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PUBLIC LAW 109–401—DEC. 18, 2006

Public Law 109–401 109th Congress An Act Dec. 18, 2006 [H.R. 5682]

To exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I—UNITED STATES AND INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION

Henry J. Hyde United StatesIndia Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006. 22 USC 8001 note.

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

22 USC 8001.

SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Henry J. Hyde United StatesIndia Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006’’. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, the means to produce them, and the means to deliver them are critical objectives for United States foreign policy; (2) sustaining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and strengthening its implementation, particularly its verification and compliance, is the keystone of United States nonproliferation policy; (3) the NPT has been a significant success in preventing the acquisition of nuclear weapons capabilities and maintaining a stable international security situation; (4) countries that have never become a party to the NPT and remain outside that treaty’s legal regime pose a potential challenge to the achievement of the overall goals of global nonproliferation, because those countries have not undertaken the NPT obligation to prohibit the spread of nuclear weapons capabilities; (5) it is in the interest of the United States to the fullest extent possible to ensure that those countries that are not States Party to the NPT are responsible in the disposition of any nuclear technology they develop; (6) it is in the interest of the United States to enter into an agreement for nuclear cooperation arranged pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) with a country that has never been a State Party to the NPT if—

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