H.R. 2449, (full name being "To authorize the President to extend the term of the Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil Uses of Nuclear Energy for a period not to exceed March 19, 2016"), is a bill that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. H.R. 2449 would authorize the President of the United States to extend the current nuclear cooperation agreement with the Republic of Korea for up to two years. That agreement was scheduled to expire in March 2014. Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, such agreements are required for U.S. companies to be permitted to export commercial nuclear materials, technologies, and services to for