mines and certifies to Congress, not later than May 15 
of the calendar year in which such fiscal year begins, is 
carrying out policies aimed at undermining United States 
national security interests or is not cooperating fully with 
United States nonproliferation efforts. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion under subsection (a) with respect to a specific trans-
action if the President determines that such transaction 
is important to the national security interests of the 
United States. 
SEC. 209. RESTRICTIONS ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH 
COUNTRIES ASSISTING THE NUCLEAR PRO-
GRAM OF VENEZUELA OR CUBA. 
(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 Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced conven-
tional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba may be 
submitted to the President or to Congress pursuant to sec-
tion 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 directly or 
indirectly to such country of any nuclear material, facili-
ties, components, or other goods, services, or technology 
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that would be subject to such agreement, and no approval 
may be given for the transfer or retransfer directly or indi-
rectly to such country of any nuclear material, 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 Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the government 
of the country that is assisting the nuclear program of 
Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced conventional 
weapons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba— 
(1) has suspended all nuclear assistance to Ven-
ezuela or Cuba and all transfers of advanced conven-
tional weapons and missiles to Venezuela or Cuba; 
and 
(2) is committed to maintaining such suspen-
sion until Venezuela or Cuba has implemented meas-
ures that would permit the President to make the 
determination described in paragraph (1). 
(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 
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(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: 
(1) AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION.—The term 
‘‘agreement for cooperation’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 11 b. of the Atomic Energy Act 
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014 b.). 
(2) ASSISTING
THE
NUCLEAR
PROGRAM
OF 
VENEZUELA OR CUBA.—The term ‘‘assisting the nu-
clear program of Venezuela or Cuba’’ means the in-
tentional transfer to Venezuela or Cuba by a govern-
ment, or by a person subject to the jurisdiction of 
a government with the knowledge and acquiescence 
of such government, of goods, services, or technology 
listed on the Nuclear Suppliers Group Guidelines for 
the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and 
Technology (published by the International Atomic 
Energy Agency as Information Circular INFCIRC/ 
254/Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent revisions) or 
Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual- 
Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology 
(published by the International Atomic Energy 
Agency as Information Circular INFCIR/254/Rev. 3/ 
Part 2, and subsequent revisions). 
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(3) COUNTRY
THAT
IS
ASSISTING
THE
NU-
CLEAR
PROGRAM
OF
VENEZUELA
OR
CUBA
OR 
TRANSFERRING
ADVANCED
CONVENTIONAL
WEAP-
ONS OR MISSILES TO VENEZUELA OR CUBA.—The 
term ‘‘country that is assisting the nuclear program 
of Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced con-
ventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba’’ 
means— 
(A) Russia; and 
(B) any other country determined by the 
President to be assisting the nuclear program 
of Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced 
conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela 
or Cuba. 
(4) TRANSFERRING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL 
WEAPONS OR MISSILES TO VENEZUELA OR CUBA.— 
The term ‘‘transferring advanced conventional weap-
ons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba’’ means the in-
tentional transfer to Venezuela or Cuba by a govern-
ment, or by a person subject to the jurisdiction of 
a government with the knowledge and acquiescence 
of such government, of goods, services, or technology 
listed on— 
(A) the Wassenaar Arrangement list of 
Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Muni-
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tions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent revi-
sions; or 
(B) the Missile Technology Control Regime 
Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 
1996, and subsequent revisions. 
TITLE 
III—WESTERN 
HEMI-
SPHERE REGIONAL COORDI-
NATION CENTERS 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
REGIONAL COORDINATION CENTERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States Government should carry 
out a comprehensive and integrated approach to 
United States counterterrorism and nonproliferation 
efforts, both domestically and abroad; and 
(2) the Secretary of State should seek to en-
gage leaders of the governments of countries in the 
Western Hemisphere to develop a comprehensive 
multilateral strategy to counter current and emerg-
ing threats and prevent the proliferation of nuclear, 
chemical, and biological weapons. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Western Hemisphere Regional Co-
ordination Centers shall serve as joint operational facilities 
dedicated to coordinating efforts, capacity, and intel-
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