Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/309

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PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2737 the program referred to in subsection (a) shall be available for activities as follows: (A) To design and construct, refurbish, or both, fossil fuel energy plants in Russia that provide alternative sources of energy to the energy plants in Russia that produce weapons grade plutonium. (B) To carry out limited safety upgrades of not more than three energy plants in Russia that produce weapons grade plutonium, provided that such upgrades do not extend the life of those plants. (2) Amounts available under paragraph (1) for activities referred to in that paragraph shall remain available for obligation for three fiscal years. (d) LIMITATION.— (1) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this title or any other Act for the program referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator for Nuclear Security may not obligate any funds for construction, or obligate or expend more than $100,000,000 for that program, until 30 days after the later of— (A) the date on which the Administrator submits to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a copy of an agreement or agreements entered into between the United States Government and the Government of the Russian Federation to shut down the three plutonium-producing reactors in Russia as specified under paragraph (2); and (B) the date on which the Administrator submits to the committees specified in subparagraph (A) a report on a plan to achieve international participation in the program referred to in subsection (a), including cost sharing. (2) The agreement (or agreements) under paragraph (1)(A) shall contain— (A) a commitment to shut down the three plutonium-producing reactors; (B) the date on which each such reactor will be shut down; (C) a schedule and milestones for each such reactor to complete the shutdown of such reactor by the date specified under subparagraph (B); (D) a schedule and milestones for refurbishment or construction of fossil fuel energy plants to be undertaken by the Government of the Russian Federation in support of the program; (E) an arrangement for access to sites and facilities necessary to meet such schedules and milestones; (F) an arrangement for audit and examination procedures in order to evaluate progress in meeting such schedules and milestones; and (G) any cost sharing arrangements between the United States Government and the Government of the Russian Federation in undertaking activities under such agreement (or agreements).