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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1948
To reduce the threat from nuclear facilities located in the former Soviet
Union.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DICKS, and Mr. BERMAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on
Foreign Affairs and Armed Services
A BILL
To reduce the threat from nuclear facilities located in the
former Soviet Union.
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 ‘‘Former Soviet Union
Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO REDUCE NUCLEAR THREAT IN
FORMER SOVIET UNION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The President
shall establish a program to reduce the environmental and
national security threats from nuclear facilities located in
the former Soviet Union, specifically the threat from nu-
clear facilities located in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia,
and Ukraine.
(b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the
program established under subsection (a), the President
shall meet the following requirements:
(1) PROVISION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Subject to
section 3, the President shall provide assistance to
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine to—
(A) accelerate the retirement of plutonium
production and chemical separation facilities;
(B) accelerate the closure of Chernobyl-
type nuclear reactors;
(C) establish alternative energy sources
and promote energy conservation measures;
(D) identify, assess, and set priorities for
the cleanup of nuclear contaminated sites;
(E) establish training and technology de-
velopment programs for environmental restora-
tion and waste management activities at nu-
clear contaminated sites;
(F) deactivate and safely dispose of decom-
missioned nuclear-powered submarines;
(G) store and dispose of spent fuel and
other radioactive materials; and
(H) strengthen nuclear materials account-
ing and security systems, and foster cooperative
means of verifying reciprocal data exchanges
covering past fissile material production and
current inventories.
(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL WORKING
GROUPS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall estab-
lish with the appropriate independent states of the
former Soviet Union and with other nations capable
of producing nuclear weapons material bilateral or
multilateral technical working groups in accordance
with section 3151(c) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law
102–484).
SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
The President may provide assistance under section
2(b)(1) to a country specified in such section only if the
President certifies to the Congress that such country—
(1) has ratified the Treaty on the Reduction
and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START
I);
(2) has acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons;
(3) is eligible for assistance under section
1412(d) of the Former Soviet Union Demilitariza-
tion Act of 1992 (section 1412(d) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; 22
U.S.C. 5902(d)) and section 502 of the Freedom for
Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and
Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (Public Law
102–511; 22 U.S.C. 5852); and
(4) will not use assistance under section 2(b)(1)
to support the continued operation or enhancement
of plants for chemical separation of plutonium from
the fission products in spent nuclear fuel.
SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) PRIOR NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF OBLIGATION OF
FUNDS.—The reporting requirements under section 1431
of the Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992
(section 1431 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993; 22 U.S.C. 5921) and section
3121(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484) shall apply with
respect to the obligation or use of funds for the program
established under section 2(a).
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROGRAMS.—Not later
than 30 days after the last fiscal quarter of fiscal year
1993 and not later than 30 days after the end of each
fiscal year quarter of fiscal year 1994, the President shall
transmit to the Congress a report on the activities carried
out under the program established under section 2(a) in
accordance with section 1432 of the Former Soviet Union
Demilitarization Act of 1992 (section 1432 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993; 22
U.S.C. 5922).
(c) REPORT
ON NUCLEAR STOCKPILE INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Con-
gress a report containing a description of the specific ac-
tions that have been taken and are planned to be taken
to comply with the condition described in subsection (a)(8)
(concerning nuclear stockpile weapons arrangement) of
the Senate resolution of ratification of START I (Treaty
Doc. 102–20 and 102–32).
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Office of Defense Pro-
grams or the Office of Intelligence and National Security
of the Department of Energy shall serve as the executive
agent for the program established under section 2(a) and
shall carry out such program in coordination with other
appropriate Federal agencies.
(b) COORDINATION.—The President shall provide for
the coordination of the program established under section
2(a) with other programs that provide assistance to the
independent states of the former Soviet Union in accord-
ance with the program coordination provisions of section
102 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian
Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–511; 22 U.S.C. 5812).
SEC. 6. FUNDING.
The President shall transfer to the appropriate ac-
counts for national security programs of the Department
of Energy from amounts appropriated to the Department
of Energy for years prior to fiscal year 1993 for such pro-
grams such amounts as are available up to $500,000,000
to carry out section 2(a).
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