S.J.Res. 36 — Introduced in Senate

IIA 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. J. RES. 36 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2014 Mr. Menendez introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JOINT RESOLUTION Relating to the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1. Approval (a) Congress does favor the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, signed on May 6, 2014, in this joint resolution referred to as the Agreement. (b) Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), the Agreement becomes effective in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution and other applicable provisions of law. 2. Thirty-year limit on nuclear exports (a) Notwithstanding section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) and except as provided in subsection (b) and section 3, no license to export pursuant to an agreement that has entered into force pursuant to the requirements of such section 123 may be issued after the date that is 30 years after the date of entry into force of such agreement. (b) The restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply to— (1) any agreement with a country that is a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or Australia, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), or the International Atomic Energy Agency; (2) any agreement that had entered into force as of August 1, 2014; or (3) any amendment to an agreement described in paragraph (1) or (2). 3. Extension of existing agreements Congress may, in the final five years of the 30-year time limit applicable to the issuance of export licenses pursuant to an agreement under section 2(a), enact a joint resolution permitting the issuance of such licenses for an additional period of not more than 30 years without the President submitting a new agreement pursuant to the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153). 4. Applicable law Each proposed export pursuant to the Agreement shall be subject to United States laws and regulations in effect at the time of each such export.