SPACE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PERSONS.

SEC. 708. SPACE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PERSONS. (a) Annual Certification.— (1) Requirement.—The President shall submit each year to the appropriate committees of Congress, with respect to each Russian person described in paragraph (2), a certification that the reports required to be submitted to Congress during the preceding calendar year under section 2 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–178) do not identify that person on account of a transfer to Iran of goods, services, or technology described in section 2(a)(l)(B) of such Act. (2) Applicability.—The certification requirement under paragraph (1) applies with respect to each Russian person 114 STAT. 863that, as of the date of the certification, is a party to an agreement relating to commercial cooperation on MTCR equipment or technology with a United States person pursuant to an arms export license that was issued at any time since January 1, 2000. (3) Exemption.—No activity or transfer which specifically has been the subject of a Presidential determination pursuant to section 5(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–178) shall cause a Russian person to be considered as having been identified in the reports submitted during the preceding calendar year under section 2 of that Act for the purposes of the certification required under paragraph (1). (4) Commencement and Termination of Requirement.— (A) Times for Submission.—The President shall submit— (i) the first certification under paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (ii) each annual certification thereafter on the anniversary of the first submission. (B) Termination of requirement.—No certification is required under paragraph (1) after termination of cooperation under the specific license, or 5 years after the date on which the first certification is submitted, whichever is the earlier date. (b) Termination of Existing Licenses.—If, at any time after the issuance of a license under section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act relating to the use, development, or co-production of commercial rocket engine technology with a foreign person, the President determines that the foreign person has engaged in any action described in section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)) since the date the license was issued, the President may terminate the license. (c) Report on Export Licensing of MTCR Items Under $50,000,000.—Section 71(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797(d)) is amended by striking “Within 15 days” and all that follows through “MTCR Annex,” and inserting “Within 15 days after the issuance of a license (including any brokering license) for the export of items valued at less than $50,000,000 that are controlled under this Act pursuant to United States obligations under the Missile Technology Control Regime and are goods or services that are intended to support the design, utilization, development, or production of a space launch vehicle system listed in Category I of the MTCR Annex,”. (d) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Foreign Person.—The term “foreign person” has the meaning given the term in section 74(7) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(7)). (2) MTCR equipment or technology.—The term “MTCR equipment or technology” has the meaning given the term in section 74(5) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(5)). (3) Person.—The term “person” has the meaning given the term in section 74(8) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)).114 STAT. 864 (4) United states person.—The term “United States person” has the meaning given the term in section 74(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(6)).