I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6574 
To implement the United States-Russian Federation Agreement for 
Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2008 
Mr. BERMAN (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To implement the United States-Russian Federation Agree-
ment for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear En-
ergy, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States-Russian Federation Nuclear Cooperation 
Agreement Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES-RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION ON PEACEFUL USES OF NU-
CLEAR ENERGY 
Sec. 101. Approval of Agreement. 
TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
Sec. 201. Certification of actions by the Russian Federation on nonproliferation 
matters. 
Sec. 202. Certification of cooperation by the Russian Federation on Iran sanc-
tions. 
Sec. 203. Certification of Russian liability protections for United States civil 
nuclear industries. 
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF EXTRAORDINARY PAYMENTS IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
Sec. 301. Authorization of extraordinary payments. 
TITLE IV—FUTURE AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION ON 
PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 
Sec. 401. Requirement for congressional approval of agreements for peaceful 
nuclear cooperation. 
Sec. 402. Initiatives and negotiations relating to agreements for peaceful nu-
clear cooperation. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOR-
EIGN STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality 
of a foreign state’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code. 
(2) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘United States- 
Russian Federation Agreement for Cooperation on 
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy’’ or ‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the Agreement Between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government 
of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the 
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Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy that was 
transmitted to the Congress by the President on 
May 13, 2008. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(4) EXTRAORDINARY
PAYMENTS
IN
CONNEC-
TION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.— 
The term ‘‘extraordinary payments in connection 
with the International Space Station’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 7(1) of the Iran, 
North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub-
lic Law 106–178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(5) GOODS, SERVICES, OR TECHNOLOGY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘goods, services, or 
technology’’ means— 
(i) goods, services, or technology listed 
on— 
(I)(aa) the Nuclear Suppliers 
Group Guidelines for the Export of 
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Nuclear Material, Equipment and 
Technology (published by the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency as In-
formation 
Circular 
INFCIRC/254/ 
Rev.8/Part 1, and subsequent revi-
sions) and Guidelines for Transfers of 
Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, 
Material, and Related Technology 
(published by the International Atom-
ic Energy Agency as Information Cir-
cular 
INFCIRC/254/Rev.7/Part 
2, 
and subsequent revisions); 
(bb) the Missile Technology Con-
trol Regime Equipment and Tech-
nology Annex of June 11, 1996, and 
subsequent revisions; 
(cc) the lists of items and sub-
stances relating to biological and 
chemical weapons the export of which 
is controlled by the Australia Group; 
(dd) the Schedule One or Sched-
ule Two list of toxic chemicals and 
precursors the export of which is con-
trolled pursuant to the Convention on 
the Prohibition of the Development, 
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Production, Stockpiling and Use of 
Chemical Weapons and on Their De-
struction; or 
(ee) the Wassenaar Arrangement 
list of Dual Use Goods and Tech-
nologies and Munitions list of July 12, 
1996, and subsequent revisions; or 
(ii) goods, services, or technology not 
listed on any list identified in clause (i) but 
which nevertheless would be, if they were 
United States goods, services, or tech-
nology, prohibited for export to Iran be-
cause of their potential to make a material 
contribution to the development of nuclear, 
biological, or chemical weapons, or of bal-
listic or cruise missile systems. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘goods, serv-
ices, or technology’’ does not include goods, 
services, or technology that are directly related 
to the operation of the Bushehr nuclear power 
reactor. 
(6) GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of the Russian Federation’’ includes the govern-
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ment of any subdivision of the Russian Federa-
tion, and any agency or instrumentality of the 
Government of the Russian Federation. 
(B) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘agen-
cy or instrumentality of the Government of the 
Russian Federation’’ means an agency or in-
strumentality of a foreign state as defined in 
section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, 
with each reference in such section to ‘‘a for-
eign state’’ deemed to be a reference to ‘‘the 
Russian Federation’’. 
(7) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Iran’’ includes the government of any sub-
division of Iran, and any agency or instrumen-
tality of the Government of Iran. 
(B) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘agen-
cy or instrumentality of the Government of 
Iran’’ means an agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of 
title 28, United States Code, with each ref-
erence in such section to ‘‘a foreign state’’ 
deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Iran’’. 
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