(7) The NSG has decided by consensus to permit 
supply to India of nuclear items covered by the guide-
lines of the NSG and such decision does not permit 
civil nuclear commerce with any other non-nuclear 
weapon state that does not have IAEA safeguards on 
all nuclear materials within its territory, under its 
jurisdiction, or carried out under its control any-
where. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit to 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate information concerning 
any determination made pursuant to subsection (b), 
together with a report detailing the basis for the de-
termination. 
(2) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.—To the full-
est extent available to the United States, the informa-
tion referred to in paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A summary of the plan provided by 
India to the United States and the IAEA to sep-
arate India’s civil and military nuclear facili-
ties, materials, and programs, and the declara-
tion made by India to the IAEA identifying In-
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dia’s civil facilities to be placed under IAEA 
safeguards, including an analysis of the credi-
bility of such plan and declaration, together with 
copies of the plan and declaration. 
(B) A summary of the agreement that has 
been entered into between India and the IAEA 
requiring the application of safeguards in ac-
cordance with IAEA practices to India’s civil 
nuclear facilities as declared in the plan de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), together with a 
copy of the agreement, and a description of the 
progress toward its full implementation. 
(C) A summary of the progress made to-
ward conclusion and implementation of an Ad-
ditional Protocol between India and the IAEA, 
including a description of the scope of such Ad-
ditional Protocol. 
(D) A description of the steps that India is 
taking to work with the United States for the 
conclusion of a multilateral treaty banning the 
production of fissile material for nuclear weap-
ons, including a description of the steps that the 
United States has taken and will take to encour-
age India to identify and declare a date by 
which India would be willing to stop production 
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of fissile material for nuclear weapons unilater-
ally or pursuant to a multilateral moratorium 
or treaty. 
(E) A description of the steps India is tak-
ing to prevent the spread of nuclear-related tech-
nology, including enrichment and reprocessing 
technology or materials that can be used to ac-
quire a nuclear weapons technology, as well as 
the support that India is providing to the United 
States to further United States objectives to re-
strict the spread of such technology. 
(F) A description of the steps that India is 
taking to secure materials and technology appli-
cable for the development, acquisition, or manu-
facture of weapons of mass destruction and the 
means to deliver such weapons through the ap-
plication of comprehensive export control legisla-
tion and regulations, and through harmonization 
and adherence to Missile Technology Control Re-
gime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Aus-
tralia 
Group, 
Wassennaar 
guidelines, 
and 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1540, and participation in the Proliferation Se-
curity Initiative. 
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(G) A description of the decision taken 
within the Nuclear Suppliers Group relating to 
nuclear cooperation with India, including wheth-
er nuclear cooperation by the United States 
under an agreement for cooperation arranged 
pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) is consistent with 
the decision, practices, and policies of the NSG. 
(H) A description of the scope of peaceful 
cooperation envisioned by the United States and 
India that will be implemented under the Agree-
ment for Nuclear Cooperation, including whether 
such cooperation will include the provision of en-
richment and reprocessing technology. 
(I) A description of the steps taken to en-
sure that proposed United States civil nuclear 
assistance to India will not directly, or in any 
other way, assist India’s nuclear weapons pro-
gram, including— 
(i) the use of any United States equip-
ment, technology, or nuclear material by 
India in an unsafeguarded nuclear facility 
or nuclear-weapons related complex; 
(ii) the replication and subsequent use 
of any United States technology in an 
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unsafeguarded 
nuclear 
facility 
or 
unsafeguarded 
nuclear 
weapons-related 
complex, or for any activity related to the 
research, development, testing, or manufac-
ture of nuclear explosive devices; and 
(iii) the provision of nuclear fuel in 
such a manner as to facilitate the increased 
production of highly-enriched uranium or 
plutonium in unsafeguarded nuclear facili-
ties. 
(d) RESTRICTIONS
ON
NUCLEAR
TRANSFERS
TO 
INDIA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to the obligations of 
the United States under Article I of the NPT, nothing 
in this Act, or any agreement pursuant to this Act, 
shall be interpreted as permitting any civil nuclear 
cooperation between the United States and India that 
would in any way assist, encourage, or induce India 
to manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons 
or nuclear explosive devices. 
(2) NSG 
TRANSFER
GUIDELINES.—Notwith-
standing the entry into force of an agreement for co-
operation with India pursuant to section 123 of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) and ap-
proved pursuant to this Act, no item subject to such 
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agreement or subject to the transfer guidelines of the 
NSG may be transferred to India if such transfer 
would violate the transfer guidelines of the NSG as in 
effect on the date of the transfer. 
(3) TERMINATION OF NUCLEAR TRANSFERS TO 
INDIA.—Notwithstanding the entry into force of an 
agreement for nuclear cooperation with India (ar-
ranged pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153)), exports of nuclear and 
nuclear-related material, equipment, or technology to 
India shall be terminated if India makes any materi-
ally significant transfer of— 
(A) nuclear or nuclear-related material, 
equipment, or technology that does not conform 
to NSG guidelines, or 
(B) ballistic missiles or missile-related 
equipment or technology that does not conform to 
MTCR guidelines, 
unless the President determines that cessation of such 
exports would be seriously prejudicial to the achieve-
ment of United States nonproliferation objectives or 
otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security. 
(4) PROHIBITION ON NUCLEAR TRANSFERS TO 
INDIA.—If nuclear transfers to India are restricted 
pursuant to this Act, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
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or the Arms Export Control Act, the President should 
seek to prevent the transfer to India of nuclear equip-
ment, materials, or technology from other partici-
pating governments in the NSG or from any other 
source. 
(e) APPROVAL
OF AGREEMENT
FOR NUCLEAR CO-
OPERATION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (m), an 
agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United 
States and India submitted pursuant to this section 
may become effective only if— 
(A) the President submits to Congress the 
agreement concluded between the United States 
and India, including a copy of the safeguards 
agreement entered into between the IAEA and 
India relating to India’s declared civilian nu-
clear facilities, in accordance with the require-
ments and procedures of section 123 of the Atom-
ic Energy Act of 1954 (other than section 123 
a.(2) of such Act) that are otherwise not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Act; and 
(B) after the submission under subpara-
graph (A), the agreement is approved by a joint 
resolution that is enacted into law. 
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(2) CONSULTATION.—Beginning one month after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every month 
thereafter until the President submits to Congress the 
agreement referred to in paragraph (1), the President 
should consult with the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regard-
ing the status of the negotiations between the United 
States and India with respect to civilian nuclear co-
operation and between the IAEA and India with re-
spect to the safeguards agreement described in sub-
section (b)(2). 
(f) JOINT RESOLUTION.—For purposes of this section, 
a joint resolution referred to in subsection (e)(1)(B) is a 
joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress— 
(1) the matter after the resolving clause of which 
is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress hereby approves the 
Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation Between the 
United States of America and the Republic of India 
submitted 
by 
the 
President 
on 
lllllllllll.’’, with the blank space 
being filled with the appropriate date; 
(2) which does not have a preamble; and 
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(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint Resolu-
tion Approving an Agreement for Nuclear Coopera-
tion Between the United States and India’’. 
(g) INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution shall, on 
the day on which the submissions under subsection 
(e)(1)(A) are made (or, if either House of Congress is 
not in session on that day, the first day thereafter 
when that House is in session)— 
(A) be introduced in the House of Rep-
resentatives by the majority leader, for himself 
and the minority leader of the House, or by 
Members of the House designated by the majority 
leader and minority leader of the House; and 
(B) be introduced in the Senate by the ma-
jority leader, for himself and the minority leader 
of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate des-
ignated by the majority leader and minority 
leader of the Senate. 
If either House of Congress is not in session on that 
day, the joint resolution shall be introduced on the 
first day thereafter when both Houses are in session. 
(2) REFERRAL.—The joint resolution shall be re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations of 
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the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(h) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.—If a committee to 
which a joint resolution is referred has not reported such 
joint resolution by the end of 60 days beginning on the date 
of its introduction, or the date of the submission of the non-
proliferation assessment statement described in section 123 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), which-
ever is later, such committee shall be discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such joint resolution, and such joint 
resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of 
the House involved. 
(i) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On or after the third calendar 
day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, 
except when the House of Representatives is in session 
on such a day) after the date on which the committee 
to which a joint resolution is referred has reported, or 
has been discharged from further consideration of, 
such a joint resolution, it shall be in order for any 
Member of the House to move to proceed to the consid-
eration of the joint resolution. A Member of the House 
may make the motion only on the day after the cal-
endar day on which the Member announces to the 
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House the Member’s intention to do so. Such motion 
shall be privileged and shall not be debatable. The mo-
tion shall not be subject to amendment or to a motion 
to postpone. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to shall not be in order. If a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolu-
tion is agreed to, the House shall immediately proceed 
to consideration of the joint resolution which shall re-
main the unfinished business until disposed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—Debate on a joint resolution, and 
on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than six hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the joint resolution. An amend-
ment to the joint resolution shall not be in order. A 
motion to further limit debate shall be in order and 
shall not be debatable. A motion to table, a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 
shall not be in order. A motion to reconsider the vote 
by which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
to shall not be in order. 
(3) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions of the 
Chair to the procedure relating to a joint resolution 
shall be decided without debate. 
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(j) FLOOR CONSIDERATION
IN
THE SENATE.—Any 
joint resolution shall be considered in the Senate in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 601(b)(4) of the Inter-
national Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act 
of 1976. 
(k) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.—If, be-
fore the passage by one House of a joint resolution of that 
House, that House receives a joint resolution from the other 
House, then the following procedures shall apply: 
(1) The joint resolution of the other House shall 
not be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House receiving it except in the case of 
final passage as provided in paragraph (2)(B). 
(2) With respect to a joint resolution of the 
House receiving the joint resolution— 
(A) the procedure in that House shall be the 
same as if no joint resolution had been received 
from the other House; but 
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
joint resolution of the other House. 
(3) Upon disposition of the joint resolution re-
ceived from the other House, it shall no longer be in 
order to consider the joint resolution that originated 
in the receiving House. 
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