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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4032 

To discourage international assistance to the nuclear program of Iran and 

transfers to Iran of advanced conventional weapons and missiles. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 

Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. NELSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To discourage international assistance to the nuclear program of Iran and transfers to Iran of advanced conventional weapons and missiles. 

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 ‘‘Iran Nuclear Non5 proliferation Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 It should be the policy of the United States to neither 

8 negotiate nor seek to bring into force an agreement for 

9 cooperation with the government of any country that is 


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1 assisting the nuclear program of Iran or transferring ad2 vanced conventional weapons or missiles to Iran unless the 

3 President has made— 

4 (1) the determination set forth in section 

5 3(a)(1) with respect to Iran; or 

6 (2) the determination set forth in section 

7 3(a)(2) with respect to the government of that coun8 try. 

9 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH 

10 COUNTRIES ASSISTING THE NUCLEAR PRO11 GRAM OF IRAN. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law or any international agreement, no agreement 

14 for cooperation between the United States and the govern15 ment of any country that is assisting the nuclear program 

16 of Iran or transferring advanced conventional weapons or 

17 missiles to Iran may be submitted to the President or to 

18 Congress pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 

19 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), no such agreement may 

20 enter into force with such country, no license may be 

21 issued for export directly or indirectly to such country of 

22 any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other 

23 goods, services, or technology that would be subject to 

24 such agreement, and no approval may be given for the 

25 transfer or retransfer directly or indirectly to such country 


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1 of any nuclear material, facilities, components, or other 

2 goods, services, or technology that would be subject to 

3 such agreement, until the President determines and re4 ports to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

5 and the Committee on International Relations of the 

6 House of Representatives that— 

7 (1) Iran has suspended all enrichment-related 

8 and reprocessing-related activity (including uranium 

9 conversion, and research and development, manufac10 turing, testing, and assembly relating to enrichment 

11 and reprocessing), has committed to verifiably re12 frain permanently from such activity in the future 

13 (except potentially the conversion of uranium exclu14 sively for export to foreign nuclear fuel production 

15 facilities pursuant to internationally agreed arrange16 ments and subject to strict international safe17 guards), and is abiding by that commitment; or 

18 (2) the government of the country that is as19 sisting the nuclear program of Iran or transferring 

20 advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Iran— 

21 (A) has, either on its own initiative or pur22 suant to a binding decision of the United Na23 tions Security Council, suspended all nuclear 

24 assistance to Iran and all transfers of advanced 

25 conventional weapons and missiles to Iran 


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1 pending a decision by Iran to implement meas2 ures that would permit the President to make 

3 the determination described in paragraph (1); 

4 and 

5 (B) is committed to maintaining that sus6 pension until Iran has implemented measures 

7 that would permit the President to make such 

8 determination. 

9 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—The restrictions in subsection 

10 (a)— 

11 (1) shall apply in addition to all other applica12 ble procedures, requirements, and restrictions con13 tained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and other 

14 laws; and 

15 (2) shall not be construed as affecting the valid16 ity of agreements for cooperation that are in effect 

17 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this Act: 

20 (1) AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION.—The term 

21 ‘‘agreement for cooperation’’ has the meaning given 

22 that term in section 11 b. of the Atomic Energy Act 

23 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(b)). 

24 (2) ASSISTING THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF

25 IRAN.—The term ‘‘assisting the nuclear program of 


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1 Iran’’ means the intentional transfer to Iran by a 

2 government, or by a person subject to the jurisdic3 tion of a government with the knowledge and acqui4 escence of that government, of goods, services, or 

5 technology listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group 

6 Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, 

7 Equipment and Technology (published by the Inter8 national Atomic Energy Agency as Information Cir9 cular INFCIRC/254/Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent 

10 revisions) or Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Re11 lated Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related 

12 Technology (published by the International Atomic 

13 Energy Agency as Information Circular INFCIR/ 

14 254/Rev. 3/Part 2, and subsequent revisions). 

15 (3) COUNTRY THAT IS ASSISTING THE NU16 CLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN OR TRANSFERRING AD17 VANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS OR MISSILES TO

18 IRAN.—The term ‘‘country that is assisting the nu19 clear program of Iran or transferring advanced con20 ventional weapons or missiles to Iran’’ means— 

21 (A) Russia; and 

22 (B) any other country determined by the 

23 President to be assisting the nuclear program 

24 of Iran or transferring advanced conventional 

25 weapons or missiles to Iran. 


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1 (4) TRANSFERRING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL

2 WEAPONS OR MISSILES TO IRAN.—The term ‘‘trans3 ferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to 

4 Iran’’ means the intentional transfer to Iran by a 

5 government, or by a person subject to the jurisdic6 tion of a government with the knowledge and acqui7 escence of that government, of goods, services, or 

8 technology listed on— 

9 (A) the Wassenaar Arrangement list of 

10 Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Muni11 tions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent revi12 sions; or 

13 (B) the Missile Technology Control Regime 

14 Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 

15 1996, and subsequent revisions. 

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