S. 1901 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 

An Act 

To authorize the President to extend the term of the nuclear energy agreement 

with the Republic of Korea until March 19, 2016. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Support for United StatesRepublic of Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) In the 60th year of the alliance, the relationship between 

the United States and the Republic of Korea could not be 

stronger. It is based on mutual sacrifice, mutual respect, shared 

interests, and shared responsibility to promote peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region and throughout the world. 

(2) North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, including 

uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing technologies, 

undermine security on the Korean Peninsula. The United States 

and the Republic of Korea have a shared interest in preventing 

further proliferation, including through the implementation of 

the 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks. 

(3) Both the United States and Republic of Korea have 

a shared objective in strengthening the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at London, Moscow, 

and Washington July 1, 1968, and a political and a commercial 

interest in working collaboratively to address challenges to 

their respective peaceful civil nuclear programs. 

(4) The nuclear energy agreement referred to in section 

3 is scheduled to expire on March 19, 2014. In order to maintain 

healthy and uninterrupted cooperation in this area between 

the two countries while a new agreement is being negotiated, 

Congress should authorize the President to extend the duration 

of the current agreement until March 19, 2016. 

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AGREEMENT WITH THE 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

(42 U.S.C. 2153), the President is authorized to take such actions 

as may be required to extend the term of the Agreement for 

Cooperation between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning 

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy, done at Washington November 24, 

1972 (24 UST 775; TIAS 7583), and amended on May 15, 1974 
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(25 UST 1102; TIAS 7842), to a date that is not later than March 

19, 2016. 

SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PROGRESS OF NEGOTIATIONS 

BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until a new Agreement 

for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning 

Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy is submitted to Congress, the President shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives a report on the progress of negotiations 

on a new civil nuclear cooperation agreement. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.