1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The statement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey on September 4, 2019, that he cannot accept a state of affairs in which Turkey has no missiles armed with nuclear warheads follows other concerning statements from senior officials that the Government of Turkey may pursue a nuclear-weapons capability, which runs counter to its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the bipartisan United States objective of negotiating a weapons of mass destruction-free zone in the Middle East. (2) A United States civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Turkey, signed in 2008 and up for automatic renewal in 2023, does not currently have to be submitted for congressional review, denying Congress the opportunity to insist upon a renewed agreement—a prohibition on Turkey’s enrichment of uranium or reprocessing of plutonium on its own territory in keeping with the strongest possible nonproliferation gold standard . 3. Congressional approval required for civilian nuclear cooperation agreements under certain circumstances (a) In general Notwithstanding any other requirements under section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2153 ), the President, concurrent with submitting a proposed civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with a foreign country in accordance with the requirements of such section 123, and 60 days prior to the renewal of any pre-existing civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, shall submit to Congress a report— (1) declaring any credible evidence that the foreign country intends, conditionally or unconditionally, to pursue a nuclear program that is not inherently peaceful, including public statements to that effect by a senior leader of that foreign country