NPEC Project Writings

• "Overview of The Next Phase of U.S.-Russian Civil Nuclear Relations: Opportunities Risks and Choices" (June 12, 2008; updated August 1, 2008), a background essay by NPEC research fellow Robert Zarate and NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski
• NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski presents testimony, "The U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: The Case for Conditioning" (June 12, 2008), before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' hearing, Russia, Iran, and Nuclear Weapons: Implications of the Proposed US-Russia Agreement

Administration Documents and Comment on the U.S.-Russian Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

• Full text of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (May 6, 2008; formally submitted to Congress on May 13, 2008)
• Unclassified version of the U.S. Department of State's Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement (NPAS) on Russia (formally submitted to Congress on May 13, 2008)
• Fact Sheet on U.S.-Russia ("123") Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation by U.S. Department of State (May 6, 2008)
• Statement by President Bush (May 6, 2008)
• Presidential Determination 2008-19, memorandum from the President to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy on the U.S.-Russia civil nuclear cooperation agreement (May 5, 2008)
• Presidential Message to the Congress to rescind Presidential Determination 2008-19 and withdraw from Congressional consideration the U.S.-Russia 123 agreement (September 8, 2008)

Congressional Comment on the U.S.-Russian Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

• Letter from Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) to President Bush (May 1, 2008)
• Letter from House Energy and Commerce Committee chair John Dingell (D-MI) and House Energy Subcommittee chair Bart Stupak (D-MI) to President Bush (May 7, 2008)
• Letter from Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) and 30 other Senators to President Bush (May 7, 2008)
• Letter from House Energy and Commerce Committee chair John Dingell (D-MI) and House Energy Subcommittee chair Bart Stupak (D-MI) to the Government Accountability Office on the Department of State's Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement on Russia (May 22, 2008)
• Letter from House Committee on Foreign Affairs ranking member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and thirteen other Republican Congressman to President Bush on the U.S.-Russia 123 agreement and the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (June 5, 2008)

Relevant Legislation

• Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 (H.R. 1400), latest major action: passed by the House of Representatives and referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on September 26, 2007
• Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 (S. 970), latest major action: hearing held by Senate Committee on Finance on April 8, 2008
• United States-Russian Federation Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Act of 2008 (H.R. 6574), latest major action: marked up by House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 24, 2008

ODNI Letter and CRS Brief on Russian Missile Proliferation

• Letter from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to the U.S. Department of State assessing that Russian entities continue to assist Iran's ballistic missile program (March 1, 2007)
• Extending NASA’s Exemption from the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act, CRS Report RL34477 (May 8, 2008)