I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1719
To promote enhanced nonproliferation cooperation between the United States 
and the Russian Federation and foster various other actions that will 
increase the national security of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2003
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. 
SPRATT, Mr. SOUDER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
LEACH, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. REYES, Mr. CRAMER, 
Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. SMITH of Michi-
gan, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. HOYER, Mr. SHER-
WOOD, Mr. COX, and Mr. FARR) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To promote enhanced nonproliferation cooperation between 
the United States and the Russian Federation and foster 
various other actions that will increase the national secu-
rity of the United States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Nuclear Security Initiative Act of 2003’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS 
Sec. 101. Acceleration and expansion of International Nuclear Materials Pro-
tection and Cooperation program. 
Sec. 102. Funding for efforts to close nuclear weapons production facilities in 
Russia. 
Sec. 103. Funding to improve security at facilities in the former Soviet Union 
containing nuclear materials that could be used in radiological 
dispersal devices. 
Sec. 104. Enhanced funding for accelerated disposition for highly enriched ura-
nium. 
Sec. 105. Improving measures to track and intercept illicit transfers of weapons 
of mass destruction and the materials and technologies for de-
veloping and producing such weapons. 
Sec. 106. Enhanced funding for Russian Transition Initiative. 
Sec. 107. Silk Road Initiative. 
Sec. 108. NATO Science for Peace program. 
TITLE II—ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THREAT 
REDUCTION AND NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Analysis of effect on threat reduction and nonproliferation programs 
of congressional oversight measures with respect to such pro-
grams. 
Sec. 202. Annual report on the use of funds appropriated for threat reduction 
and nonproliferation in states of the former Soviet Union. 
Sec. 203. Plan for and coordination of chemical and biological weapons non-
proliferation programs with states of the former Soviet Union. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES-RUSSIA RELATIONS 
Sec. 301. Comprehensive inventories and data exchanges on nuclear weapons-
grade material and nuclear weapons. 
Sec. 302. Establishment of Duma-Congress nuclear threat reduction working 
group. 
Sec. 303. Joint United States/North Atlantic Treaty Organization cooperation 
with Russia on theater-level ballistic missile defenses. 
Sec. 304. Encouragement of enhanced collaboration to achieve more reliable 
Russian early warning systems. 
Sec. 305. Teller-Kurchatov Alliance for Peace. 
Sec. 306. Nonproliferation fellowships. 
TITLE IV—OTHER 
Sec. 401. Promotion of discussions on nuclear and radiological security and 
safety between the International Atomic Energy Agency and 
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
TITLE I—NONPROLIFERATION 
PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS 
SEC. 101. ACCELERATION AND EXPANSION OF INTER-
NATIONAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROTEC-
TION AND COOPERATION PROGRAM. 
(a) POLICY WITH RESPECT
TO FORMER SOVIET 
UNION.—It is the policy of the United States to seek to 
cooperate with the Russian Federation and each other 
independent state of the former Soviet Union to effect as 
quickly as is reasonably practical basic security measures 
(such as the replacement of doors, the bricking of or place-
ment of bars in windows, the clearing of underbrush from 
facility perimeters, and the erection of fences) at each fa-
cility in the Russian Federation and each such state that 
is used for storing nuclear weapons or nuclear materials 
and is not yet protected by such measures. 
(b) POLICY WORLDWIDE.—It is the policy of the 
United States to seek to cooperate with all appropriate 
nations—
(1) to attempt to ensure that all nuclear weap-
ons and nuclear materials worldwide are secure and 
accounted for according to stringent standards; and 
(2) to minimize the number of facilities world-
wide at which separated plutonium and highly en-
riched uranium are present, so as to achieve the
highest and most sustainable levels of security for 
such facilities in the most cost-effective manner. 
(c) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM TO ADDITIONAL COUN-
TRIES AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Secretary of Energy may 
expand the International Nuclear Materials Protection 
and Cooperation program of the Department of Energy 
to encompass countries other than the Russian Federation 
and the other independent states of the former Soviet 
Union. 
(2) In carrying out such program with respect to 
countries other than the Russian Federation and the other 
independent states of the former Soviet Union, the Sec-
retary of Energy may provide such funds as are needed 
to remove nuclear materials from potentially vulnerable fa-
cilities, including funds to cover the costs of—
(A) transporting such materials from those fa-
cilities to secure facilities; 
(B) purchasing such materials; 
(C) converting those facilities to a use that no 
longer requires nuclear materials; and 
(D) providing incentives to facilitate the re-
moval of such materials from such facilities. 
(3)(A) In carrying out such program with respect to 
countries other than the Russian Federation and the other 
independent states of the former Soviet Union, the Sec-
retary of Energy may provide technical assistance to the 
Secretary of State in the efforts of the Secretary of State 
to assist such countries to review and improve their secu-
rity programs with respect to nuclear weapons and nuclear 
materials. 
(B) The technical assistance provided under subpara-
graph (A) may, where consistent with the treaty obliga-
tions of the United States, include the sharing of tech-
nology or methodologies to the countries referred to in 
that subparagraph. Any such sharing shall take into ac-
count the sovereignty of the country concerned and the 
nuclear weapons programs of such country, as well as the 
sensitivity of any information involved regarding United 
States nuclear weapons or nuclear weapons systems. 
(C) The Secretary of Energy may include the Russian 
Federation in activities under this paragraph if the Sec-
retary determines that the experience of the Russian Fed-
eration under the International Nuclear Materials Protec-
tion and Cooperation program would make the participa-
tion of the Russian Federation in those activities useful 
in providing technical assistance under subparagraph (A). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2004 and 
2005, in addition to any sums otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, to the Department of Energy for the Inter-
national Nuclear Materials Protection and Cooperation 
program a total of $40,000,000 for the purpose of car-
rying out the policies specified in subsections (a) and (b) 
and the expansion of the program authorized by sub-
section (c). 
SEC. 102. FUNDING FOR EFFORTS TO CLOSE NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN RUS-
SIA. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
seek to cooperate with the Russian Federation to accel-
erate, to the maximum extent feasible, the closure of facili-
ties in the Russian Federation used for the production of 
nuclear weapons. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2004 and 
2005, in addition to any sums otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, to the Department of Energy for the Rus-
sian Transition Initiatives program a total of $35,000,000 
for the purpose of carrying out the policy specified in sub-
section (a).
SEC. 103. FUNDING TO IMPROVE SECURITY AT FACILITIES 
IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION CONTAINING 
NUCLEAR MATERIALS THAT COULD BE USED 
IN RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICES. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
seek to cooperate with the Russian Federation and each 
other independent state of the former Soviet Union to im-
prove the security at facilities, in the Russian Federation 
and each such state, that contain radioactive materials 
that could be used in radiological dispersal devices. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2004 and 
2005, in addition to any sums otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated, to the Department of Energy for the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration a total of 
$60,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the policy 
specified in subsection (a). 
SEC. 104. ENHANCED FUNDING FOR ACCELERATED DIS-
POSITION FOR HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
2004 and 2005, in addition to any sums otherwise author-
ized to be appropriated, to the Department of Energy for 
the National Nuclear Security Administration a total of 
$40,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out section 3157 
of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for