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 PUBLIC LAW 95-242—MAR. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 137

ADDITIONAL EXPORT CRITERION AND PROCEDURES

SEC. 306. Chapter 11 of the 1954 Act, as amended by sections 304 and 305, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " SEC. 128. ADDITIONAL EXPORT CRITERION AND PROCEDURES.—

"a. (1) A s a condition of continued United States export of source material, special nuclear material, production or utilization facilities, and any sensitive nuclear technology to non-nuclear-weapon states, no such export shall be made unless I A E A safeguards are maintained with respect to all peaceful nuclear activities in, under the jurisdiction of, or carried out under the control of such state at the time of the export. " (2) The President shall seek to achieve adherence to the foregoing criterion by recipient non-nuclear-weapon states. "b. The criterion set forth in subsection a. shall be applied as an export criterion with respect to any application for the export of materials, facilities, or technology specified in subsection a. which is filed after eighteen months from the date of enactment of this section, or for any such application under which the first export would occur at least twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this section, except as provided in the following paragraph s: " (1) If the Commission or the Department of Energy, as the case may be, is notified that the President has determined that failure to approve an export to which this subsection applies because such criterion has not yet been met would be seriously prejudicial to the achievement of United States non-proliferation objectives or otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security, the license or authorization may be issued subject to other applicable requirements of law: Provided, That no such export of any production or utilization facility or of any source or special nuclear material (intended for use as fuel in any production or utilization facility) which has been licensed or authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be made to any non-nuclear-weapon state which has failed to meet such criterion until the first such license or authorization with respect to such state is submitted to the Congress (together with a detailed assessment of the reasons underlying the President's determination, the judgment of the executive branch required under section 126 of this Act, and any Commission opinion and views) for a period of sixty days of continuous session (as defined in subsection 130 g. of this Act) and referred to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of i the Senate, but such export shall not occur if during such sixtyday period the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution stating in substance that the Congress does not favor the proposed export. 1 Any such license or authorization shall be considered pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 130 of this Act for the coni sideration of Presidential submissions. " (2) If the Congress adopts a resolution of disapproval pursuant to paragraph (1), no further export of materials, facilities, or technology specified in subsection a. shall be permitted for the remainder of that Congress, unless such state meets the criterion or the President notifies the Congress that he has determined that significant progress has been made in achieving adherence to such ,i criterion by such state or that United States foreign policy interests dictate reconsideration and the Congress, pursuant to the procedure of paragraph (1), does not adopt a concurrent resolu-

42 USC 2157.

Export applications, criterion enforcement.

Report to congressional committees.

Ante, p. 131. Post, p. 139.

Congressional disapproval, resolution.

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