I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4913
To encourage and facilitate the security of nuclear materials and facilities
worldwide.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 11, 2002
Mrs. TAUSCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To encourage and facilitate the security of nuclear materials
and facilities worldwide.
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 ‘‘Global Nuclear Secu-
rity Initiative Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. SECURITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND FACILI-
TIES WORLDWIDE.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM TO SECURE
STOCKPILES OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AND PLU-
TONIUM.—(1) It is the sense of Congress that the Sec-
retary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of
State and Secretary of Defense, should develop a com-
prehensive program of activities to encourage all countries
with nuclear materials to adhere to, or to adopt standards
equivalent to, the International Atomic Energy Agency
standard on The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
and Nuclear Facilities (INFCIRC/225/Rev.4), relating to
the security of stockpiles of highly enriched uranium
(HEU) and plutonium (Pu).
(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the program
should be developed in consultation with the Russian Fed-
eration, other Group of 8 countries, and other allies of
the United States.
(3) Activities under the program may include specific,
targeted incentives intended to encourage countries that
cannot undertake the expense of conforming to the stand-
ard referred to in paragraph (1) to relinquish their highly
enriched uranium or plutonium, including incentives in
which a country, group of countries, or international
body—
(A) purchases such materials and provides for
their security (including by removal to another loca-
tion);
(B) undertakes the costs of decommissioning
facilities that house such materials;
(C) in the case of research reactors, converts
such reactors to low-enriched uranium reactors; or
(D) upgrades the security of facilities that
house such materials in order to meet stringent se-
curity standards that are established for purposes of
the program based upon agreed best practices.
(b) STUDY OF PROGRAM TO SECURE CERTAIN RADI-
OLOGICAL MATERIALS.—(1) The Secretary of Energy,
acting through the Administrator for Nuclear Security,
shall require the Office of International Materials Protec-
tion, Control, and Accounting of the Department of En-
ergy to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and
advisability of developing a program to secure radiological
materials outside the United States that pose a threat to
the national security of the United States.
(2) The study under paragraph (1) shall include the
following:
(A) An identification of the categories of radio-
logical materials that are covered by that paragraph,
including an order of priority for securing each cat-
egory of such radiological materials.
(B) An estimate of the number of sites at which
such radiological materials are present.
(C) An assessment of the effort required to se-
cure such radiological materials at such sites,
including—
(i) a description of the security upgrades,
if any, that are required at such sites;
(ii) an assessment of the costs of securing
such radiological materials at such sites;
(iii) a description of any cost-sharing ar-
rangements to defray such costs;
(iv) a description of any legal impediments
to such effort, including a description of means
of overcoming such impediments; and
(v) a description of the coordination re-
quired for such effort among appropriate
United States Government entities (including
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission), partici-
pating countries, and international bodies (in-
cluding the International Atomic Energy Agen-
cy).
(D) A description of the pilot project under-
taken in Russia.
(3) In identifying categories of radiological materials
under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall take into ac-
count matters relating to specific activity, half-life, radi-
ation type and energy, attainability, difficulty of handling,