three other sites), where they took environmental 
samples on June 23, 2008. After the visit, Syria 
suspended cooperation with the IAEA, which later 
revealed that soil samples taken from the al-Kibar 
site revealed ‘‘a significant number of natural ura-
nium particles’’ that were produced by human action 
rather than being already present in the environ-
ment. 
(3) The natural uranium found by the IAEA is 
the type of fuel that would be fed into a reactor to 
produce plutonium, which after extraction in a re-
processing facility, could fuel a nuclear bomb. 
(4) Syria’s safeguards agreement with the 
IAEA requires notification to the agency in advance 
of construction of any nuclear facility, regardless of 
the presence of nuclear material, and, as a result, 
Syria’s construction of a reactor violated its IAEA 
obligations. 
SEC. 302. ACTIONS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC 
ENERGY AGENCY. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to oppose the development or acquisi-
tion by Syria of a nuclear capability. 
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(b) UNITED STATES ACTIONS.—The President shall 
instruct the United States Permanent Representative to 
the International Atomic Energy Agency to— 
(1) seek the adoption of a resolution declaring 
Syria to be in violation of its IAEA obligations un-
less Syria immediately— 
(A) declares all nuclear-related facilities; 
(B) immediately and unconditionally sus-
pends any activity which could be used to de-
velop nuclear-weapons capability; and 
(C) provides IAEA inspectors with full ac-
cess to its nuclear-related facilities; 
(2) use all available political, economic, and dip-
lomatic tools, and shall use the voice, vote, and in-
fluence of the United States in all international or-
ganizations and associations of which it is a mem-
ber, including the IAEA and the Nuclear Suppliers 
Group, to— 
(A) block the development or acquisition 
by Syria of a capacity to fabricate nuclear fuel; 
(B) block the allocation of funds for any 
IAEA development, environmental, or nuclear 
science assistance or activity to Syria; 
(C) block the allocation of funds for IAEA 
development, environmental, or nuclear-related 
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assistance or activity to the Government of 
Syria, including any agency or instrumentality 
thereof; and 
(D) block membership of the Government 
of Syria on the Board of Governors of the 
IAEA; and 
(3) shall withhold from United States contribu-
tions to the IAEA an amount equal to that which 
the IAEA expends on assistance to Syria. 
SEC. 303. RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH 
COUNTRIES ASSISTING THE NUCLEAR PRO-
GRAM OF SYRIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or any international agreement, no agreement 
for cooperation between the United States and the govern-
ment of any country that is assisting the nuclear program 
of Syria or transferring advanced conventional weapons or 
missiles to Syria may be submitted to Congress pursuant 
to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2153), no such agreement may enter into force 
with such country, no license may be issued for export di-
rectly or indirectly to such country of any nuclear mate-
rial, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or 
technology that would be subject to such agreement, and 
no approval may be given for the transfer or retransfer 
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directly or indirectly to such country of any nuclear mate-
rial, facilities, components, or other goods, services, or 
technology that would be subject to such agreement, until 
the President determines and reports to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that 
the government of such country that is assisting the nu-
clear program of Syria or transferring advanced conven-
tional weapons or missiles to Syria— 
(1) has suspended all nuclear assistance to 
Syria or suspended transferring advanced conven-
tional weapons or missiles to Syria (as the case may 
be); and 
(2) is committed to maintaining such suspen-
sion. 
(b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—The restrictions de-
scribed in subsection (a)— 
(1) shall apply in addition to all other applica-
ble procedures, requirements, and restrictions re-
quired by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any 
other law; and 
(2) shall not be construed as affecting the valid-
ity of agreements for cooperation that are in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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