Title: A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress regarding applications for authorizations to engage or participate in the development or production of special nuclear material outside the United States, and for other purposes.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to report to Congress quarterly about each application it has received requesting authorization to develop or produce special nuclear material outside the United States.
Currently, persons are generally prohibited from developing or producing special nuclear material, such as plutonium or certain types of enriched uranium, outside the United States, but may request permission from DOE to do so.


[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1127

  To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to report to Congress regarding applications for authorizations 
 to engage or participate in the development or production of special 
  nuclear material outside the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2019

     Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Young) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to report to Congress regarding applications for authorizations 
 to engage or participate in the development or production of special 
  nuclear material outside the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR 
              AUTHORIZATION TO DEVELOP OR PRODUCE SPECIAL NUCLEAR 
              MATERIAL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 57 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2077) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``f. Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Quarterly reports.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this subsection, and every 90 
                days thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
                to the chairman and ranking member of each of the 
                appropriate congressional committees a report that 
                describes each authorization issued by the Secretary 
                under subsection b.(2) during the 90-day period 
                preceding submission of the report.
                    ``(B) Elements.--Each report required by 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            ``(i) a summary of each application for an 
                        authorization under subsection b.(2) during the 
                        90-day period preceding submission of the 
                        report, including a description of--
                                    ``(I) whether the application was 
                                accepted or rejected;
                                    ``(II) the applicant; and
                                    ``(III) the intended purpose for 
                                which the applicant sought the 
                                authorization; and
                            ``(ii) an annex containing--
                                    ``(I) each application submitted to 
                                the Secretary during that period; and
                                    ``(II) each report submitted to the 
                                Secretary under section 810.12 of title 
                                10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
                                corresponding similar regulation or 
                                ruling) during that period.
                    ``(C) Additional material in initial report.--The 
                first report required to be submitted by subparagraph 
                (A) shall include the matters required by subparagraph 
                (B) for the period beginning on March 25, 2015, and 
                ending on the date of the enactment of this subsection.
                    ``(D) Review by secretary of state.--The Secretary 
                shall submit each report required by this paragraph to 
                the Secretary of State for approval before submitting 
                the report to the chairmen and ranking members of the 
                appropriate congressional committees.
                    ``(E) Form.--Each report required by this paragraph 
                shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include 
                a classified annex.
            ``(2) Submission to congress of applications and certain 
        reports.--The Secretary of Energy shall provide to the chairman 
        and ranking member of each of the appropriate congressional 
        committees an application for an authorization under subsection 
        b.(2) that is pending before or has been approved by the 
        Secretary, or a report submitted under section 810.12 of title 
        10, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
        regulation or ruling), not later than 10 days after receiving a 
        request for the application or report, as the case may be, from 
        the chairman or ranking member of either such committee.
            ``(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In 
        this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
        committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy 
                and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations of the Senate; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy 
                and Commerce, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives.''.
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