#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#aija  ,,an ,,act  ,to authorize the    
,president to extend the term of the    
nuclear energy agreement with the       
,republic of ,korea until ,march #ai1   
#bjaf4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,support for ,united    
,states-,republic of ,korea ,civil      
,nuclear ,cooperation ,act4  #b4        
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,in the #fjth year of the
 alliance1 the relationship between the 
,united ,states and the ,republic of    
,korea could not be stronger4 ,it is    
based on mutual sacrifice1 mutual       
respect1 shared interests1 and shared   
responsibility to promote peace and     
security in the ,asia-,pacific region   
and throughout the world4  7#b7 ,north  
,korea's nuclear weapons programs1      
including uranium enrichment and        
plutonium reprocessing technologies1    
undermine security on the ,korean       
,peninsula4 ,the ,united ,states and the
 ,republic of ,korea have a shared      

interest in preventing further          
proliferation1 including through the    
implementation of the #bjje ,joint      
,statement of the ,six-,party ,talks4   
7#c7 ,both the ,united ,states and      
,republic of ,korea have a shared       
objective in strengthening the ,treaty  
on the ,non-,proliferation of ,nuclear  
,weapons1 done at ,london1 ,moscow1 and 
,washington ,july #a1 #aifh1 and a      
political and a commercial interest in  
working collaboratively to address      
challenges to their respective peaceful 
civil nuclear programs4  7#d7 ,the      
nuclear energy agreement referred to in 
section #c is scheduled to expire on    
,march #ai1 #bjad4 ,in order to maintain
 healthy and uninterrupted cooperation  
in this area between the two countries  
while a new agreement is being          
negotiated1 ,congress should authorize  
the ,president to extend the duration of
 the current agreement until ,march #ai1
 #bjaf4  #c4 ,extension of nuclear      
energy agreement with the ,republic of  

,korea ,notwithstanding section #abc of 
the ,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #baec71 the ,president is     
authorized to take such actions as may  
be required to extend the term of the   
,agreement for ,cooperation between the 
,government of the ,united ,states of   
,america and the ,government of the     
,republic of ,korea ,concerning ,civil  
,uses of ,atomic ,energy1 done at       
,washington ,november #bd1 #aigb 7#bd   
,,ust #gge2 ,,tias #gehc71 and amended  
on ,may #ae1 #aigd 7#be ,,ust #aajb2    
,,tias #ghdb71 to a date that is not    
later than ,march #ai1 #bjaf4  #d4      
,report to ,congress on progress of     
negotiations between the ,united ,states
 and ,republic of ,korea ,not later than
 #ahj days after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 and every #ahj  
days thereafter until a new ,agreement  
for ,cooperation between the ,government
 of the ,united ,states of ,america and 
the ,government of the ,republic of     
,korea ,concerning ,civil ,uses of      

,nuclear ,energy is submitted to        
,congress1 the ,president shall provide 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
 and the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,senate and the ,committee on    
,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on 
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives a report on the        
progress of negotiations on a new civil 
nuclear cooperation agreement4  ,passed 
the ,senate ,january #bg1               
#bjad4,secretary