COMMUNICATION OF RESTRICTED DATA AND FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA.

SEC. 3155. COMMUNICATION OF RESTRICTED DATA AND FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA. (a) Communication of Data.— Section 144 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2164) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection d. as subsection e.; and (2) by inserting after subsection c. the following new subsection d.: “d. (1) In addition to the cooperation authorized in subsections a., b., and c., the President may, upon making a determination described in paragraph (2), authorize the Department of Energy, with the assistance of the Department of Defense, to cooperate with another nation to communicate to that nation such Restricted Data, and the President may, upon making such determination, authorize the Department of Defense, with the assistance of the Department of Energy, to cooperate with another nation to communicate to that nation such data removed from the Restricted Data category under section 142, as is necessary for— “(A) the support of a program for the control of and accounting for fissile material and other weapons material; “(B) the support of the control of and accounting for atomic weapons; “(C) the verification of a treaty; and 108 STAT. 3092 “(D) the establishment of international standards for the classification of data on atomic weapons, data on fissile material, and related data. “(2) A determination referred to in paragraph (1) is a determination that the proposed cooperation and proposed communication referred to in that paragraph— “(A) will promote the common defense and security interests of the United States and the nation concerned; and “(B) will not constitute an unreasonable risk to such common defense and security interests. “(3) Cooperation under this subsection shall be undertaken pursuant to an agreement for cooperation entered into in accordance with section 123.”. (b) Applicability of Notice and Wait Provisions.— Section 123 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153(d)), as amended by subsection (c), shall not apply to a proposed agreement for cooperation under section 144 d. of such Act, as inserted by subsection (a), until December 31, 1995. (c) Conforming Amendments.— The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 123 is amended— (A) by striking out “or 144 c.” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “144 c., or 144 d.”; (B) in subsection a., by striking out “or 144 b.” and inserting in lieu thereof “144 b., or 144 d.”; and (C) in subsection b., by inserting “(except an agreement arranged pursuant to section 91 c., 144 b., 144 c., or 144 d.)” after “the President has submitted text of the proposed agreement for cooperation”. (2) Section 142 d. is amended by striking out “subsection 144 b.” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection b. or d. of section 144.”. (3) Section 142 f. is repealed. (4) Section 144 e., as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking out “or c.” and inserting in lieu thereof “c., or d.”.