I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6419 
To prevent nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2006 
Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MEEHAN, and 
Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to 
the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prevent nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Convention on the Physical Pro-
tection of Nuclear Material’’ means the Convention 
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on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 
signed at New York and Vienna March 3, 1980. 
(2) The term ‘‘design-basis threat’’ means a 
profile of the type, composition, and capabilities of 
an adversary. 
(3) The term ‘‘formula quantities of strategic 
special nuclear material’’ means uranium–235 (con-
tained in uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in 
the U–235 isotope), uranium–233, or plutonium in 
any combination in a total quantity of 5,000 grams 
or more computed by the formula, grams = (grams 
contained U–235) + 2.5 (grams U–233 + grams 
plutonium), as set forth in the definitions of ‘‘for-
mula quantities’’ and ‘‘strategic special nuclear ma-
terial’’ in section 73.2 of title 10, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(4) The term ‘‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation Trea-
ty’’ means the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and 
Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 
5, 1970 (21 UST 483). 
(5) The term ‘‘nuclear weapon’’ means any de-
vice utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of the means 
for transporting or propelling the device (where such 
means is a separable and divisible part of the de-
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vice), the principal purpose of which is for use as, 
or for the development of, a weapon, a weapon pro-
totype, or a weapon test device. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The possibility that terrorists may acquire 
and use a nuclear weapon against the United States 
is an urgent threat to the security of our nation and 
the world. 
(2) Existing programs intended to secure, mon-
itor, and reduce nuclear stockpiles, redirect nuclear 
scientists, and interdict nuclear smuggling have 
made substantial progress, but additional efforts are 
needed to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism as 
much as possible. 
(3) The September 2006 ‘‘National Strategy for 
Combating Terrorism’’ issued by the White House 
states, ‘‘Weapons of mass destruction in the hands 
of terrorists is one of the gravest threats we face.’’ 
(4) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi 
Annan has said that a nuclear terror attack ‘‘would 
not only cause widespread death and destruction, 
but would stagger the world economy and thrust 
tens of millions of people into dire poverty’’. 
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(5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1540 (2004) reaffirms the need to combat by all 
means, in accordance with the Charter of the United 
Nations, threats to international peace and security 
caused by terrorist acts and directs that all coun-
tries, in accordance with their national procedures, 
shall adopt and enforce effective laws that prohibit 
any non-state actor from manufacturing, acquiring, 
possessing, developing, transporting, transferring, or 
using nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and 
their means of delivery, in particular for terrorist 
purposes, and to prohibit attempts to engage in any 
of the foregoing activities, participate in them as an 
accomplice, or assist or finance them. 
(6) The Director General of the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, Dr. Mohammed El Baradei, 
has said that it is a ‘‘race against time’’ to prevent 
a terrorist attack using a nuclear weapon. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF NU-
CLEAR TERRORISM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the threat of nuclear terror is the most hor-
rific threat the United States faces; 
(2) the United States must take a comprehen-
sive approach to reducing this danger, including ad-
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ditional efforts to identify and eliminate terrorist 
groups that aim to acquire nuclear weapons, to en-
sure that nuclear weapons and formula quantities of 
strategic special nuclear material around the world 
are secure and accounted for to a degree sufficient 
to defeat the threat that terrorists and criminals 
have shown they can pose, and to increase the ability 
to find and stop terrorist efforts to manufacture nu-
clear explosives or to transport nuclear explosives 
and materials anywhere in the world; 
(3) within such a comprehensive strategy, a 
high priority must be placed on ensuring that all nu-
clear weapons and formula quantities of strategic 
special nuclear material worldwide are secure and 
accounted for; 
(4) the President should make the prevention of 
a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States of 
the highest priority; 
(5) the President should accelerate programs, 
requesting additional funding as appropriate, to pre-
vent nuclear terrorism, including combating nuclear 
smuggling and securing formula quantities of stra-
tegic special nuclear material wherever they may be; 
(6) the International Atomic Energy Agency 
plays a vital role in coordinating international efforts 
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