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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7141 

To extend limitations on the importation of uranium from the Russian 

Federation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2020 

Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To extend 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 ‘‘Defending Against 

5 Rosatom Exports Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Russia has repeatedly used its energy re2 sources as a tool to advance its policy goals and as 

3 a weapon to manipulate the decisions of other coun4 tries. 

5 (2) Such efforts include the nuclear energy sec6 tor, in which the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy 

7 Corporation (ROSATOM) uses subsidies and other 

8 state support to advance the political goals of Rus9 sia’s leadership. 

10 (3) Russia has long sought to expand its role 

11 and influence in the nuclear energy sector of the 

12 United States and of United States allies and part13 ners. 

14 (4) Since October 1992, the Department of 

15 Commerce has suspended an antidumping duty in16 vestigation involving uranium from Russia on the 

17 basis of an agreement by Russia to restrict the vol18 ume of exports of uranium to the United States in 

19 order to prevent the suppression or undercutting of 

20 price levels of United States uranium. 

21 (5) That agreement to suspend such anti22 dumping duty investigation is set to expire at the 

23 end of 2020. 

24 (6) Section 3112A of the USEC Privatization 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 2997h–10a), commonly known as the 


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1 ‘‘Domenici Amendment’’, provides limits on the im2 portation into the United States of low-enriched ura3 nium produced in Russia through 2020. 

4 (7) While Russia has mounted a disinformation 

5 campaign regarding the suitability of using nuclear 

6 fuel produced by United States companies in Rus7 sian-built nuclear reactors, ROSATOM is seeking to 

8 produce nuclear fuel for use in United States reac9 tors. 

10 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

11 It is the policy of the United States to— 

12 (1) ensure that the United States is not de13 pendent on Russian energy sources, including low14 enriched uranium and the inputs for nuclear fuel; 

15 (2) assist United States allies and partner 

16 countries to reduce their dependency on Russian en17 ergy sources, including nuclear power and the inputs 

18 for nuclear fuel; and 

19 (3) use all necessary tools, including the De20 partment of Commerce’s entity list, to ensure that 

21 technology transferred to entities in Russia’s civil 

22 nuclear sector do not— 

23 (A) in any way contribute to Russia’s nu24 clear weapons program; or 


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1 (B) enable Russia to expand its export of 

2 nuclear power to the United States or United 

3 States allies and partners. 

4 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON IMPORTATION OF 

5 URANIUM FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A(c) of the USEC 

7 Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

11 and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (ii) in clause (vii), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

14 and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(viii) in calendar year 2021, 362,045 

18 kilograms; 

19 ‘‘(ix) in calendar year 2022, 356,499 

20 kilograms; 

21 ‘‘(x) in calendar year 2023, 351,242 

22 kilograms; 

23 ‘‘(xi) in calendar year 2024, 346,974 

24 kilograms; 


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1 ‘‘(xii) in calendar year 2025, 342,489 

2 kilograms; 

3 ‘‘(xiii) in calendar year 2026, 337,979 

4 kilograms; 

5 ‘‘(xiv) in calendar year 2027, 334,266 

6 kilograms; 

7 ‘‘(xv) in calendar year 2028, 334,266 

8 kilograms; 

9 ‘‘(xvi) in calendar year 2029, 330,190 

10 kilograms; 

11 ‘‘(xvii) in calendar year 2030, 

12 322,450 kilograms; 

13 ‘‘(xviii) in calendar year 2031, 

14 319,267 kilograms; 

15 ‘‘(xix) in calendar year 2032, 312,853 

16 kilograms; 

17 ‘‘(xx) in calendar year 2033, 308,271 

18 kilograms; 

19 ‘‘(xxi) in calendar year 2034, 289,390 

20 kilograms; and 

21 ‘‘(xxii) in calendar year 2035, 

22 285,918 kilograms.’’; 

23 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

24 subparagraph (C); and 


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1 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) SEPARATIVE WORK UNITS REQUIRE4 MENT.—Not more than 25 percent of the quan5 tity of low-enriched uranium produced in the 

6 Russian Federation and imported under sub7 paragraph (A) in any year may be imported 

8 under contracts other than contracts exclusively 

9 for separative work units.’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘United 

11 States—’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol12 lowing: ‘‘United States for processing and to be cer13 tified for reexportation and not for consumption in 

14 the United States.’’; 

15 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘reference data’’ and 

18 all that follows through ‘‘2019’’ and insert19 ing the following: ‘‘Lower Scenario data in 

20 the 2019 report of the World Nuclear As21 sociation entitled ‘The Nuclear Fuel Re22 port: Global Scenarios for Demand and 

23 Supply Availability 2019–2040’. In each of 

24 calendar years 2022, 2025, 2028, 2031, 

25 and 2034’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘report or a subse2 quent report’’ and inserting ‘‘report’’; 

3 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

4 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec5 tively; 

6 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

7 the following: 

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

9 one year after the date of the enactment of the 

10 Defending Against Rosatom Exports Act, and 

11 every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of Com12 merce shall submit to Congress a report that 

13 includes— 

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

15 all publicly available data to ensure accu16 rate forecasting by scenario data to com17 port to actual demand for low-enriched 

18 uranium for nuclear reactors in the United 

19 States; and 

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

21 be taken to adjust the import limitations 

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

23 most accurate scenario data.’’; and 

24 (D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 

25 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by 


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1 striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘0.3 per4 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘0.16 percent’’; 

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

6 inserting ‘‘2035’’; and 

7 (6) by striking ‘‘(2)(B)’’ each place it appears 

8 and inserting ‘‘(2)(C)’’. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub10 section (a) apply with respect to uranium imported from 

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

12 SEC. 5. REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS TO CONGRESS. 

13 (a) SECRETARY OF STATE.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a report, which shall be in an unclassified 

17 form, but may contain a classified annex, that provides 

18 an assessment of Russia’s attempts to use its civil nuclear 

19 sector as a tool of malign influence and includes the fol20 lowing elements: 

21 (1) An analysis of the extent to which Russian 

22 civil nuclear-related enterprises advance policy goals 

23 of Russia instead of strictly commercial interests. 


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1 (2) A description of Russian efforts to increase 

2 their role in the civil nuclear sector of the United 

3 States and United States allies and partners. 

4 (3) A description of Russian disinformation ef5 forts against United States and other non-Russian 

6 civil nuclear-related companies. 

7 (4) An analysis of the national security threat 

8 posed by deeper Russian involvement in the civil nu9 clear sector of the United States. 

10 (5) A description of any links between Russia’s 

11 civil nuclear sector and its nuclear weapons pro12 gram. 

13 (b) SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of Energy shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a report, which shall be in an unclassified 

17 form, but may contain a classified annex, that describes 

18 any ongoing efforts by the United States Government or 

19 United States persons to introduce Russian-fabricated or 

20 Russian-designed nuclear fuel into reactors located in the 

21 United States. 

22 (c) SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.—Not later than July 

23 1, 2020, or 30 days after the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act, whichever is later, the Secretary of Commerce 

25 shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional 


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1 committees on the status of negotiations to extend beyond 

2 2020 the agreement to suspend the antidumping duty in3 vestigation limiting the importation into the United States 

4 of low-enriched uranium produced in Russia. 

5 SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 

6 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

9 Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

10 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep11 resentatives; and 

12 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

13 Committee on Finance, and the Committee on En14 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 

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