U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation and Nonproliferation Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-3010
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2016-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Electric power generation and transmission
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
North Korea
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Pakistan
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: 

U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation and Nonproliferation Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to notify Congress within five days after receiving an application to transfer nuclear technology to China.
 
A request for authorization to transfer U.S.-origin technology from China, or with the significant participation of Chinese persons not located in the United States, to a country other than the United States or China, shall be: (1) subject to authorization requirements specified in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) denied unless the applicant demonstrates significant participation by U.S. persons in the transfer, significant U.S. content involved in the transfer in the case of nuclear reactors and components, and timely reimbursement for grants or loans provided by the U.S. government to entities involved in the technology's development. 
 
The bill states that it is U.S. policy to: 
 
 
oppose China's provision of assistance in the construction of any additional nuclear reactors in Pakistan, and 
 
assist Pakistan in acquiring and developing sufficient electrical power through means other than nuclear power. 
 
 
The President shall determine if China has: 
 
 
violated the U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement; 
 
re-transferred U.S. nuclear items without U.S. permission; 
 
stolen or diverted U.S. nuclear items to military use; 
 
failed to prevent transfer of proliferation-sensitive items pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act; or 
 
failed to enforce sanctions against North Korea. 
 
 
The President shall, if such violations occur, suspend nuclear cooperation with China until a corrective plan of action is implemented. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should encourage countries in East Asia to forgo new spent fuel reprocessing activities. 
 
The President shall not agree to the reprocessing, recycling, or other alteration of nuclear material at any individual facility to which International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards are not applied, unless, for each proposed facility at which such activity will take place, the President certifies that the nuclear material will be adequately safeguarded and available for inspection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2016-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate