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 12 2 STA T .365 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 32 9— S E PT. 30 , 200 8‘ ‘ (A)INGE NE RAL.—Thedownbl end i n g o f highl y en r i c hed u r a niu m no t of wea p on s origin may be counted for purposes of paragraph ( 2 )( B ) , sub j ect to v erification under paragraph ( 10 ), if the S ecretary of E nergy determines that the highly enriched uranium to be downblended poses a ris k to the national security of the U nited States. ‘‘(B) E QUIV ALEN T QUANTITIE SOFH IGHL Y ENRI C HE D URA - NIU M .— F or purposes of determining the additional low- enriched uranium imports allowed under paragraph (2)(B), highly enriched uranium not of weapons origin downblended pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall count as downblended highly enriched uranium of weapons origin in amounts calculated as the q uantity of highly enriched uranium containing 9 0 percent uranium-2 35 necessary to equal the total amount of uranium-235 contained in the highly enriched uranium not of weapons origin downblended pursuant to subparagraph (A). ‘‘(9) TERMINATION OF IM P ORT RESTRICTIONS.—The provi- sions of this subsection shall terminate on D ecember 31, 2020. ‘‘(10) TECHNICAL VERIFICATIONS B Y SECRETARY OF ENERGY.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall verify the origin, quantity, and uranium-235 content of the highly enriched uranium downblended for purposes of paragraphs (2)(B) and ( 8 ). ‘‘(B) M ETHODS OF VERIFICATION.—In conducting the verification required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Energy shall employ the transparency measures and access provisions agreed to under the R ussian H EU Agree- ment for monitoring the downblending of Russian highly enriched uranium of weapons origin and such other methods as the Secretary determines appropriate. ‘‘(11) ENFORCEMENT OF IMPORT LIMITATIONS.—The Sec- retary of C ommerce shall be responsible for enforcing the import limitations imposed under this subsection and shall enforce such import limitations in a manner that imposes a minimal burden on the commercial nuclear industry. ‘‘(12) EFFECT ON OTHER AGREEMENTS.— ‘‘(A) RUSSIAN HEU AGREEMENT.— N othing in this section shall be construed to modify the terms of the Russian HEU Agreement, including the provisions of the Agreement relating to the amount of low-enriched uranium that may be imported into the United States. ‘‘(B) O THER AGREEMENTS.—If a provision of any agree- ment between the United States and the Russian Federa- tion, other than the Russian HEU Agreement, relating to the importation of low-enriched uranium, including low- enriched uranium obtained under contracts for separative work units, into the United States conflicts with a provision of this section, the provision of this section shall supersede the provision of the agreement to the e x tent of the conflict. ’ ’. SEC. 8119. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act are hereby reduced by $ 859,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances in Department of Defense W orking Capital Funds, as follows

(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, $823,000,000 and

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