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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1127 

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of 

Energy to report to Congress regarding applications for authorizations 

to engage or participate in the development or production of special 

nuclear material outside the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the 

Secretary of Energy to report to Congress regarding 

applications for authorizations to engage or participate 

in the development or production of special nuclear material outside the United States, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AP2 PLICATIONS FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DE3 VELOP OR PRODUCE SPECIAL NUCLEAR MA4 TERIAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 

5 Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 

6 U.S.C. 2077) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘f. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

11 days after the date of the enactment of this 

12 subsection, and every 90 days thereafter, the 

13 Secretary of Energy shall submit to the chair14 man and ranking member of each of the appro15 priate congressional committees a report that 

16 describes each authorization issued by the Sec17 retary under subsection b.(2) during the 90-day 

18 period preceding submission of the report. 

19 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required 

20 by subparagraph (A) shall include— 

21 ‘‘(i) a summary of each application 

22 for an authorization under subsection b.(2) 

23 during the 90-day period preceding sub24 mission of the report, including a descrip25 tion of— 


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1 ‘‘(I) whether the application was 

2 accepted or rejected; 

3 ‘‘(II) the applicant; and 

4 ‘‘(III) the intended purpose for 

5 which the applicant sought the au6 thorization; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) an annex containing— 

8 ‘‘(I) each application submitted 

9 to the Secretary during that period; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(II) each report submitted to 

12 the Secretary under section 810.12 of 

13 title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 

14 (or any corresponding similar regula15 tion or ruling) during that period. 

16 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IN INITIAL

17 REPORT.—The first report required to be sub18 mitted by subparagraph (A) shall include the 

19 matters required by subparagraph (B) for the 

20 period beginning on March 25, 2015, and end21 ing on the date of the enactment of this sub22 section. 

23 ‘‘(D) REVIEW BY SECRETARY OF STATE.— 

24 The Secretary shall submit each report required 

25 by this paragraph to the Secretary of State for 


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1 approval before submitting the report to the 

2 chairmen and ranking members of the appro3 priate congressional committees. 

4 ‘‘(E) FORM.—Each report required by this 

5 paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified 

6 form but may include a classified annex. 

7 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF APPLICA8 TIONS AND CERTAIN REPORTS.—The Secretary of 

9 Energy shall provide to the chairman and ranking 

10 member of each of the appropriate congressional 

11 committees an application for an authorization 

12 under subsection b.(2) that is pending before or has 

13 been approved by the Secretary, or a report sub14 mitted under section 810.12 of title 10, Code of 

15 Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

16 regulation or ruling), not later than 10 days after 

17 receiving a request for the application or report, as 

18 the case may be, from the chairman or ranking 

19 member of either such committee. 

20 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap22 propriate congressional committees’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

24 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

25 on Energy and Natural Resources, and the 


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1 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

4 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

5 on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee 

6 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa7 tives.’’. 

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