; (B) a description of the national security interests or humanitarian reasons that require the waiver; (C) the type and amount of, and the justification for, the assistance to be provided pursuant to the waiver; and (D) the period of time during which the waiver will be effective. 9. Additional protocol as a criterion for United States assistance (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to ensure that each country that is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should bring into force an Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. (b) Criterion for assistance The United States shall, when considering the provision of assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Military Sales Act to a country that is a party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, take into consideration whether the proposed recipient has in force an Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. 10. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the President should ensure that participation in international nuclear programs conducted by the United States is limited to the greatest extent practicable to governmental and nongovernmental participants from countries that have adopted nonproliferation provisions in their nuclear cooperation and nuclear export control policies comparable to the policies specified in section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2153 ), as amended by this Act.