Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 4.djvu/314

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116 STAT. 2742 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 nuclear nonproliferation, up to $5,000,000 may be available for carrying out this section. 22 USC 5952 SEC. 3160. PLAN FOR ACCELERATED RETURN OF WEAPONS-USABLE note. NUCLEAR MATERLVLS. (a) PLAN FOR ACCELERATED RETURN.— The Secretary of Energy shall work with the Russian Federation to develop a plan to accelerate the return to Russia of all weapons-usable nuclear materials located in research reactors and other facilities outside Russia that were supplied by the former Soviet Union. (b) FUNDING AND SCHEDULES.— AS part of the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the funding and schedules required to assist the research reactors and facilities referred to in that subsection in— (1) transferring highly enriched uranium to Russia; and (2) upgrading the materials protection, control, and accounting procedures at such research reactors and facilities until the weapons-usable nuclear materials in such reactors and facilities are returned in accordance with that subsection. (c) COORDINATION.— The provision of assistance under subsection (b) shall be closely coordinated with the International Atomic Energy Agency. SEC. 3161. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AMENDMENT OF CONVENTION ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —I t is the sense of Congress that the President should encourage amendment of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials in order to provide that the Convention shall— (1) apply to both the domestic and international use and transport of nuclear materials; (2) incorporate fundamental practices for the physical protection of such materials; and (3) address protection against sabotage involving nuclear materials. (b) CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL DEFINED. — In this section, the term "Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials" means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials, With Annex, done at Vienna on October 26, 1979. SEC. 3162. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROGRAM TO SECURE STOCKPILES OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy should, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, develop a comprehensive program of activities to encourage all countries with nuclear materials to adhere to, or to adopt standards equivalent to, the International Atomic Energy Agency standard on The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities (INFCIRC/225/Rev.4), relating to the security of stockpiles of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium (Pu).