,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #b  ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,february #ab1 #bjai,mr4 ,merkley 7for  
himself1 ,mr4 ,paul1 and ,mr4 ,markey7  
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,concurrent ,,resolution  ,expressing  
the sense of ,congress 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         
,whereas1 on ,may #ba1 #bjji1 the       
,united ,states and the ,united ,arab   
,emirates signed a bilateral agreement  
pursuant to section #abc of the ,atomic 
,energy ,act of #aied 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#baec71 establishing cooperation on     
civilian nuclear programs in which the  
,united ,arab ,emirates agreed that it  

shall not possess sensitive nuclear     
facilities within its territory or      
otherwise engage in activities within   
its territory for1 or relating to1 the  
enrichment or reprocessing of material1 
or for the alternation in form or       
content 7except by irradiation or       
further irradiation or1 if agreed by the
 ,parties1 post-irradiation examination7
 of plutonium1 uranium #bcc1 high       
enriched uranium1 or irradiated source  
or special fissionable material2        
,whereas the civil nuclear cooperation  
agreement between the ,united ,states   
and the ,united ,arab ,emirates further 
obligates the ,united ,arab ,emirates to
 bring into force its ,additional       
,protocol to its ,,iaea ,safeguards     
,agreement before the ,united ,states   
licenses exports of nuclear material1   
equipment1 components1 or technology    
pursuant to the agreement2 and ,whereas 
this agreement became known as the first
 gold standard civil nuclear agreement  
and was lauded as a step toward         

establishing a precedent for strong     
nonproliferation standards on the       
,arabian ,peninsula3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that it is the sense of ,congress 
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 future     
should prohibit the ,kingdom of ,saudi  
,arabia from enriching uranium or       
separating plutonium on ,saudi ,arabian 
territory in keeping with the strongest 
possible nonproliferation gold standard 
as well as require the ,kingdom of      
,saudi ,arabia to bring into force the  
,additional ,protocol with the          
,international ,atomic ,energy ,agency4