PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-477 of Representatives a report on the project review procedures so established and implemented. (2) The project review procedures established under paragraph (1) shall ensure that any scientific, technical, or commercial project initiated under the Initiative— (A) will not enhance the military or weapons of mass destruction capabilities of Russia; (B) will not result in the inadvertent transfer or utilization of products or activities under such project for military purposes; (C) will be commercially viable; and (D) will be carried out in conjunction with an appropriate commercial, industrial, or nonprofit entity as partner. (e) LIMITATION PENDING CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.— No amount in excess of $17,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2001 for the Nuclear Cities Initiative may be obligated or expended for purposes of providing assistance under the Initiative until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Energy submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the following: (1) A copy of the written agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation which provides that Russia will close some of its facilities engaged in nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly work within five years of the date of the agreement in exchange for receiving assistance through the Initiative. (2) A certification by the Secretary— (A) that project review procedures for all projects under the Initiative have been established and are being implemented; and (B) that those procedures will ensure that any scientific, technical, or commercial project initiated under the Initiative— (i) will not enhance the military or weapons of mass destruction capabilities of Russia; (ii) will not result in the inadvertent transfer or utilization of products or activities under such project for military purposes; (iii) will be commercially viable within three years after the date of the initiation of the project; and (iv) will be carried out in conjunction with an appropriate commercial, industrial, or other nonprofit entity as partner. (3) A report setting forth the following: (A) A description of the project review procedures process. (B) A list of the projects under the Initiative that have been reviewed under such project review procedures. (C) A description for each project listed under subparagraph (B) of the purpose, expected life-cycle costs, outyear budget costs, participants, commercial viability, expected time for income generation, and number of Russian jobs created. (f) PLAN FOR RESTRUCTURING THE RUSSIAN NUCLEAR COM- PLEX.^ 1) The President, acting through the Secretary of Energy, is urged to enter into discussions with the Russian Federation
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