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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5066 

To provide for a ‘‘gold standard’’ for the security of nuclear materials 

worldwide, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2006 

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for a ‘‘gold standard’’ for the security of nuclear 

materials worldwide, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Gold Standard 

5 Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GLOBAL ALLIANCE AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM. 

7 The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and 

8 the Secretary of Defense shall develop a framework to creVerDate Aug 31 2005 18:42 Apr 04, 2006 Jkt 049196 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5066.IH H5066

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1 ate a new global alliance against nuclear terrorism that 

2 would incorporate the ‘‘gold standard’’ for the security of 

3 nuclear materials developed under section 3. 

4 SEC. 3. SECRETARY OF ENERGY COOPERATION WITH RUS5 SIAN COUNTERPART TO DEVELOP ‘‘GOLD 

6 STANDARD’’ FOR SECURITY OF NUCLEAR MA7 TERIALS WORLDWIDE. 

8 The Secretary of Energy shall work with the Sec9 retary’s counterpart in Russia to develop a formal set of 

10 verifiable and enforceable standards to which all United 

11 States and Russian nuclear materials shall be secured and 

12 against which inspectors can test. The Secretary of En13 ergy shall work with the International Atomic Energy 

14 Agency to extend those standards through binding agree15 ments to all other countries with nuclear materials. 

16 SEC. 4. SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND SECRETARY OF STATE 

17 ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO IM18 PLEMENT UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUN19 CIL RESOLUTION 1540. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The Sec21 retary of Energy and the Secretary of State shall, sepa22 rately and jointly, provide assistance to other countries to 

23 help those countries implement the measures required by 

24 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 of April 


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1 28, 2004. The assistance shall include incentives developed 

2 under subsection (b) and counsel to foreign leaders. 

3 (b) INCENTIVES REQUIRED.—The Secretary of En4 ergy and the Secretary of State shall jointly develop a set 

5 of incentives for use in carrying out subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

7 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 of Energy shall submit to the congressional committees 

10 specified in subsection (b) a report on the activities carried 

11 out under sections 3 and 4, including an assessment of 

12 the progress made. 

13 (b) SPECIFIED COMMITTEES.—The committees re14 ferred to in subsection (a) are— 

15 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

16 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Com17 mittee on International Relations of the House of 

18 Representatives; and 

19 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

20 Committee on Commerce, and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

22 SEC. 6. CONDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS. 

24 (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN DOE AND

25 DOD PROGRAMS.— 


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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be 

3 appropriated a total of $2,500,000,000 for fiscal 

4 years 2007 through 2011 for the purpose of car5 rying out the following programs: 

6 (A) In the Department of Energy: 

7 (i) The Elimination of Weapons 

8 Grade Plutonium Production program. 

9 (ii) The Global Threat Reduction Ini10 tiative. 

11 (iii) The Reduced Enrichment for Re12 search and Test Reactors program. 

13 (iv) The Russian Research Reactor 

14 Fuel Return program. 

15 (v) The Foreign Research Reactor 

16 Spent Nuclear Fuel Return program. 

17 (vi) The BN–350 Spent Fuel Security 

18 program. 

19 (vii) The Materials Protection, Con20 trol, and Accounting program, to be used 

21 only to specifically ensure that measures 

22 are sustained after they are installed. 

23 (B) In the Department of Defense: 

24 (i) the Nuclear Weapons Storage Se25 curity program. 


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1 (ii) the Nuclear Weapons Transpor2 tation Security program. 

3 (2) CONDITION.—Paragraph (1) applies only if 

4 the Secretary of Energy submits to Congress the 

5 Secretary’s certification that a nuclear ‘gold stand6 ard’ has been developed under section 3. 

7 (b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO SECURE NUCLEAR

8 MATERIALS IN RUSSIA.— 

9 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be 

11 appropriated a total of $100,000,000 for fiscal years 

12 2007 through 2011 for the purpose of securing nu13 clear materials in Russia. 

14 (2) CONDITION.—Paragraph (1) applies only if 

15 the Secretary of Energy submits to Congress the 

16 Secretary’s certification that Russia has agreed to a 

17 plan for the accelerated blend-down of the highly en18 riched uranium in Russia. 

19 (c) TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 

20 Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section 

21 are in addition to any other amounts authorized to be ap22 propriated for the purposes specified in subsections (a) 

23 and (b). 

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