Henry J. Hyde United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006
Public Law 109-401 · H.R. 5682 · 109th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Dec 18, 2006 · International Affairs
Major law
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL-6)
Cosponsors (35): Rep. Tom Lantos, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 330 yea, 59 nay330–59
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Title I: United States And India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation - Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act of 2006 - (Sec. 102) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction, the means to produce them, and the means to deliver them are critical objectives for U.S. foreign policy; (2) sustaining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and strengthening its implementation, particularly verification and compliance, is the keystone of U.S. nonproliferation policy; and (3) the NPT has been a significant success in preventing the acquisition of nuclear weapons capabilities and maintaining a stable international security situation.
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) strong bilateral relations with India are in the U.S. national interest; (2) commerce in civil nuclear energy with India by the United States and other countries has the potential to benefit the people of all countries; (3) any commerce in civil nuclear energy with India by the United States and other countries must be achieved in a manner that minimizes the risk of nuclear proliferation or regional arms races; and (4) the United States should not seek to facilitate the continuation of nuclear exports to India by any other party if such exports are terminated under U.S. law.
(Sec. 103) States that it is U.S. policy to: (1) oppose the development of a capability to produce nuclear weapons by any non-nuclear weapon state, within or outside of the NPT; (2) encourage States Party to the NPT to interpret the right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes as applying only to the extent consistent with the object and purpose of the NPT to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons capabilities; and (3) seek to prevent the transfer to a country of nuclear equipment, materials, or technology from other participating governments in the multilateral Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) or from any other source if nuclear transfers to that country are suspended or terminated.
States that it is U.S. Policy to: (1) achieve a moratorium on the production of fissile material for nuclear explosive purposes by India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China; (2) achieve the conclusion and implementation of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons to which both the United States and India become parties; (3) secure India's full participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative and commitment to its Statement of Interdiction Principles; and (4) secure India's ratification of accession to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, done at Vienna on September 12, 1997.
States that it is U.S. Policy to ensure that: (1) any safeguards agreement or Additional Protocol to which India is a party with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can reliably safeguard any export or reexport to India of any nuclear materials and equipment; and (2) the text and implementation of any agreement for cooperation with India meet specified requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA).
States that it is U.S. Policy to: (1) secure India's participation in U.S. efforts to dissuade, isolate, and, if necessary, sanction and contain Iran for its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction, including the means to deliver them; (2) seek to halt the increase of nuclear weapon arsenals in South Asia and promote their reduction and eventual elimination; and (13) ensure that spent fuel generated in India's civilian nuclear power reactors is not transferred to the United States except pursuant to certain congressional review procedures.
Declares it is U.S. Policythat any nuclear power reactor fuel reserve provided to the government of India for use in safeguarded civilian nuclear facilities should be commensurate with reasonable reactor operating requirements.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes the President, upon making specified determinations, to: (1) exempt a proposed cooperation agreement with India from AEA requirements for maintenance of IAEA safeguards for nuclear materials in peaceful nuclear activities; (2) waive a certain additional export criterion and procedures; and (3) waive mandatory termination of nuclear exports based upon specified conduct that occurred before July 18, 2005.
Includes among the determinations conditioning such waivers that: (1) India is taking necessary steps to secure nuclear and other sensitive materials and technology; and (2) the NSG has decided by consensus to permit supply to India of nuclear items covered by NSG guidelines.
Requires the President's report to congressional committees on such determinations to include a summary of: (1) the plan provided by India to the United States and the IAEA to separate civil and military nuclear facilities, materials, and programs, and the declaration identifying India's civil facilities to be placed under IAEA safeguards; and (2) the agreement entered into between India and the IAEA requiring the application of safeguards to India's civil nuclear facilities, together with a description of the progress toward full implementation as well as toward conclusion and implementation of an Additional Protocol between India and the IAEA.
Requires the report to describe steps taken by India to: (1) work with the United States for a multilateral treaty banning production of fissile material for nuclear weapons; (2) prevent the spread of nuclear-related technology; (3) secure materials and technology applicable for the development, acquisition, or manufacture of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them through the application of comprehensive export control legislation and regulations, and through harmonization with and adherence to specified international guidelines, compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, and participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative; and (4) ensure that U.S. civil nuclear cooperation with India will not in any way assist India's nuclear weapons program.
Sets forth restrictions on nuclear transfers. Sets conditions for: (1) termination of nuclear transfers to India; (2) exports, reexports, transfers, and retransfers to India regarding enrichment, reprocessing, and heavy water production; and (3) a nuclear export accountability program.
States that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may only issue licenses for the export or reexport to India of any equipment, components, or materials related to the enrichment of uranium, the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, or the production of heavy water if specified requirements are met.
Permits approval of such exports or reexports only if: (1) the end user is a multinational facility participating in an IAEA-approved program to provide alternatives to national fuel cycle capabilities, or is a facility participating in, and the export or reexport is associated with, a bilateral or multinational program to develop a proliferation-resistant fuel cycle; (2) measures are in place to ensure that no sensitive nuclear technology will be diverted to persons, facilities, or programs not under IAEA safeguards; and (3) the President determines that the export or reexport will not improve India's military ability to produce nuclear weapons or fissile material.
Directs the President to ensure that all appropriate measures are taken to maintain accountability with respect to nuclear materials, equipment, and technology sold, leased, exported, or reexported to India and to ensure U.S. compliance with Article I of the NPT.
Includes among such measures: (1) obtaining and implementing assurances and conditions pursuant to the export licensing authorities of the NRC and the Department of Commerce and the authorizing authorities of the Department of Energy (DOE); (2) a reporting and accounting system for technology transfers, including any retransfers in India, authorized by the DOE pursuant to the AEA; and (3) alternate safeguards conforming with IAEA standards and practices in the event the IAEA is unable to implement safeguards required by a U.S.-India agreement.
States that such measures shall be implemented to provide reasonable assurances of recipient compliance with the requirements of any U.S.-issued licenses regarding such exports (including those relating to the use, retransfer, safe handling, secure transit, and storage of such exports).
Requires the President to submit to Congress: (1) specified information on India's nuclear activities; (2) an annual implementation and compliance report, including an analysis of whether U.S. Civil nuclear cooperation with India assists India's nuclear weapons program; and (3) a detailed description of progress toward India's full participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative and formal commitment to its Statement of Interdiction Principles.
(Sec. 105) States that this Act does not constitute authority for any action in violation of an obligation of the United States under the NPT.
(Sec. 106) States that if the President determines that India has detonated a nuclear explosive device after the date of the enactment of this Act, any waiver made under this Act shall cease to be effective.
(Sec. 107) States that Congress finds that India is not a Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) adherent for certain prohibitions and sanction purposes of the Arms Export Control Act. (Subjects India to such prohibitions and sanctions relating to transfer to it, by foreign persons, of missile equipment or technology.)
(Sec. 109) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, to establish a cooperative nuclear nonproliferation program to pursue jointly with scientists from the United States and India a program to further common nuclear nonproliferation goals.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011.
Title II: United States Additional Protocol Implementation - United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act - (Sec. 203) Defines "Additional Protocol" (when used in the singular form) as the Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America, with Annexes, signed at Vienna on June 12, 1998.
Subtitle A: General Provisions - (Sec. 211) Authorizes the President to carry out this title and the Additional Protocol and directs the President to designate the enforcing executive agency or agencies. States that such authority does not supersede or otherwise modify any existing authority of any federal department or agency already having such authority.
Subtitle B: Complementary Access - (Sec. 221) States that no complementary access to any U.S. location shall take place pursuant to the Additional Protocol without U.S. government authorization. Authorizes such access.
Declares that, in the event of complementary access to a privately owned or operated location, no employee of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor may participate in the access.
(Sec. 222) Sets forth complementary access procedures regarding: (1) notice; (2) credentials; (3) scope of access; and (4) environment, health, safety, and security observance.
(Sec. 223) Sets forth provisions for: (1) location owner, operator, or occupant consent; (2) administrative search warrants in the absence of consent; (3) expedited access; and (4) administrative search warrants for complementary access.
(Sec. 224) Makes it unlawful for any person willfully to fail or refuse to permit, or to disrupt or otherwise impede, a complementary access authorized by this subtitle or an entry in connection with such access.
Subtitle C: Confidentiality of Information - (Sec. 231) Exempts from specified disclosure requirements any information acquired by the U.S. Government under this title or under the Additional Protocol.
Subtitle D: Enforcement - (Sec. 241) Makes it unlawful to willfully fail or refuse to: (1) establish or maintain any record required under this title; (2) submit any report, notice, or other information to the U.S. Government in accordance with any regulation prescribed under this title; or (3) permit access to or copying of any record by the U.S. Government in accordance with any regulation prescribed under this title.
(Sec. 242) Establishes civil and criminal penalties for complementary access and recordkeeping violations.
Provides for administrative appellate and judicial review.
(Sec. 243) States that U.S. district courts shall have jurisdiction over civil actions brought by the head of an executive agency to: (1) restrain complementary access and recordkeeping violations; or (2) to compel the taking of any action required by this title or the Additional Protocol.
Subtitle E: Environmental Sampling - (Sec. 251) Directs the President to notify the appropriate congressional committees if the IAEA Board of Governors approves wide-area environmental sampling for use as a safeguards verification tool.
(Sec. 252) Prohibits IAEA-proposed wide-area environmental sampling at a specified U.S. Location under the Additional Protocol unless the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that: (1) such sampling is necessary to increase IAEA's capability to detect undeclared nuclear activities in the territory of a non-nuclear-weapon state party; (2) such sampling will not result in IAEA access to locations, activities, or information of direct national security significance; and (3) the United States has been provided sufficient opportunity for consultation with the IAEA or has requested that the IAEA engage in such access and sampling.
(Sec. 253) Prohibits the United States from permitting any location-specific environmental sampling in the United States unless the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such conditions have been met.
Subtitle F: Protection of National Security Information and Activities - (Sec. 261) Provides that no current or former Department of Defense or DOE location, site, or facility of direct national security significance shall be subject to IAEA inspection under the Additional Protocol.
Prohibits provision under the Additional Protocol of any information of direct national security significance regarding any such location, site, or facility associated with activities of the Department of Defense or the DOE.
Declares that this title shall not be construed to permit the communication or disclosure to the IAEA or IAEA employees of restricted data controlled by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including in particular specified "Restricted Data."
Prohibits construction of this Act to permit the communication or disclosure to the IAEA or IAEA employees of national security and other classified information.
(Sec. 262) Declares that no national of a country whose government supports acts of international terrorism shall be permitted access to the United States to carry out an inspection activity under the Additional Protocol or a related safeguards agreement.
Requires IAEA inspectors to be accompanied at all times by federal personnel when inspecting sites, locations, facilities, or activities in the United States under the Additional Protocol.
Instructs the President to conduct vulnerability, counterintelligence, and related assessments at least every five years to ensure that information of direct national security significance remains protected at all sites, locations, facilities, and activities in the United States subject to IAEA inspection under the Additional Protocol.
Subtitle G: Reports - (Sec. 271) Instructs the President to submit to Congress: (1) a list of the sites, locations, facilities, and activities in the United States (USSLFAs) that the President intends to declare to the IAEA; (2) a list of any USSLFAs the President intends to add to or remove from the declaration; (3) a report certifying that each USSLFA on the list has been examined by each agency with related national security equities; and (4) a report on efforts to promote implementation of additional protocols to existing safeguards agreements signed by non-nuclear-weapon state parties, U.S. assistance to the IAEA to promote the effective implementation of such additional protocols, and the verification of the compliance of such parties with IAEA obligations.
(Sec. 275) Directs the President to notify Congress of any notifications issued by the IAEA to the United States under Article 10 of the Additional Protocol.
Subtitle H: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 281) Authorizes appropriations.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 109th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 330 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
330 yea59 nay44 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(136)
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-51
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-7
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-39
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. Al GreenD-TX-9
Rep. Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Corrine BrownD-FL-3
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-20
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-5- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-34
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Joe CrowleyD-NY-7
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-17- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. Stephen LynchD-MA-9
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-28
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Albio SiresD-NJ-13
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Rahm EmanuelD-IL-5
Rep. G.K. ButterfieldD-NC-1
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Kendrick MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-43
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53
Rep. Brad MillerD-NC-13
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-29
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Russ CarnahanD-MO-3- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Brian HigginsD-NY-27
Rep. Daniel LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. John SalazarD-CO-3
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Artur DavisD-AL-7
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Ben ChandlerD-KY-6
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-17
Rep. Dennis CardozaD-CA-18
Rep. Stephanie Herseth SandlinD-SD
Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-20
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-17
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Melissa BeanD-IL-8
Rep. Henry CuellarD-TX-28
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Charles MelanconD-LA-3
Rep. Lincoln DavisD-TN-4
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. John BarrowD-GA-12
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2
Rep. Jim MarshallD-GA-3
Rep. Dan BorenD-OK-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Republicans who voted yea(194)
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4- Rep. Rob SimmonsR-CT-2
Rep. Michael FitzpatrickR-PA-8
Rep. Jim GerlachR-PA-6
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-24
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. John McHughR-NY-23- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-5
Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-14
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15- Rep. Joe SchwarzR-MI-7
- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Jon PorterR-NV-3
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1
Rep. Thad McCotterR-MI-11
Rep. Mark KirkR-IL-10
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-25
Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7
Rep. Randy KuhlR-NY-29
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-3
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-4
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-BalartR-FL-21
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-7
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-45
Rep. Mike RogersR-AL-3
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-19
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
Rep. John BoozmanR-AR-3
Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10- Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-22
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-41
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-44
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Thelma DrakeR-VA-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Jean SchmidtR-OH-2
Rep. Rodney AlexanderR-LA-5
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-21
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-9
Rep. Jo BonnerR-AL-1- Rep. Mark KennedyR-MN-6
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-3
Rep. Mark SouderR-IN-3
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12- Rep. Melissa HartR-PA-4
Rep. Geoff DavisR-KY-4
Rep. David DreierR-CA-26
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1- Rep. Jeb BradleyR-NH-1
Rep. Tom ColeR-OK-4
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8
Rep. Ralph HallR-TX-4
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Ginny Brown-WaiteR-FL-5
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-4- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Sam GravesR-MO-6- Rep. Michael SodrelR-IN-9
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7- Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Mario Diaz-BalartR-FL-25
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2- Rep. Bobby JindalR-LA-1
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52- Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7- Rep. Shelley Sekula-GibbsR-TX-22
- Rep. Katherine HarrisR-FL-13
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-4
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19
Rep. Michael ConawayR-TX-11- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8
Rep. Kenny MarchantR-TX-24
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-3
Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-50
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6- Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-14
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2
Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11- Rep. Bob BeauprezR-CO-7
Rep. John SullivanR-OK-1
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Ted PoeR-TX-2
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Louie GohmertR-TX-1
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6- Rep. Gil GutknechtR-MN-1
- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-5
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1- Rep. Chris ChocolaR-IN-2
Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5
Rep. John LinderR-GA-7- Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
Rep. Todd AkinR-MO-2
Rep. Marilyn MusgraveR-CO-4
Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
Rep. John CampbellR-CA-48
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40
Rep. Randy NeugebauerR-TX-19
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-46
Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
Rep. Lynn WestmorelandR-GA-8
Rep. Tom FeeneyR-FL-24
Rep. J. Gresham BarrettR-SC-3
Rep. Steve KingR-IA-5
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Mike PenceR-IN-6
Rep. Scott GarrettR-NJ-5
Rep. Jeb HensarlingR-TX-5
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-3
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-2
Rep. Jeff FlakeR-AZ-6
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1208 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
6 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.Con.Res. 502Procedurally-relatedRelated bill
To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 5682.
H.R. 4974Related bill
To authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.
H.Res. 947Procedurally-related
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.
H.Res. 1101Procedurally-related
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 5682) to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a proposed nuclear agreement for cooperation with India.
S. 2429Related bill
A bill to authorize the President to waive the application of certain requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India.
S. 3709Companion billProcedurally-relatedRelated billRelated document
An original bill to exempt from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 United States exports of nuclear materials, equipment, and technology to India, and to implement the United States Additional Protoco…
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 73 actions.
- Dec 18, 2006Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 109-401.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 14, 2006FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 11, 2006FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 9, 2006Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent Vote.
- FloorFloor · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 502, enrollment corrections on H.R. 5682 have been made.
- Dec 8, 2006Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 330 - 59 (Roll no. 541).House roll call 541
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 330 - 59 (Roll no. 541).House roll call 541
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 109-721 as unfinished business.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Hyde brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-721 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 1101.
- FloorFloor · POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 5682, the Chair announced that pursuant to the Rules of the House, the Yeas and Nays were ordered. Subsequently, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption on …
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany the bill H.R. 5682.
- FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 1101 passed House.
- Dec 7, 2006Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 109-721 filed.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-721 filed.
- FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1101 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 5682.
- Dec 5, 2006Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Speaker appointed conferees: Hyde, Boehner, and Lantos.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Lantos moved that the House instruct conferees.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Hyde asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Lantos motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 5682. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede to the provisions contained in section 105(8) of the Senate amen…
- Dec 4, 2006Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate appointed conferee(s) Lugar; Hagel; Allen; Frist; Biden; Dodd.
- FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Data notes
Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.
Amendments
7 amendments offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
H.Amdt. 1196HouseRep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1· offered Jul 26, 2006Agreed to
An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 109-599 to provide Congress with the ability to assess, to the extent possible, wheth er annual levels of India's nuclear fissile production may imply a possible violation of Article I of the…
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Fortenberry amendment (A007) as modified Agreed to by voice vote. (text as modified: CR H5925)
- Rejected
H.Amdt. 1195HouseRep. Howard BermanD-CA-28· offered Jul 26, 2006Rejected
An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 109-599 to restrict exports of uranium and other types of nuclear reactor fuel (defined as "source material" and "special nuclear material" in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954) to Indi…
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Berman amendment (A006) Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 241 (Roll no. 409).
- Rejected
H.Amdt. 1194HouseRep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27· offered Jul 26, 2006Rejected
An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 109-599 to require that, before any nuclear cooperation with India can go forward, and every year thereafter, the President must certify that during the preceding year India has not…
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Sherman amendment (A005) Failed by recorded vote: 155 - 268 (Roll no. 408).
- Agreed to
H.Amdt. 1193HouseRep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18· offered Jul 26, 2006Agreed to
An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 109-599 to express the sense of Congress declaring the importance of the South Asia region and urging the continuation of the United States' policy of engagement, collaboration, and…
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Agreed to
H.Amdt. 1192HouseRep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6· offered Jul 26, 2006Agreed to
An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 109-599 to reinforce the intent of Congress that the nuclear cooperation into which t he governments of the United States and India would enter is for peaceful, productive purposes,…
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Stearns amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 414 - 0 (Roll no. 407).
- Agreed to
H.Amdt. 1191HouseRep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40· offered Jul 26, 2006Agreed to
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 109-599 to make technical and conforming changes to the text and also removes an amendment adopted during the full committee markup relating to subsection 4(b)(7).
Jul 26, 2006: On agreeing to the Royce amendment (A002) as modified Agreed to by voice vote. (text as modified: CR H5918)
- Offered, no vote recorded
H.Amdt. 1190HouseRep. Henry HydeR-IL-6· offered Jul 26, 2006No vote recorded
An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 109-599 to make technical and conforming changes to the text and removes an amendment adopted during the full committee markup relating to subsection 4(b)(7).
Jul 26, 2006: House amendment offered
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.