H. R. 1042 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched 

uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prohibiting Russian Uranium 

Imports Act’’. 

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM FROM 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS.—Section 3112A of the USEC 

Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 

‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date that is 90 days 

after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and subject 

to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following may not be imported 

into the United States: 

‘‘(A) Unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity. 

‘‘(B) Unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is determined to have been exchanged with, swapped for, or otherwise obtained in lieu of unirradiated low-enriched uranium 

described in subparagraph (A) in a manner designed to 

circumvent the restrictions under this section. 

‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and 

(C), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, may waive 

the application of paragraph (1) to authorize the importation of low-enriched uranium described in that paragraph 

if the Secretary of Energy determines that— 

‘‘(i) no alternative viable source of low-enriched 

uranium is available to sustain the continued operation 

of a nuclear reactor or a United States nuclear energy 

company; or 

‘‘(ii) importation of low-enriched uranium described 

in paragraph (1) is in the national interest. 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS OF LOW- ENRICHED URANIUM.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The importation into the United 

States of low-enriched uranium described in paragraph 

(1), including low-enriched uranium obtained under 
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contracts for separative work units, whether or not 

such low-enriched uranium is derived from highly 

enriched uranium of weapons origin, may not exceed— 

‘‘(I) in calendar year 2024, 476,536 kilograms; 

‘‘(II) in calendar year 2025, 470,376 kilograms; 

‘‘(III) in calendar year 2026, 464,183 kilograms; and 

‘‘(IV) in calendar year 2027, 459,083 kilograms. 

‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Commerce 

shall— 

‘‘(I) administer the import limitations 

described in clause (i) in accordance with the provisions of the Suspension Agreement, including the 

provisions described in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i); 

‘‘(II) be responsible for enforcing the import 

limitations described in clause (i); and 

‘‘(III) enforce the import limitations described 

in clause (i) in a manner that imposes a minimal 

burden on the commercial nuclear industry. 

‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—Any waiver issued under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not later than January 1, 2028. 

‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon issuing a waiver under 

subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Energy shall submit 

to the committees specified in clause (ii) a notification 

that a waiver has been issued, which shall include 

identification of the recipient of the waiver. 

‘‘(ii) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees 

specified in this clause are— 

‘‘(I) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources and the Committee on Finance of the 

Senate; and 

‘‘(II) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

House of Representatives. 

‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not apply to 

imports— 

‘‘(A) by or under contract to the Department of Energy 

for national security or nonproliferation purposes; or 

‘‘(B) of non-uranium isotopes. 

‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this subsection shall 

terminate on December 31, 2040. 

‘‘(5) RUSSIAN ENTITY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

‘Russian entity’ means an entity organized under the laws 

of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 

of the Russian Federation.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A(c) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)) is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A)— 

(I) in clause (ix), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

semicolon at the end; 

(II) in clause (x), by striking the semicolon 

and inserting a period; and 
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(III) by striking clauses (xi) through (xxvii); 

and 

(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’; 

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘United States’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘for processing’’ and inserting 

‘‘United States for processing’’; 

(C) by striking paragraph (5); 

(D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as 

paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively; 

(E) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(D), by striking ‘‘In addition to the adjustment under paragraph (5)(A), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

(F) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’; 

(G) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2040’’ and inserting ‘‘the date described 

in subsection (d)(1)’’; and 

(H) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2)(C) and (8)’’ and inserting 

‘‘paragraphs (2)(C) and (7)’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment to section 

3112A(c)(2)(A)(xi) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 

2297h–10a(c)(2)(A)(xi)) made by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.