Sec. 3122. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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## SEC. 3122 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION ###

(a)Prohibition ####

(1)In general None of the funds described in paragraph

(2)may be obligated or expended to enter into a contract with, or otherwise provide assistance to, the Russian Federation. ####

(2)Funds described The funds described in this paragraph are the following: #####

(A)Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for atomic energy defense activities. #####

(B)Funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2017 for atomic energy defense activities that are unobligated or unexpended as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ###

(b)Waiver The Secretary of Energy, without delegation, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a)(1) only if— ####

(1)the Secretary determines, in writing, that a nuclear-related threat arising in the Russian Federation must be addressed urgently and it is necessary to waive the prohibition to address that threat; ####

(2)the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense concur in the determination under paragraph (1); ####

(3)the Secretary of Energy submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing— #####

(A)a notification that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States; #####

(B)justification for the waiver, including the determination under paragraph (1); and #####

(C)a description of the activities to be carried out pursuant to the waiver, including the expected cost and timeframe for such activities; and ####

(4)a period of 15 days elapses following the date on which the Secretary submits the report under paragraph (3). ###

(c)Exception The prohibition under subsection (a)(1) and the requirements under subsection

(b)to waive that prohibition shall not apply to an amount, not to exceed $3,000,000, that the Secretary may make available for the Department of Energy Russian Health Studies Program. ###

(d)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following: ####

(1)The congressional defense committees. ####

(2)The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.