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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 826 

To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear 

cooperation and nuclear exports. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2023 

Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government 

strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports. 

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 ‘‘International Nuclear 

5 Energy Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 

9 ‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ means— 


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1 (A) a nuclear fission reactor, including a 

2 prototype plant (as defined in sections 50.2 and 

3 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations 

4 (or successor regulations)), with significant im5 provements compared to reactors operating on 

6 October 19, 2016, including improvements such 

7 as— 

8 (i) additional inherent safety features; 

9 (ii) lower waste yields; 

10 (iii) improved fuel and material per11 formance; 

12 (iv) increased tolerance to loss of fuel 

13 cooling; 

14 (v) enhanced reliability or improved 

15 resilience; 

16 (vi) increased proliferation resistance; 

17 (vii) increased thermal efficiency; 

18 (viii) reduced consumption of cooling 

19 water and other environmental impacts; 

20 (ix) the ability to integrate into elec21 tric applications and nonelectric applica22 tions; 

23 (x) modular sizes to allow for deploy24 ment that corresponds with the demand 

25 for electricity or process heat; and 


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1 (xi) operational flexibility to respond 

2 to changes in demand for electricity or 

3 process heat and to complement integra4 tion with intermittent renewable energy or 

5 energy storage; 

6 (B) a fusion reactor; and 

7 (C) a radioisotope power system that uti8 lizes heat from radioactive decay to generate 

9 energy. 

10 (2) ALLY OR PARTNER NATION.—The term 

11 ‘‘ally or partner nation’’ means— 

12 (A) the Government of any country that is 

13 a member of the Organisation for Economic Co14 operation and Development; 

15 (B) the Government of the Republic of 

16 India; and 

17 (C) the Government of any country des18 ignated as an ally or partner nation by the Sec19 retary of State for purposes of this Act. 

20 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON21 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con22 gress’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations 

24 and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen25 ate; and 


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1 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

2 and Energy and Commerce of the House of 

3 Representatives. 

4 (4) ASSISTANT.—The term ‘‘Assistant’’ means 

5 the Assistant to the President and Director for 

6 International Nuclear Energy Policy described in 

7 section 3(a)(1)(D). 

8 (5) ASSOCIATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associ9 ated entity’’ means an entity that— 

10 (A) is owned, controlled, or operated by— 

11 (i) an ally or partner nation; or 

12 (ii) an associated individual; or 

13 (B) is organized under the laws of, or oth14 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country 

15 described in paragraph (2), including a corpora16 tion that is incorporated in a country described 

17 in that paragraph. 

18 (6) ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘asso19 ciated individual’’ means a foreign national who is a 

20 national of a country described in paragraph (2). 

21 (7) CIVIL NUCLEAR.—The term ‘‘civil nuclear’’ 

22 means activities relating to— 

23 (A) nuclear plant construction; 

24 (B) nuclear fuel services; 

25 (C) nuclear energy financing; 


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1 (D) nuclear plant operations; 

2 (E) nuclear plant regulation; 

3 (F) nuclear medicine; 

4 (G) nuclear safety; 

5 (H) community engagement in areas in 

6 reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; 

7 (I) infrastructure support for nuclear en8 ergy; 

9 (J) nuclear plant decommissioning; 

10 (K) nuclear liability; 

11 (L) safe storage and safe disposal of spent 

12 nuclear fuel; 

13 (M) environmental safeguards; 

14 (N) nuclear nonproliferation and security; 

15 and 

16 (O) technology related to the matters de17 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (N). 

18 (8) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR NATION.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘embarking 

20 civil nuclear nation’’ means a country that— 

21 (i) does not have a civil nuclear en22 ergy program; 

23 (ii) is in the process of developing or 

24 expanding a civil nuclear energy program, 


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1 including safeguards and a legal and regu2 latory framework, for— 

3 (I) nuclear safety; 

4 (II) nuclear security; 

5 (III) radioactive waste manage6 ment; 

7 (IV) civil nuclear energy; 

8 (V) environmental safeguards; 

9 (VI) community engagement in 

10 areas in reasonable proximity to nu11 clear sites; 

12 (VII) nuclear liability; or 

13 (VIII) advanced nuclear reactor 

14 licensing; 

15 (iii) is in the process of selecting, de16 veloping, constructing, or utilizing ad17 vanced light water reactors, advanced nu18 clear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear 

19 technologies; or 

20 (iv) had an annual per capita gross 

21 domestic product of not more than 

22 $28,000 in 2020. 

23 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘embarking 

24 civil nuclear nation’’ does not include— 

25 (i) the People’s Republic of China; 


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1 (ii) the Russian Federation; 

2 (iii) the Republic of Belarus; 

3 (iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

4 (v) the Democratic People’s Republic 

5 of Korea; 

6 (vi) the Republic of Cuba; 

7 (vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Ven8 ezuela; 

9 (viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; 

10 (ix) Burma; or 

11 (x) any other country— 

12 (I) the property or interests in 

13 property of the government of which 

14 are blocked pursuant to the Inter15 national Emergency Economic Powers 

16 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 

17 (II) the government of which the 

18 Secretary of State has determined has 

19 repeatedly provided support for acts 

20 of international terrorism for purposes 

21 of— 

22 (aa) section 620A(a) of the 

23 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

24 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 


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1 (bb) section 40(d) of the 

2 Arms Export Control Act (22 

3 U.S.C. 2780(d)); 

4 (cc) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) 

5 of the Export Control Reform 

6 Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

7 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); or 

8 (dd) any other relevant pro9 vision of law. 

10 (9) NUCLEAR SAFETY.—The term ‘‘nuclear 

11 safety’’ means issues relating to the design, con12 struction, operation, or decommissioning of nuclear 

13 facilities in a manner that ensures adequate protec14 tion of workers, the public, and the environment, in15 cluding— 

16 (A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors 

17 and other nuclear facilities; 

18 (B) radiological protection of— 

19 (i) members of the public; 

20 (ii) workers; and 

21 (iii) the environment; 

22 (C) nuclear waste management; 

23 (D) emergency preparedness; 

24 (E) nuclear liability; and 


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1 (F) the safe transportation of nuclear ma2 terials. 

3 (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

4 means the Secretary of Energy. 

5 (11) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 

6 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

8 U.S.C. 10101). 

9 (12) U.S. NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY.—The 

10 term ‘‘U.S. nuclear energy company’’ means a com11 pany that— 

12 (A) is organized under the laws of, or oth13 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United 

14 States; and 

15 (B) is involved in the nuclear energy indus16 try. 

17 SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY. 

18 (a) WHITE HOUSE FOCAL POINT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR

19 COORDINATION.— 

20 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Given the critical 

21 importance of developing and implementing, with 

22 input from various agencies throughout the executive 

23 branch, a cohesive policy with respect to inter24 national efforts related to civil nuclear energy, it is 

25 the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (A) there should be a focal point within the 

2 White House, which may, if determined to be 

3 appropriate, report to the National Security 

4 Council, for coordination on issues relating to 

5 those efforts; 

6 (B) to provide that focal point, the Presi7 dent should establish, within the Executive Of8 fice of the President, an office, to be known as 

9 the ‘‘Office of the Assistant to the President 

10 and Director for International Nuclear Energy 

11 Policy’’ (referred to in this subsection as the 

12 ‘‘Office’’); 

13 (C) the Office should act as a coordinating 

14 office for— 

15 (i) international civil nuclear coopera16 tion; and 

17 (ii) civil nuclear export strategy; 

18 (D) the Office should be headed by an in19 dividual appointed as an Assistant to the Presi20 dent with the title of ‘‘Director for Inter21 national Nuclear Energy Policy’’; and 

22 (E) the Office should— 

23 (i) coordinate civil nuclear export poli24 cies for the United States; 


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1 (ii) develop, in coordination with the 

2 officials described in paragraph (2), a co3 hesive Federal strategy for engagement 

4 with foreign governments (including ally or 

5 partner nations and the governments of 

6 embarking civil nuclear nations), associ7 ated entities, and associated individuals 

8 with respect to civil nuclear exports; 

9 (iii) coordinate with the officials de10 scribed in paragraph (2) to ensure that 

11 necessary framework agreements and trade 

12 controls relating to civil nuclear materials 

13 and technologies are in place for key mar14 kets; and 

15 (iv) develop— 

16 (I) a whole-of-government coordi17 nating strategy for civil nuclear co18 operation; 

19 (II) a whole-of-government strat20 egy for civil nuclear exports; and 

21 (III) a whole-of-government ap22 proach to support appropriate foreign 

23 investment in civil nuclear energy 

24 projects supported by the United 


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1 States in embarking civil nuclear na2 tions. 

3 (2) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—The officials re4 ferred to in paragraph (1)(E) are— 

5 (A) the appropriate officials of— 

6 (i) the Department of State; 

7 (ii) the Department of Energy; 

8 (iii) the Department of Commerce; 

9 (iv) the Department of Transpor10 tation; 

11 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis12 sion; 

13 (vi) the Department of Defense; 

14 (vii) the National Security Council; 

15 (viii) the National Economic Council; 

16 (ix) the Office of the United States 

17 Trade Representative; 

18 (x) the Office of Management and 

19 Budget; 

20 (xi) the Office of the Director of Na21 tional Intelligence; 

22 (xii) the Export-Import Bank of the 

23 United States; 

24 (xiii) the United States International 

25 Development Finance Corporation; 


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1 (xiv) the United States Agency for 

2 International Development; 

3 (xv) the United States Trade and De4 velopment Agency; 

5 (xvi) the Office of Science and Tech6 nology Policy; and 

7 (xvii) any other Federal agency that 

8 the President determines to be appro9 priate; and 

10 (B) appropriate officials representing for11 eign countries and governments, including— 

12 (i) ally or partner nations; 

13 (ii) embarking civil nuclear nations; 

14 and 

15 (iii) any other country or government 

16 that the Assistant (if appointed) and the 

17 officials described in subparagraph (A) 

18 jointly determine to be appropriate. 

19 (b) NUCLEAR EXPORTS WORKING GROUP.— 

20 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

21 working group, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear Ex22 ports Working Group’’ (referred to in this subsection 

23 as the ‘‘working group’’). 

24 (2) COMPOSITION.—The working group shall be 

25 composed of— 


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1 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected 

2 internally by the applicable Federal agency or 

3 organization, from— 

4 (i) the Department of State; 

5 (ii) the Department of Commerce; 

6 (iii) the Department of Energy; 

7 (iv) the Department of the Treasury; 

8 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

9 United States; 

10 (vi) the United States International 

11 Development Finance Corporation; 

12 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis13 sion; 

14 (viii) the Office of the United States 

15 Trade Representative; and 

16 (ix) the United States Trade and De17 velopment Agency; and 

18 (B) other senior-level Federal officials, se19 lected internally by the applicable Federal agen20 cy or organization, from any other Federal 

21 agency or organization that the Secretary deter22 mines to be appropriate. 

23 (3) REPORTING.—The working group shall re24 port to the appropriate White House official, which 

25 may be the Assistant (if appointed). 


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1 (4) DUTIES.—The working group shall coordi2 nate, not less frequently than quarterly, with the 

3 Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee of the De4 partment of Commerce, the Nuclear Energy Advi5 sory Committee of the Department of Energy, and 

6 other advisory or stakeholder groups, as necessary, 

7 to maintain an accurate and up-to-date knowledge of 

8 the standing of civil nuclear exports from the United 

9 States, including with respect to meeting the targets 

10 established as part of the 10-year civil nuclear trade 

11 strategy described in paragraph (5)(A). 

12 (5) STRATEGY.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

15 working group shall establish a 10-year civil nu16 clear trade strategy, including biennial targets 

17 for the export of civil nuclear technologies, in18 cluding light water and non-light water reactors 

19 and associated equipment and technologies, civil 

20 nuclear materials, and nuclear fuel that align 

21 with meeting international energy demand while 

22 seeking to avoid or reduce emissions. 

23 (B) COLLABORATION REQUIRED.—In es24 tablishing the strategy under subparagraph (A), 

25 the working group shall collaborate with— 


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1 (i) the Secretary; 

2 (ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 

3 (iii) the Secretary of State; 

4 (iv) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

5 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis6 sion; 

7 (vi) the President of the Export-Im8 port Bank of the United States; 

9 (vii) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

10 United States International Development 

11 Finance Corporation; 

12 (viii) the United States Trade Rep13 resentative; and 

14 (ix) representatives of private indus15 try. 

16 SEC. 4. ENGAGEMENT WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall launch, in ac18 cordance with applicable nuclear technology export laws 

19 (including regulations), an international initiative to mod20 ernize the civil nuclear outreach to embarking civil nuclear 

21 nations. 

22 (b) FINANCING.—In carrying out the initiative de23 scribed in subsection (a), the President, acting through 

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1 national Development Finance Corporation, if determined 

2 to be appropriate, and in coordination with the officials 

3 described in section 3(a)(2), may, if the President deter4 mines to be appropriate, seek to establish cooperative fi5 nancing relationships for the export of civil nuclear tech6 nology, components, materials, and infrastructure to em7 barking civil nuclear nations. 

8 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the initiative de9 scribed in subsection (a), the President shall— 

10 (1) assist nongovernmental organizations and 

11 appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, lab12 oratories, and programs of the Department of En13 ergy and other relevant Federal agencies and offices 

14 in providing education and training to foreign gov15 ernments in nuclear safety, security, and safe16 guards— 

17 (A) through engagement with the Inter18 national Atomic Energy Agency; or 

19 (B) independently, if the applicable entity 

20 determines that it would be more advantageous 

21 under the circumstances to provide the applica22 ble education and training independently; 

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1 ing civil nuclear nations for nuclear safety, security, 

2 and safeguards; 

3 (3) coordinate the work of the Chief Executive 

4 Officer of the United States International Develop5 ment Finance Corporation and the Export-Import 

6 Bank of the United States to expand outreach to the 

7 private investment community to create public-pri8 vate financing relationships to assist in the adoption 

9 of civil nuclear technologies by embarking civil nu10 clear nations, including through exports from the 

11 United States; 

12 (4) seek to better coordinate, to the maximum 

13 extent practicable, the work carried out by each of— 

14 (A) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

15 (B) the Department of Energy; 

16 (C) the Department of Commerce; 

17 (D) the Nuclear Energy Agency; 

18 (E) the International Atomic Energy 

19 Agency; and 

20 (F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and or21 ganizations of embarking civil nuclear nations 

22 and ally or partner nations; and 

23 (5) coordinate the work of the Export-Import 

24 Bank of the United States to improve the efficient 


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1 and effective exporting and importing of civil nuclear 

2 technologies and materials. 

3 SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 

4 ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS AND EMBARK5 ING CIVIL NUCLEAR NATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall designate an 

7 appropriate White House official, who may be the Assist8 ant (if appointed), and the Chief Executive Officer of the 

9 United States International Development Finance Cor10 poration to coordinate with the officials described in sec11 tion 3(a)(2) to develop, as the President determines to be 

12 appropriate, financing relationships with ally or partner 

13 nations to assist in the adoption of civil nuclear tech14 nologies exported from the United States or ally or part15 ner nations to embarking civil nuclear nations. 

16 (b) UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS CLAUSES.— 

17 (1) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES COMPETI18 TIVENESS CLAUSE.—In this subsection, the term 

19 ‘‘United States competitiveness clause’’ means any 

20 United States competitiveness provision in any 

21 agreement entered into by the Department of En22 ergy, including— 

23 (A) a cooperative agreement; 

24 (B) a cooperative research and develop25 ment agreement; and 


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1 (C) a patent waiver. 

2 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out sub3 section (a), the relevant officials described in that 

4 subsection shall consider the impact of United 

5 States competitiveness clauses on any financing rela6 tionships entered into or proposed to be entered into 

7 under that subsection. 

8 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall facilitate 

9 waivers of United States competitiveness clauses as 

10 necessary to facilitate financing relationships with 

11 ally or partner nations under subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 6. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS 

13 ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR DEM14 ONSTRATION AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 

15 FACILITIES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 

18 coordination with the Secretary and the Secretary of Com19 merce, shall conduct bilateral and multilateral meetings 

20 with not fewer than 5 ally or partner nations, with the 

21 aim of enhancing nuclear energy cooperation among those 

22 ally or partner nations and the United States, for the pur23 pose of developing collaborative relationships with respect 

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1 vanced nuclear reactor technologies for civil nuclear en2 ergy. 

3 (b) REQUIREMENT.—The meetings described in sub4 section (a) shall include— 

5 (1) a focus on cooperation to demonstrate and 

6 deploy advanced nuclear reactors, with an emphasis 

7 on U.S. nuclear energy companies, during the 10- 

8 year period beginning on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act to provide options for addressing energy se10 curity and climate change; and 

11 (2) a focus on developing a memorandum of un12 derstanding or any other appropriate agreement be13 tween the United States and ally or partner nations 

14 with respect to— 

15 (A) the demonstration and deployment of 

16 advanced nuclear reactors; and 

17 (B) the development of cooperative re18 search facilities. 

19 (c) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS.—In conducting the 

20 meetings described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

21 State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Sec22 retary of Commerce, shall seek to develop financing ar23 rangements to share the costs of the demonstration and 

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1 ment of cooperative research facilities with the ally or 

2 partner nations participating in those meetings. 

3 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of 

5 State, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly submit 

6 to Congress a report highlighting potential partners— 

7 (1) for the establishment of cost-share arrange8 ments described in subsection (c); or 

9 (2) with which the United States may enter 

10 into agreements with respect to— 

11 (A) the demonstration of advanced nuclear 

12 reactors; or 

13 (B) cooperative research facilities. 

14 SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY CO15 OPERATION. 

16 Section 959B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

17 U.S.C. 16279b) is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

19 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘financing,’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi2 colon at the end; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

5 ‘‘preparations for’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by strik7 ing the period at the end and inserting a 

8 semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(3) to support, in coordination with the Sec11 retary of State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of 

12 civil nuclear technology in countries developing nu13 clear energy programs, with a focus on countries 

14 that have increased civil nuclear cooperation with 

15 the Russian Federation or the People’s Republic of 

16 China; and 

17 ‘‘(4) to promote the fullest utilization of the re18 actors, fuel, equipment, services, and technology of 

19 U.S. nuclear energy companies (as defined in section 

20 2 of the International Nuclear Energy Act of 2023) 

21 in civil nuclear energy programs outside the United 

22 States through— 

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1 mitments for the utilization of the reactors, 

2 fuel, equipment, services, and technology of 

3 U.S. nuclear energy companies (as defined in 

4 that section); 

5 ‘‘(B) the designation of 1 or more U.S. nu6 clear energy companies (as defined in that sec7 tion) to implement an arrangement under sub8 paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 

9 the designation is necessary and appropriate to 

10 achieve the objectives of this section; 

11 ‘‘(C) the waiver of any provision of law re12 lating to competition with respect to any activ13 ity related to an arrangement under subpara14 graph (A) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

15 the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

16 Commerce, determines that a waiver is nec17 essary and appropriate to achieve the objectives 

18 of this section; and 

19 ‘‘(D) the issuance of loans, loan guaran20 tees, other financial assistance, or assistance in 

21 the form of an equity interest to carry out ac22 tivities related to an arrangement under sub23 paragraph (A), to the extent appropriated funds 

24 are available.’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program under sub2 section (a) shall be supported in consultation with the Sec3 retary of State and implemented by the Secretary— 

4 ‘‘(1) to facilitate, to the maximum extent prac5 ticable, workshops and expert-based exchanges to en6 gage industry, stakeholders, and foreign govern7 ments with respect to international civil nuclear 

8 issues, such as— 

9 ‘‘(A) training; 

10 ‘‘(B) financing; 

11 ‘‘(C) safety; 

12 ‘‘(D) security; 

13 ‘‘(E) safeguards; 

14 ‘‘(F) liability; 

15 ‘‘(G) advanced fuels; 

16 ‘‘(H) operations; and 

17 ‘‘(I) options for multinational cooperation 

18 with respect to the disposal of spent nuclear 

19 fuel (as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear 

20 Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(2) in coordination with— 

23 ‘‘(A) the National Security Council; 

24 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of State; 

25 ‘‘(C) the Secretary of Commerce; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

2 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

3 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

4 out subsection (a)(3) $15,500,000 for each of fiscal years 

5 2023 through 2027.’’. 

6 SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUP7 PORT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 

10 coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if ap11 pointed), shall launch an international initiative (referred 

12 to in this section as the ‘‘initiative’’) to provide financial 

13 assistance to, and facilitate the building of technical ca14 pacities by, in accordance with this section, embarking 

15 civil nuclear nations for activities relating to the develop16 ment of civil nuclear energy programs. 

17 (b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initia19 tive, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

20 Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), may 

21 award grants of financial assistance to embarking 

22 civil nuclear nations in accordance with this sub23 section— 

24 (A) for activities relating to the develop25 ment of civil nuclear energy programs; and 


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1 (B) to facilitate the building of technical 

2 capacities for those activities. 

3 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant of finan4 cial assistance under paragraph (1) shall be not 

5 more than $5,500,000. 

6 (3) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary of State, in 

7 coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if 

8 appointed), may award— 

9 (A) not more than 1 grant of financial as10 sistance under paragraph (1) to any 1 embark11 ing civil nuclear nation each fiscal year; and 

12 (B) not more than a total of 5 grants of 

13 financial assistance under paragraph (1) to any 

14 1 embarking civil nuclear nation. 

15 (c) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initia17 tive, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

18 Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), may pro19 vide financial assistance to an embarking civil nu20 clear nation for the purpose of contracting with a 

21 U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 or more sen22 ior advisors to assist the embarking civil nuclear na23 tion in establishing a civil nuclear program. 

24 (2) REQUIREMENT.—A senior advisor described 

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1 qualifications to advise the embarking civil nuclear 

2 nation on, and facilitate on behalf of the embarking 

3 civil nuclear nation, 1 or more of the following ac4 tivities: 

5 (A) The development of financing relation6 ships. 

7 (B) The development of a standardized fi8 nancing and project management framework for 

9 the construction of nuclear power plants. 

10 (C) The development of a standardized li11 censing framework for— 

12 (i) light water civil nuclear tech13 nologies; and 

14 (ii) non-light water civil nuclear tech15 nologies and advanced nuclear reactors. 

16 (D) The identification of qualified organi17 zations and service providers. 

18 (E) The identification of funds to support 

19 payment for services required to develop a civil 

20 nuclear program. 

21 (F) Market analysis. 

22 (G) The identification of the safety, secu23 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance re24 quired for a civil nuclear program. 


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1 (H) Risk allocation, risk management, and 

2 nuclear liability. 

3 (I) Technical assessments of nuclear reac4 tors and technologies. 

5 (J) The identification of actions necessary 

6 to participate in a global nuclear liability re7 gime based on the Convention on Supple8 mentary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, 

9 with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 

10 1997 (TIAS 15–415). 

11 (K) Stakeholder engagement. 

12 (L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and 

13 nuclear waste. 

14 (M) Any other major activities to support 

15 the establishment of a civil nuclear program, 

16 such as the establishment of export, financing, 

17 construction, training, operations, and edu18 cation requirements. 

19 (3) CLARIFICATION.—Financial assistance 

20 under this subsection may be provided to an em21 barking civil nuclear nation in addition to any finan22 cial assistance provided to that embarking civil nu23 clear nation under subsection (b). 

24 (d) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO EMBARKING

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1 the date of enactment of this Act, the Offices of the In2 spectors General for the Department of State and the De3 partment of Energy shall coordinate— 

4 (1) to establish and submit to the appropriate 

5 committees of Congress a joint strategic plan to con6 duct comprehensive oversight of activities authorized 

7 under this section to prevent fraud, waste, and 

8 abuse; and 

9 (2) to engage in independent and effective over10 sight of activities authorized under this section 

11 through joint or individual audits, inspections, inves12 tigations, or evaluations. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

15 to carry out the initiative $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2023 through 2027. 

17 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL CABINET-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CON18 FERENCE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, 

19 SAFEGUARDS, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination 

21 with international partners, as determined by the Presi22 dent, and industry, shall hold a biennial conference on civil 

23 nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability (re24 ferred to in this section as a ‘‘conference’’). 


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1 (b) CONFERENCE FUNCTIONS.—It is the sense of 

2 Congress that each conference should— 

3 (1) be a forum in which ally or partner nations 

4 may engage with each other for the purpose of rein5 forcing the commitment to— 

6 (A) nuclear safety, security, safeguards, 

7 and sustainability; 

8 (B) environmental safeguards; and 

9 (C) local community engagement in areas 

10 in reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; and 

11 (2) facilitate— 

12 (A) the development of— 

13 (i) joint commitments and goals to 

14 improve— 

15 (I) nuclear safety, security, safe16 guards, and sustainability; 

17 (II) environmental safeguards; 

18 and 

19 (III) local community engage20 ment in areas in reasonable proximity 

21 to nuclear sites; 

22 (ii) stronger international institutions 

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1 (iii) cooperative financing relation2 ships to promote competitive alternatives 

3 to Chinese and Russian financing; 

4 (iv) a standardized financing and 

5 project management framework for the 

6 construction of civil nuclear power plants; 

7 (v) a standardized licensing frame8 work for civil nuclear technologies; 

9 (vi) a strategy to change internal poli10 cies of multinational development banks, 

11 such as the World Bank, to support the fi12 nancing of civil nuclear projects; 

13 (vii) a document containing any les14 sons learned from countries that have 

15 partnered with the Russian Federation or 

16 the People’s Republic of China with re17 spect to civil nuclear power, including any 

18 detrimental outcomes resulting from that 

19 partnership; and 

20 (viii) a global civil nuclear liability re21 gime; 

22 (B) cooperation for enhancing the overall 

23 aspects of civil nuclear power, such as— 

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1 (ii) nuclear laws (including regula2 tions); 

3 (iii) waste management; 

4 (iv) quality management systems; 

5 (v) technology transfer; 

6 (vi) human resources development; 

7 (vii) localization; 

8 (viii) reactor operations; 

9 (ix) nuclear liability; and 

10 (x) decommissioning; and 

11 (C) the development and determination of 

12 the mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) 

13 and (8) of section 10(a), if the President in14 tends to establish an Advanced Reactor Coordi15 nation and Resource Center as described in 

16 that section. 

17 (c) INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.—It 

18 is the sense of Congress that each conference should in19 clude a meeting that convenes nuclear industry leaders 

20 and leaders of government agencies with expertise relating 

21 to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability to 

22 discuss best practices relating to— 

23 (1) the safe and secure use, storage, and trans24 port of nuclear and radiological materials; 


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1 (2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nu2 clear and radiological security; and 

3 (3) the role that the nuclear industry should 

4 play in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and 

5 safeguards, including with respect to the safe and 

6 secure use, storage, and transport of nuclear and ra7 diological materials, including spent nuclear fuel and 

8 nuclear waste. 

9 SEC. 10. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RE10 SOURCE CENTER. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall consider the 

12 feasibility of leveraging existing activities or frameworks 

13 or, as necessary, establishing a center, to be known as the 

14 ‘‘Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center’’ 

15 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’), for the pur16 poses of— 

17 (1) identifying qualified organizations and serv18 ice providers— 

19 (A) for embarking civil nuclear nations; 

20 (B) to develop and assemble documents, 

21 contracts, and related items required to estab22 lish a civil nuclear program; and 

23 (C) to develop a standardized model for 

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1 that can be used by the International Atomic 

2 Energy Agency; 

3 (2) coordinating with countries participating in 

4 the Center and with the Nuclear Exports Working 

5 Group established under section 3(b)— 

6 (A) to identify funds to support payment 

7 for services required to develop a civil nuclear 

8 program; 

9 (B) to provide market analysis; and 

10 (C) to create— 

11 (i) project structure models; 

12 (ii) models for electricity market anal13 ysis; 

14 (iii) models for nonelectric applica15 tions market analysis; and 

16 (iv) financial models; 

17 (3) identifying and developing the safety, secu18 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance required 

19 for a civil nuclear program; 

20 (4) supporting multinational regulatory stand21 ards to be developed by countries with civil nuclear 

22 programs and experience; 

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1 (6) carrying out any other major activities to 

2 support export, financing, education, construction, 

3 training, and education requirements relating to the 

4 establishment of a civil nuclear program; 

5 (7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and 

6 staff the Center; and 

7 (8) determining mechanisms for the selection of 

8 the location or locations of the Center. 

9 (b) OBJECTIVE.—The President shall carry out sub10 section (a) with the objective of establishing the Center 

11 if the President determines that it is feasible to do so. 

12 SEC. 11. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE 

13 UNITED STATES. 

14 (a) COMMERCIAL LICENSES.—Section 103 d. of the 

15 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is 

16 amended, in the second sentence— 

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘for a production facility’’ after 

18 ‘‘No license’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘any any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’. 

20 (b) MEDICAL THERAPY AND RESEARCH DEVELOP21 MENT LICENSES.—Section 104 d. of the Atomic Energy 

22 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) is amended, in the sec23 ond sentence, by inserting ‘‘for a production facility’’ after 

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1 SEC. 12. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING 

2 GROUP. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a work4 ing group, to be known as the ‘‘Strategic Infrastructure 

5 Fund Working Group’’ (referred to in this section as the 

6 ‘‘working group’’) to provide input on the feasibility of es7 tablishing a program to support strategically important 

8 capital-intensive infrastructure projects. 

9 (b) COMPOSITION.—The working group shall be— 

10 (1) led by a White House official, who may be 

11 the Assistant (if appointed), who shall serve as the 

12 White House focal point with respect to matters re13 lating to the working group; and 

14 (2) composed of— 

15 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected 

16 by the head of the applicable Federal agency or 

17 organization, from— 

18 (i) the Department of State; 

19 (ii) the Department of the Treasury; 

20 (iii) the Department of Commerce; 

21 (iv) the Department of Energy; 

22 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

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1 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis2 sion; 

3 (B) other senior-level Federal officials, se4 lected by the head of the applicable Federal 

5 agency or organization, from any other Federal 

6 agency or organization that the Secretary deter7 mines to be appropriate; and 

8 (C) any senior-level Federal official se9 lected by the White House official described in 

10 paragraph (1) from any Federal agency or or11 ganization. 

12 (c) REPORTING.—The working group shall report to 

13 the National Security Council. 

14 (d) DUTIES.—The working group shall— 

15 (1) provide direction and advice to the officials 

16 described in section 3(a)(2)(A) and appropriate Fed17 eral agencies, as determined by the working group, 

18 with respect to the establishment of a Strategic In19 frastructure Fund (referred to in this subsection as 

20 the ‘‘Fund’’) to be used— 

21 (A) to support those aspects of projects re22 lating to— 

23 (i) civil nuclear technologies; and 

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1 (B) for strategic investments identified by 

2 the working group; and 

3 (2) address critical areas in determining the ap4 propriate design for the Fund, including— 

5 (A) transfer of assets to the Fund; 

6 (B) transfer of assets from the Fund; 

7 (C) how assets in the Fund should be in8 vested; and 

9 (D) governance and implementation of the 

10 Fund. 

11 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the working 

14 group shall submit to the committees described in 

15 paragraph (2) a report on the findings of the work16 ing group that includes suggested legislative text for 

17 how to establish and structure a Strategic Infra18 structure Fund. 

19 (2) COMMITTEES DESCRIBED.—The committees 

20 referred to in paragraph (1) are— 

21 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

22 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

23 Transportation, the Committee on Armed Serv24 ices, the Committee on Energy and Natural Re25 sources, the Committee on Environment and 


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1 Public Works, and the Committee on Finance 

2 of the Senate; and 

3 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

4 Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com5 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

6 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Com7 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

8 Representatives. 

9 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND.—The re10 port submitted under paragraph (1) shall include 

11 suggested legislative language requiring all expendi12 tures from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund estab13 lished in accordance with this section to be adminis14 tered by the Secretary of State (or a designee of the 

15 Secretary of State). 

16 SEC. 13. JOINT ASSESSMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 

17 STATES AND INDIA ON NUCLEAR LIABILITY 

18 RULES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con20 sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal depart21 ments and agencies, shall establish and maintain within 

22 the U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue a joint consult23 ative mechanism with the Government of the Republic of 

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1 (1) to assess the implementation of the Agree2 ment for Cooperation between the Government of 

3 the United States of America and the Government 

4 of India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear En5 ergy, signed at Washington October 10, 2008 (TIAS 

6 08–1206); 

7 (2) to discuss opportunities for the Republic of 

8 India to align domestic nuclear liability rules with 

9 international norms; and 

10 (3) to develop a strategy for the United States 

11 and the Republic of India to pursue bilateral and 

12 multilateral diplomatic engagements related to ana13 lyzing and implementing those opportunities. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 

16 5 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

17 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

18 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

19 a report that describes the joint assessment developed pur20 suant to subsection (a)(1). 

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