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(4) within such a comprehensive approach, a 
high priority must be placed on ensuring that all nu-
clear weapons worldwide are secure and accounted 
for and that all formula quantities of strategic spe-
cial nuclear material worldwide are eliminated, re-
moved, or secure and accounted for; and 
(5) the International Atomic Energy Agency 
should be funded appropriately to fulfill its role in 
coordinating international efforts to protect nuclear 
material and to combat nuclear smuggling. 
SEC. 3133. MINIMUM SECURITY STANDARD FOR NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS AND FORMULA QUANTITIES OF 
STRATEGIC SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
work with the international community to take all possible 
steps to ensure that all nuclear weapons around the world 
are secure and accounted for and that all formula quan-
tities of strategic special nuclear material are eliminated, 
removed, or secure and accounted for to a level sufficient 
to defeat the threats posed by terrorists and criminals. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY STAND-
ARD.—It is the sense of Congress that, in furtherance of 
the policy described in subsection (a), and consistent with 
the requirement for ‘‘appropriate effective’’ physical pro-
tection contained in United Nations Security Council Res-
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olution 1540 (2004), as well as the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty and the Convention on the Physical Protection 
of Nuclear Material, the President, in consultation with 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, should seek 
the broadest possible international agreement on a global 
standard for nuclear security that— 
(1) ensures that nuclear weapons and formula 
quantities of strategic special nuclear material are 
secure and accounted for to a sufficient level to de-
feat the threats posed by terrorists and criminals; 
(2) takes into account the limitations of equip-
ment and human performance; and 
(3) includes steps to provide confidence that the 
needed measures have in fact been implemented. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in furtherance of the policy described in 
subsection (a), the President, in consultation with relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, should— 
(1) work with other countries and the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency to assist as appro-
priate, and if necessary work to convince, the gov-
ernments of any and all countries in possession of 
nuclear weapons or formula quantities of strategic 
special nuclear material to ensure that security is 
upgraded to meet the standard described in sub-
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section (b) as rapidly as possible and in a manner 
that— 
(A) accounts for the nature of the terrorist 
and criminal threat in each such country; and 
(B) ensures that any measures to which 
the United States and any such country agree 
are sustained after United States and other 
international assistance ends; 
(2) ensure that United States financial and 
technical assistance is available, as appropriate, to 
countries for which the provision of such assistance 
would accelerate the implementation of, or improve 
the effectiveness of, such security upgrades; and 
(3) work with the governments of other coun-
tries to ensure that effective nuclear security rules, 
accompanied by effective regulation and enforce-
ment, are put in place to govern all nuclear weapons 
and formula quantities of strategic special nuclear 
material around the world. 
SEC. 3134. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 1 of 
each year through 2012, the President, in consultation 
with relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the security of nuclear weap-
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ons and related equipment and formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material outside of the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A section on the programs for the security 
and accounting of nuclear weapons and the elimi-
nation, removal, and security and accounting of for-
mula quantities of strategic special nuclear material, 
established under section 3132(b) of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2005 (50 U.S.C. 2569(b)), which shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) A survey of the facilities and sites 
worldwide that contain nuclear weapons or re-
lated equipment, or formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material. 
(B) A list of such facilities and sites deter-
mined to be of the highest priority for security 
and accounting of nuclear weapons and related 
equipment, or the elimination, removal, or secu-
rity and accounting of formula quantities of 
strategic special nuclear material, taking into 
account risk of theft from such facilities and 
sites, and organized by level of priority. 
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(C) A prioritized plan, including measur-
able milestones, metrics, estimated timetables, 
and estimated costs of implementation, on the 
following: 
(i) The security and accounting of nu-
clear weapons and related equipment and 
the elimination, removal, or security and 
accounting of formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material at such fa-
cilities and sites worldwide. 
(ii) Ensuring that security upgrades 
and accounting reforms implemented at 
such facilities and sites worldwide, using 
the financial and technical assistance of 
the United States, are effectively sustained 
after such assistance ends. 
(iii) The role that international agen-
cies and the international community have 
committed to play, together with a plan for 
securing international contributions. 
(D) An assessment of the progress made in 
implementing the plan described in subpara-
graph (C), including a description of the efforts 
of foreign governments to secure and account 
for nuclear weapons and related equipment and 
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