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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 763 

To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated lowenriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation or by 

a Russian entity, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 9, 2023 

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

LUMMIS, Mr. COONS, and Mr. MARSHALL) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To prohibit the importation into the United States of 

unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in 

the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity, 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 ‘‘Reduce Russian Ura5 nium Imports Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE USEC PRIVATIZATION ACT. 

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

3 the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED

6 URANIUM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date 

8 that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

9 this subsection, and subject to paragraphs (2) and 

10 (3), no unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is 

11 produced in the Russian Federation or by a Russian 

12 entity may be imported into the United States. 

13 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara15 graphs (B) and (C), the Secretary of Energy, in 

16 consultation with the Secretary of State and the 

17 Secretary of Commerce, may waive the applica18 tion of paragraph (1) to authorize the importa19 tion of low-enriched uranium described in that 

20 paragraph if the Secretary of Energy deter21 mines that— 

22 ‘‘(i) no alternative viable source of 

23 low-enriched uranium is available to sus24 tain the continued operation of a nuclear 

25 reactor or a United States nuclear energy 

26 company; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) importation of low-enriched ura2 nium that is produced in the Russian Fed3 eration or by a Russian entity is in the na4 tional interest. 

5 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS OF IM6 PORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The importation 

8 into the United States of low-enriched ura9 nium, including low-enriched uranium ob10 tained under contracts for separative work 

11 units, that is produced in the Russian Fed12 eration or by a Russian entity, whether or 

13 not such low-enriched uranium is derived 

14 from highly enriched uranium of weapons 

15 origin, may not exceed— 

16 ‘‘(I) in calendar year 2023, 

17 578,877 kilograms; 

18 ‘‘(II) in calendar year 2024, 

19 476,536 kilograms; 

20 ‘‘(III) in calendar year 2025, 

21 470,376 kilograms; 

22 ‘‘(IV) in calendar year 2026, 

23 464,183 kilograms; and 

24 ‘‘(V) in calendar year 2027, 

25 459,083 kilograms. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec2 retary of Commerce shall— 

3 ‘‘(I) administer the import limita4 tions described in clause (i) in accord5 ance with the provisions of the Sus6 pension Agreement, including the pro7 visions described in subsection 

8 (c)(2)(B)(i); 

9 ‘‘(II) be responsible for enforcing 

10 the import limitations described in 

11 clause (i); and 

12 ‘‘(III) enforce the import limita13 tions described in clause (i) in a man14 ner that imposes a minimal burden on 

15 the commercial nuclear industry. 

16 ‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—Any waiver issued 

17 under subparagraph (A) shall terminate not 

18 later than January 1, 2028. 

19 ‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon issuing a 

21 waiver under subparagraph (A), the Sec22 retary of Energy shall submit to the com23 mittees specified in clause (ii) a notifica24 tion that a waiver has been issued, which 


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1 shall include identification of the recipient 

2 of the waiver. 

3 ‘‘(ii) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The 

4 committees specified in this clause are— 

5 ‘‘(I) the Committee on Energy 

6 and Natural Resources and the Com7 mittee on Finance of the Senate; and 

8 ‘‘(II) the Committee on Energy 

9 and Commerce and the Committee on 

10 Ways and Means of the House of 

11 Representatives. 

12 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not 

13 apply to imports— 

14 ‘‘(A) by or under contract to the Depart15 ment of Energy for national security or non16 proliferation purposes; or 

17 ‘‘(B) of non-uranium isotopes. 

18 ‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this 

19 subsection shall terminate on December 31, 2040. 

20 ‘‘(5) RUSSIAN ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub21 section, the term ‘Russian entity’ means an entity 

22 organized under the laws of or otherwise subject to 

23 the jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian 

24 Federation.’’. 

25 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A(c) of the 

2 USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)) 

3 is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (I) in clause (viii), by inserting 

7 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

8 (II) in clause (ix), by striking the 

9 semicolon and inserting a period; and 

10 (III) by striking clauses (x) 

11 through (xxvii); and 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik13 ing ‘‘paragraph (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘para14 graph (9)’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘United 

16 States’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for proc17 essing’’ and inserting ‘‘United States for proc18 essing’’; 

19 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

20 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

21 through (12) as paragraphs (5) through (11), 

22 respectively; 

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

24 subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘In addition to 


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1 the adjustment under paragraph (5)(A), the’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

3 (F) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7), 

4 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘paragraph 

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

6 (G) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, 

7 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2040’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘the date described in subsection (d)(1)’’; and 

9 (H) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (9), 

10 as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

11 (2)(C) and (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 

12 (2)(C) and (7)’’. 

13 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment to sec14 tion 3112A(c)(2)(A)(x) of the USEC Privatization 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)(2)(A)(x)) made by 

16 paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall take effect 

17 on the date that is 90 days after the date of the en18 actment of this Act. 

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