,,iia  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #cf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate 
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,menendez introduced the     
following joint resolution2 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         
,vietnam4  #a4 ,approval  7a7 ,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 ,energy1 signed on ,may #f1
 #bjad1 in this joint resolution        
referred to as the ,agreement4  7b7     
,notwithstanding section #abc of the    
,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #baec71 the ,agreement becomes
 effective in accordance with the       

provisions of this joint resolution and 
other applicable provisions of law4  #b4
 ,thirty-year limit on nuclear exports  
7a7 ,notwithstanding section #abc of the
 ,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #baec7 and except as provided 
in subsection 7b7 and section #c1 no    
license to export pursuant to an        
agreement that has entered into force   
pursuant to the requirements of such    
section #abc may be issued after the    
date that is #cj years after the date of
 entry into force of such agreement4    
7b7 ,the restriction in subsection 7a7  
shall not apply to-- 7#a7 any agreement 
with a country that is a member country 
of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty         
,organization1 or ,australia1 ,israel1  
,japan1 the ,republic of ,korea1 ,new   
,zealand1 the ,taipei ,economic and     
,cultural ,representative ,office in the
 ,united ,states 7,,tecro71 or the      
,international ,atomic ,energy ,agency2 
7#b7 any agreement that had entered into
 force as of ,august #a1 #bjad2 or  7#c7

 any amendment to an agreement described
 in paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b74  #c4        
,extension of existing agreements       
,congress may1 in the final five years  
of the #cj-year time limit applicable to
 the issuance of export licenses        
pursuant to an agreement under section  
#b7;a71 enact a joint resolution        
permitting the issuance of such licenses
 for an additional period of not more   
than #cj years without the ,president   
submitting a new agreement pursuant to  
the requirements of section #abc of the 
,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #baec74  #d4 ,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 export4