SEC. 204. NEW PRESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION OF NON-
PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES FOR SUBMIS-
SION OF AGREEMENTS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2153), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by striking subsection d. and inserting the following: 
‘‘d. SUBMISSION OF AGREEMENTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
submit the text of the proposed agreement for 
cooperation to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
together with— 
‘‘(i) an unclassified Nuclear Prolifera-
tion Assessment Statement and any classi-
fied annex thereto; 
‘‘(ii) the President’s determination 
that the proposed agreement is consistent 
with all the requirements of subsection a., 
and that the proposed agreement will pro-
mote, and will not constitute an unreason-
able risk to, the common defense and secu-
rity of the United States; 
‘‘(iii) the President’s statement that 
the President has approved and authorized 
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the execution of the proposed agreement 
for cooperation; and 
‘‘(iv) subject to subparagraph (B), the 
President’s determination that the cooper-
ating party— 
‘‘(I) has not engaged in a signifi-
cant transfer of material, equipment, 
or technology for the production of 
nuclear, chemical, or biological weap-
ons to another country; 
‘‘(II) has cooperated with United 
States efforts to halt the proliferation 
of such material, equipment or tech-
nology; 
‘‘(III) has not engaged in signifi-
cant transfers contrary to the Guide-
lines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group 
or the Australia Group; and 
‘‘(IV) has established and main-
tains an effective export control sys-
tem to guard against illicit transfers 
of such material, equipment, or tech-
nology. 
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‘‘(B) TIME PERIOD.—In making a deter-
mination under subparagraph (A)(iv), the 
President shall— 
‘‘(i) for a country with respect to 
which the United States has not heretofore 
entered into an agreement for cooperation, 
review the 10-year period ending on the 
date of submission of the proposed agree-
ment for cooperation under subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(ii) for a country with respect to 
which the United States has heretofore en-
tered into one or more agreements for 
peaceful nuclear cooperation, review the 
period beginning on the date of entry into 
force of the most recent such agreement 
for peaceful nuclear cooperation and end-
ing on the date of submission of the pro-
posed agreement for cooperation under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) 
ADDITIONAL
SUBMISSION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In the case of an agreement for coopera-
tion arranged pursuant to section 91 c., 144 b., 144 
c., or 144 d., the proposed agreement shall also be 
submitted to the Committee on Armed Services of 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate, along with the docu-
ments and determinations required under subpara-
graph (A).’’. 
SEC. 205. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW, APPROVAL, AND RE-
NEWAL OF NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREE-
MENTS. 
Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2153), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
by striking subsection e. and inserting the following: 
‘‘e. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD; ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any proposed agreement 
for cooperation that meets each of the applicable re-
quirements of subsection a. may be brought into ef-
fect 60 legislative days after the President has sub-
mitted the agreement and documentation required 
by subsection d., unless during such period the Con-
gress adopts, and there is enacted, a joint resolution 
stating in substance that Congress does not favor 
the proposed agreement for cooperation. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) NON-COMPLIANT
AGREEMENTS
AND 
ACTIVITIES OF CONCERN.—Notwithstanding the 
requirements of subsection d., the President 
may submit a proposed agreement to Congress 
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that does not meet each of the applicable re-
quirements of subsection a., or with respect to 
which the President is unable to make each of 
the determinations required under subsection 
d.(1). Such agreement shall not enter into force 
unless and until the Congress adopts, and there 
is enacted, a joint resolution stating in sub-
stance that Congress does favor the proposed 
agreement for cooperation. 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS.— 
A proposed agreement for cooperation— 
‘‘(i) which renews or replaces a pre- 
existing agreement for cooperation that 
has expired or will expire not later than 1 
year beginning on the date of submission 
of the proposed agreement for cooperation 
under subsection d., and 
‘‘(ii) which satisfies each of the re-
quirements under subsection a., 
may be brought into effect beginning 30 cal-
endar days after the date of submission of the 
proposed agreement for cooperation under sub-
section d. 
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‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—Any such proposed 
agreement for cooperation shall be considered pursu-
ant to the procedures set forth in section 130 g. 
‘‘(4) EXPIRATION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
RE-
VIEW.—Any proposed agreement for cooperation 
that has not lain before the Congress for 60 legisla-
tive days, or has not been approved by Congress as 
provided for under this section, before the adjourn-
ment sine die of such Congress, shall not become ef-
fective. Any submission of such agreement to a new 
Congress at the discretion of the President, shall be 
considered a new submission for the purposes of this 
section, and must satisfy the appropriate require-
ments of this section before it can become effec-
tive.’’. 
SEC. 206. MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLABO-
RATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 124 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2154) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘INTER-
NATIONAL ATOMIC POOL’’ and inserting ‘‘MULTILAT-
ERAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COLLABORATION’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, including multilateral enrich-
ment activities,’’ after ‘‘atomic energy’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 124 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 124. Multilateral organizations and collaboration.’’. 
SEC. 207. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURES. 
Section 130 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2159) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘days of continuous session’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘legislative 
days’’; 
(2) by striking subsections g. and i.; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection f. the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘g. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All joint resolutions under 
this chapter that are introduced in the House of 
Representatives shall be referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and all joint resolutions intro-
duced in the Senate shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations and in addition, in the 
case of a proposed agreement for cooperation ar-
ranged pursuant to section 91c., 144b., or 144c., the 
Committee on Armed Services. 
‘‘(2) DISCHARGE
OF
RESOLUTIONS.—If the 
committee of either House to which a joint resolu-
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tion has been referred has not reported it at the end 
of 45 legislative days after its introduction, the com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
‘‘(3) JOINT RESOLUTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A joint resolution 
under this section shall be considered in the 
Senate in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 601(b)(4) of the International Security As-
sistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. 
For the purpose of expediting the consideration 
and passage of joint resolutions reported or dis-
charged pursuant to the provisions of this sub-
section, it shall be in order for the committee 
on Rules of the House of Representatives to 
present for consideration a resolution of the 
House of Representatives providing procedures 
for the immediate consideration of a joint reso-
lution under this subsection which may be simi-
lar, if applicable, to the procedures set forth in 
section 601(b)(4) of the International Security 
Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 
1976. 
‘‘(B) MORE
THAN
ONE
JOINT
RESOLU-
TION.—In the case of a joint resolution de-
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scribed in subsection (a), if prior to the passage 
by one House of a joint resolution of that 
House, that House receives a joint resolution 
with respect to the same matter from the other 
House, then— 
‘‘(i) the procedure in that House shall 
be the same as if no joint resolution had 
been received from the other House; but 
‘‘(ii) the vote on final passage shall be 
on the joint resolution of the other House. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘joint resolution’ 
means a joint resolution, the matter after the 
resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the 
Congress (does or does not) favor the proposed 
agreement for cooperation transmitted to the 
Congress by the President on lllll,’ 
with the date of the transmission of the pro-
posed agreement for cooperation inserted in the 
blank, and the affirmative or negative phrase 
within the parenthetical appropriately selected, 
along with any other provisions. 
‘‘(4) RULEMAKING
POWER
OF
CONGRESS.— 
This section is enacted by Congress— 
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‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 
power of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives, respectively, and as such they are 
deemed a part of the rules of each House, re-
spectively, but applicable only with respect to 
the procedure to be followed in that House in 
the case of resolutions described by this section, 
and they supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House.’’. 
SEC. 
208. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
REVIEW 
OF 
SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGES 
TO 
NUCLEAR 
COOPERATION 
AGREEMENTS. 
Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2160) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW; DISAPPROVAL.—Any 
subsequent arrangement that— 
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‘‘(1) significantly alters the terms of an agree-
ment of cooperation that has come into effect pursu-
ant to the requirements of section 123 e., or 
‘‘(2) is negotiated pursuant to an exempted 
agreement, 
shall not come into effect until it has lain before Congress 
for 45 legislative days, unless Congress has enacted a joint 
resolution of disapproval during such 45 day period.’’. 
SEC. 209. REQUIREMENT OF LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR 
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title I of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 135. REQUIREMENT OF LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR 
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS. 
‘‘The President may not issue a license for the export 
of nuclear material, facilities, components, or other goods, 
services or technology to a country pursuant to an agree-
ment that has entered into force after the date of the en-
actment of this section unless the President determines 
that the country has liability protection for United States 
nuclear suppliers that is equivalent to the liability protec-
tion specified under the Convention on Supplementary 
Compensation for Nuclear Damage.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by this 
Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 134 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 135. Requirement of liability protection for United States nuclear sup-
pliers.’’. 
SEC. 210. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR COUNTRIES THAT FORE-
GO ENRICHMENT AND REPROCESSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title I of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), as amended 
by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 136. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR COUNTRIES THAT 
FOREGO ENRICHMENT AND REPROCESSING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, is author-
ized to make loan guarantees to countries with which the 
United States has an agreement for cooperation in force 
pursuant to section 123, on such terms and conditions as 
the President determines, subject to subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC
APPROPRIATION
OR
CONTRIBU-
TION.—No loan guarantee may be made under subsection 
(a) unless— 
‘‘(1) an appropriation for the cost has been 
made; or 
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‘‘(2) the President has received from the bor-
rower a payment in full for the cost of the obligation 
and deposited the payment into the Treasury of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by this 
Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 135, as added by section 209(b) of this Act, 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 136. Loan guarantees for countries that forego enrichment and reprocess-
ing.’’. 
Æ 
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