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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1948

To reduce the threat from nuclear facilities located in the former Soviet

Union.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 29, 1993

Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DICKS, and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on

Foreign Affairs and Armed Services

A BILL

To reduce the threat from nuclear facilities located in the

former Soviet Union.

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 ‘‘Former Soviet Union

5 Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO REDUCE NUCLEAR THREAT IN

7 FORMER SOVIET UNION.

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The President

9 shall establish a program to reduce the environmental and

10 national security threats from nuclear facilities located in
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1 the former Soviet Union, specifically the threat from nu2 clear facilities located in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia,

3 and Ukraine.

4 (b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the

5 program established under subsection (a), the President

6 shall meet the following requirements:

7 (1) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Subject to

8 section 3, the President shall provide assistance to

9 Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine to—

10 (A) accelerate the retirement of plutonium

11 production and chemical separation facilities;

12 (B) accelerate the closure of Chernobyl13 type nuclear reactors;

14 (C) establish alternative energy sources

15 and promote energy conservation measures;

16 (D) identify, assess, and set priorities for

17 the cleanup of nuclear contaminated sites;

18 (E) establish training and technology de19 velopment programs for environmental restora20 tion and waste management activities at nu21 clear contaminated sites;

22 (F) deactivate and safely dispose of decom23 missioned nuclear-powered submarines;

24 (G) store and dispose of spent fuel and

25 other radioactive materials; and
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1 (H) strengthen nuclear materials account2 ing and security systems, and foster cooperative

3 means of verifying reciprocal data exchanges

4 covering past fissile material production and

5 current inventories.

6 (2) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL WORKING

7 GROUPS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of

8 the enactment of this Act, the President shall estab9 lish with the appropriate independent states of the

10 former Soviet Union and with other nations capable

11 of producing nuclear weapons material bilateral or

12 multilateral technical working groups in accordance

13 with section 3151(c) of the National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law

15 102–484).

16 SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

17 The President may provide assistance under section

18 2(b)(1) to a country specified in such section only if the

19 President certifies to the Congress that such country—

20 (1) has ratified the Treaty on the Reduction

21 and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START

22 I);

23 (2) has acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Pro24 liferation of Nuclear Weapons;
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1 (3) is eligible for assistance under section

2 1412(d) of the Former Soviet Union Demilitariza3 tion Act of 1992 (section 1412(d) of the National

4 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; 22

5 U.S.C. 5902(d)) and section 502 of the Freedom for

6 Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and

7 Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (Public Law

8 102–511; 22 U.S.C. 5852); and

9 (4) will not use assistance under section 2(b)(1)

10 to support the continued operation or enhancement

11 of plants for chemical separation of plutonium from

12 the fission products in spent nuclear fuel.

13 SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

14 (a) PRIOR NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF OBLIGATION OF

15 FUNDS.—The reporting requirements under section 1431

16 of the Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992

17 (section 1431 of the National Defense Authorization Act

18 for Fiscal Year 1993; 22 U.S.C. 5921) and section

19 3121(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for

20 Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) shall apply with

21 respect to the obligation or use of funds for the program

22 established under section 2(a).

23 (b) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROGRAMS.—Not later

24 than 30 days after the last fiscal quarter of fiscal year

25 1993 and not later than 30 days after the end of each
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1 fiscal year quarter of fiscal year 1994, the President shall

2 transmit to the Congress a report on the activities carried

3 out under the program established under section 2(a) in

4 accordance with section 1432 of the Former Soviet Union

5 Demilitarization Act of 1992 (section 1432 of the National

6 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; 22

7 U.S.C. 5922).

8 (c) REPORT ON NUCLEAR STOCKPILE INFORMA9 TION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en10 actment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Con11 gress a report containing a description of the specific ac12 tions that have been taken and are planned to be taken

13 to comply with the condition described in subsection (a)(8)

14 (concerning nuclear stockpile weapons arrangement) of

15 the Senate resolution of ratification of START I (Treaty

16 Doc. 102–20 and 102–32).

17 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

18 (a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Office of Defense Pro19 grams or the Office of Intelligence and National Security

20 of the Department of Energy shall serve as the executive

21 agent for the program established under section 2(a) and

22 shall carry out such program in coordination with other

23 appropriate Federal agencies.

24 (b) COORDINATION.—The President shall provide for

25 the coordination of the program established under section
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1 2(a) with other programs that provide assistance to the

2 independent states of the former Soviet Union in accord3 ance with the program coordination provisions of section

4 102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian

5 Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992

6 (Public Law 102–511; 22 U.S.C. 5812).

7 SEC. 6. FUNDING.

8 The President shall transfer to the appropriate ac9 counts for national security programs of the Department

10 of Energy from amounts appropriated to the Department

11 of Energy for years prior to fiscal year 1993 for such pro12 grams such amounts as are available up to $500,000,000

13 to carry out section 2(a).

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