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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4694 

To extend and expand limitations on the importation of uranium from the 

Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 

Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. MANCHIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To extend and expand limitations on the importation of 

uranium from the Russian Federation, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Russian Suspension 

5 Agreement Extension Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF LIMITATIONS ON 

2 IMPORTATION OF URANIUM FROM RUSSIAN 

3 FEDERATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A of the USEC Pri5 vatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

8 paragraph (8); and 

9 (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(7) SUSPENSION AGREEMENT.—The term 

12 ‘Suspension Agreement’ has the meaning given that 

13 term in section 3102(13).’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘United States to support’’ 

16 and inserting the following: ‘‘United States— 

17 ‘‘(1) to support’’; 

18 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

19 inserting a semicolon; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) to reduce reliance on uranium imports in 

22 order to protect essential national security interests; 

23 ‘‘(3) to revive and strengthen the supply chain 

24 for nuclear fuel produced and used in the United 

25 States; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) to expand production of nuclear fuel in the 

2 United States.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (I) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; 

7 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (II) in clause (vii), by striking 

9 the period at the end and inserting a 

10 semicolon; and 

11 (III) by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(viii) in calendar year 2021, 596,682 

14 kilograms; 

15 ‘‘(ix) in calendar year 2022, 489,617 

16 kilograms; 

17 ‘‘(x) in calendar year 2023, 578,877 

18 kilograms; 

19 ‘‘(xi) in calendar year 2024, 476,536 

20 kilograms; 

21 ‘‘(xii) in calendar year 2025, 470,376 

22 kilograms; 

23 ‘‘(xiii) in calendar year 2026, 464,183 

24 kilograms; 


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1 ‘‘(xiv) in calendar year 2027, 459,083 

2 kilograms; 

3 ‘‘(xv) in calendar year 2028, 344,312 

4 kilograms; 

5 ‘‘(xvi) in calendar year 2029, 340,114 

6 kilograms; 

7 ‘‘(xvii) in calendar year 2030, 

8 332,141 kilograms; 

9 ‘‘(xviii) in calendar year 2031, 

10 328,862 kilograms; 

11 ‘‘(xix) in calendar year 2032, 322,255 

12 kilograms; 

13 ‘‘(xx) in calendar year 2033, 317,536 

14 kilograms; 

15 ‘‘(xxi) in calendar year 2034, 298,088 

16 kilograms; 

17 ‘‘(xxii) in calendar year 2035, 

18 294,511 kilograms; 

19 ‘‘(xxiii) in calendar year 2036, 

20 286,066 kilograms; 

21 ‘‘(xxiv) in calendar year 2037, 

22 281,272 kilograms; 

23 ‘‘(xxv) in calendar year 2038, 277,124 

24 kilograms; 


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1 ‘‘(xxvi) in calendar year 2039, 

2 277,124 kilograms; and 

3 ‘‘(xxvii) in calendar year 2040, 

4 267,685 kilograms.’’; 

5 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

6 (B) as subparagraph (C); and 

7 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

8 (A) the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

11 Commerce shall administer the import lim12 itations described in subparagraph (A) in 

13 accordance with the provisions of the Sus14 pension Agreement, including— 

15 ‘‘(I) the limitations on sales of 

16 enriched uranium product and separa17 tive work units plus conversion, in 

18 amounts determined in accordance 

19 with Section IV.B.1 of the Suspension 

20 Agreement (as amended by the draft 

21 amendment published in the Federal 

22 Register on September 16, 2020 (85 

23 Fed. Reg. 57826)), and Appendix 5 of 

24 the Suspension Agreement; 


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1 ‘‘(II) the requirements for nat2 ural uranium returned feed associated 

3 with imports of low-enriched uranium, 

4 including pursuant to sales of enrich5 ment, with or without conversion, 

6 from the Russian Federation, as set 

7 forth in such Section IV.B.1; and 

8 ‘‘(III) any other provisions of the 

9 Suspension Agreement. 

10 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF

11 SUSPENSION AGREEMENT.—Clause (i) 

12 shall remain in effect if the Suspension 

13 Agreement is terminated.’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a period; and 

19 (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 

20 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

21 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘reference data’’ and all that follows 

23 through ‘‘2019’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing: ‘‘lower scenario data in the report 

25 of the World Nuclear Association entitled 


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1 ‘The Nuclear Fuel Report: Global Sce2 narios for Demand and Supply Availability 

3 2019–2040’. In each of calendar years 

4 2023, 2029, and 2035’’; and 

5 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

6 (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 

7 (D), respectively; 

8 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

9 (A) the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

11 one year after the date of the enactment of the 

12 Russian Suspension Agreement Extension Act 

13 of 2020, and every 3 years thereafter, the Sec14 retary shall submit to Congress a report that 

15 includes— 

16 ‘‘(i) a recommendation on the use of 

17 all publicly available data to ensure accu18 rate forecasting by scenario data to com19 port to actual demand for low-enriched 

20 uranium for nuclear reactors in the United 

21 States; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) an identification of the steps to 

23 be taken to adjust the import limitations 

24 described in paragraph (2)(A) based on the 

25 most accurate scenario data.’’; and 


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1 (iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesig2 nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara3 graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 

4 (C)’’; 

5 (D) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘2020’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2040’’; 

7 (E) in paragraph (12)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

8 the Suspension Agreement’’ after ‘‘the Russian 

9 HEU Agreement’’; and 

10 (F) by striking ‘‘(2)(B)’’ each place it ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘(2)(C)’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub13 section (a) apply with respect to uranium imported from 

14 the Russian Federation on or after January 1, 2021. 

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