,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1
 #bjah ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,paul1 and ,mr4 ,markey7 submitted the  
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that any       
,united ,states-,saudi ,arabia civilian 
nuclear cooperation agreement must      
prohibit the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia 
from enriching uranium or separating    
plutonium on its own territory1 in      
keeping with the strongest possible     
nonproliferation gold standard4         
,whereas the ,treaty on the             
,non-,proliferation of ,nuclear         
,weapons1 done at ,washington1 ,london1 
and ,moscow ,july #a1 #aifh 7,,npt71    
which is nearing its fiftieth           
anniversary1 obligates non-nuclear      
weapon states1 in ,article ,,ii1 not to 
receive the transfer from any transferor
 whatsoever of nuclear weapons or other 

nuclear explosive devices or of control 
over such weapons or explosive devices  
directly1 or indirectly2 not to         
manufacture or otherwise acquire nuclear
 weapons or other nuclear explosive     
devices2 and not to seek or receive any 
assistance in the manufacture of nuclear
 weapons or other nuclear explosive     
devices3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
it is the sense of the ,senate that any 
,united ,states-,saudi ,arabia civilian 
nuclear cooperation agreement under     
section #abc of the ,atomic ,energy ,act
 of #aied 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #baec71        
commonly known as a #abc ,agreement1    
concluded in the future1 must prohibit  
the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia from     
enriching uranium or separating         
plutonium on its own territory1 in      
keeping with the strongest possible     
nonproliferation gold standard4