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 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for atomic energy defense activities may be obligated or expended to enter into a contract with, or otherwise provide assistance to, the Russian Federation. ###

(b)Waiver The Secretary of Energy, without delegation, may waive the prohibition in subsection

(a)only if— ####

(1)the Secretary determines, in writing, that a nuclear-related threat 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 seven days elapses following the date on which the Secretary submits the report under paragraph (3). ###

(c)Exception The prohibition under subsection

(a)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.