

19 policy steering group review and its recommenda20 tions for expedited administrative procedures to re21 solve the dispute.

22 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.

23 For purposes of this section the ‘‘appropriate com24 mittees of Congress,’’ shall include the Senate Foreign Re25 lations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
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1 the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and

2 Means Committee, the Senate Committee on Energy and

3 Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Energy

4 and Commerce.

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