Nuclear Black-Market Elimination Act
Latest action · Jul 22, 2004 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Black-Market Elimination Act - Authorizes the President to prohibit, for at least three years, any transaction or dealing by a U.S. person or within the United States with any foreign person or entity that the President determines sells, transfers, brokers, finances, assists, delivers or otherwise provides or receives, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act: (1) nuclear enrichment or reprocessing equipment, materials, or technology to any country for which an additional protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of safeguards is not in force, or to any country that the President determines is developing, constructing, manufacturing, or acquiring a nuclear explosive device; or (2) designs, equipment, or specific information to assist in the development, construction, manufacture, or acquisition of a nuclear explosive device by a non-nuclear weapon state.
Authorizes the President to provide assistance for up to three years under the Arms Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as well as a drawdown of defense equipment and services under the latter Act, to any country that cooperates with the United States and U.S. allies to prevent the transport and transshipment of items of proliferation concern in its national territory or airspace or in vessels under its control or registry.
Prohibits the United States from transferring any excess defense article that is a vessel or aircraft to a country that has not provided written assurances that it will support and assist U.S. efforts to interdict items of proliferation concern.
Prohibits the President from providing, in any fiscal year, more than 75 percent of U.S. assistance to Pakistan unless Pakistan meets certain requirements, including fully sharing with the United States all information relevant to the A.Q. Khan proliferation network, and providing full access to A.Q. Khan, his associates, and any material that bears upon their activities and contacts. Provides for a national security waiver of such requirements, but prohibits its exercise in two successive fiscal years.
Requires the President to: (1) identify proliferation network host countries to appropriate congressional committees; and (2) suspend all arms sales licenses to such countries.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2004 to Nov 17, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Jul 22, 2004 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Sep 9, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 9, 2004 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Sep 9, 2004 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Oct 5, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Oct 7, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Nov 17, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 22, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2004Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT OF 2003283 pages | Judiciary Committee | Mar 25, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions on foreign entities that engage in certain nuclear proliferation activities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nuclear Black-Market Elimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Administration of justice
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Ballistic missiles
- Biological warfare
- Chemical warfare
- Commercial blacklisting
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Economic assistance
- Energy
- Export controls
- Export finance
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Law
- Licenses
- Military aircraft
- Military assistance
- Military technology
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Pakistan
- President and foreign policy
- Rockets (Ordnance)
- Sanctions (International law)
- Science, Technology, Communications
- South Asia
- Surplus government property
- Technology transfer
- Uranium enrichment
- Warships
- Weapons of mass destruction
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2004Introduced in House
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