,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjai,mr4 ,markey introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require      
congressional approval for civilian     
nuclear cooperation under certain       
circumstances1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing the ,spread of      
,nuclear ,weapons ,act of #bjai4  #b4   
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,the statement by        
,president ,recep ,tayyip ,erdoan of    
,turkey on ,september #d1 #bjai1 that he
 cannot accept a state of affairs in    
which ,turkey has no missiles armed with
 nuclear warheads follows other         
concerning statements from senior       
officials that the ,government of       
,turkey may pursue a nuclear-weapons    
capability1 which runs counter to its   
obligations under the ,nuclear          

,nonproliferation ,treaty and the       
bipartisan ,united ,states objective of 
negotiating a weapons of mass           
destruction-free zone in the ,middle    
,east4  7#b7 ,a ,united ,states civilian
 nuclear cooperation agreement with     
,turkey1 signed in #bjjh and up for     
automatic renewal in #bjbc1 does not    
currently have to be submitted for      
congressional review1 denying ,congress 
the opportunity to insist upon a renewed
 agreement--a prohibition on ,turkey's  
enrichment of uranium or reprocessing of
 plutonium on its own territory in      
keeping with the strongest possible     
nonproliferation gold standard4  #c4    
,congressional approval required for    
civilian nuclear cooperation agreements 
under certain circumstances  7a7 ,in    
general ,notwithstanding any other      
requirements under section #abc of the  
,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #baec71 the ,president1       
concurrent with submitting a proposed   
civilian nuclear cooperation agreement  

with a foreign country in accordance    
with the requirements of such section   
#abc1 and #fj days prior to the renewal 
of any pre-existing civilian nuclear    
cooperation agreement1 shall submit to  
,congress a report--  7#a7 declaring any
 credible evidence that the foreign     
country intends1 conditionally or       
unconditionally1 to pursue a nuclear    
program that is not inherently peaceful1
 including public statements to that    
effect by a senior leader of that       
foreign country2  7#b7 citing any       
instance in which the foreign government
 has violated the ,chemical ,weapons    
,convention1 the ,biological ,weapons   
,convention1 or the ,nuclear            
,nonproliferation ,treaty1 or otherwise 
violated international standards with   
respect to the development1 storage1    
deployment1 or use of weapons of mass   
destruction2  7#c7 stating whether or   
not the foreign government has committed
 to not enrich uranium or reprocess     
plutonium on its own territory          

concurrent to a submitted proposed      
civilian nuclear cooperation agreement  
or a renewal of any pre-existing        
civilian nuclear cooperation agreement2 
and  7#d7 stating whether or not the    
foreign government has committed to sign
 and ratify the ,additional ,protocol to
 its ,international ,atomic ,energy     
,agency ,safeguards ,agreement4  7b7    
,required actions ,if a report submitted
 under subsection 7a7 describes any     
known instance set forth under          
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of such        
subsection1 then1 notwithstanding any   
other requirements under section #abc of
 the ,atomic ,energy ,act of #aied 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #baec71 the civilian nuclear  
cooperation agreement with the foreign  
country in question1 or the renewal of  
any pre-existing agreement1 may only    
enter into effect on or after the date  
on which both of the following          
conditions have been met3  7#a7 ,the    
,president has submitted a proposed     
agreement with the foreign country in   

accordance with the requirements of such
 section #abc4  7#b7 ,on or after the   
date of the submission of the proposed  
agreement under paragraph 7#a71 a joint 
resolution stating that ,congress       
approves such agreement has been        
enacted4  7c7 ,exemptions ,the          
requirements under subsection 7b7 do not
 apply to any country that-- 7#a7 is a  
member of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty  
,organization2 and  7#b7 is a ,nuclear  
,weapon ,state as defined by the        
,nuclear ,nonproliferation ,treaty4  7d7
 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7   
,biological ,weapons ,convention ,the   
term ,biological ,weapons ,convention   
means the ,convention on the            
,prohibition of the ,development1       
,production and ,stockpiling of         
,bacteriological and ,toxin ,weapons and
 on their ,destruction1 done at         
,washington1 ,london1 and ,moscow1      
,april #aj1 #aigb4  7#b7 ,chemical      
,weapons ,convention ,the term ,chemical
 ,weapons ,convention means the         

,convention on the ,prohibition of the  
,development1 ,production1 ,stockpiling 
and use of ,chemical ,weapons and on    
their ,destruction1 done at ,paris1     
,january #ac1 #aiic4  7#c7 ,nuclear     
,nonproliferation ,treaty ,the term     
,nuclear ,nonproliferation ,treaty means
 the ,treaty on the ,non-,proliferation 
of ,nuclear ,weapons1 done at           
,washington1 ,london1 and ,moscow1 ,july
 #a1 #aifh4