The U.S. president submitted to Congress the "Text of a Proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy" (PDF file), known as 123 Agreement.

The agreement does not require approval of the Congress and will enter into force after 90 days of "continuous session" of Congress, unless Congress passes a law that would explicitly rejecting the agreement (see CRS analysis of the requirements that was done for the U.S.-Russian agreement in 2010)