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Calendar No. 604 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4064 

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

cooperation and nuclear exports. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7, 2022 

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

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 

2 ‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ has the meaning given 

3 the term in section 951(b) of the Energy Policy Act 

4 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)). 

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

6 ‘‘ally or partner nation’’ means the Government of 

7 each of the following: 

8 (A) A country that is a member of the 

9 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

10 (B) Japan. 

11 (C) The Republic of Korea. 

12 (D) Australia. 

13 (E) Switzerland. 

14 (F) Sweden. 

15 (G) Finland. 

16 (H) Any other country designated as an 

17 ally or partner nation by the Secretary of State 

18 for purposes of this Act. 

19 (3) ASSISTANT.—The term ‘‘Assistant’’ means 

20 the Assistant to the President and Director for Nu21 clear Energy Policy described in section 3(a)(3)(A). 

22 (4) ASSOCIATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associ23 ated entity’’ means an entity that— 

24 (A) is owned, controlled, or dominated 

25 by— 


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1 (i) an ally or partner nation; or 

2 (ii) an associated individual; or 

3 (B) is organized under the laws of, or oth4 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country 

5 described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 

6 (H) of paragraph (2), including a corporation 

7 that is incorporated in a country described in 

8 any of those subparagraphs. 

9 (5) ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘asso10 ciated individual’’ means an alien who is a national 

11 of a country described in any of subparagraphs (A) 

12 through (H) of paragraph (2). 

13 (6) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 

14 Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Cen15 ter established under section 11. 

16 (7) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NA17 TION.—The term ‘‘embarking civil nuclear energy 

18 nation’’ means a country that— 

19 (A) does not have a civil nuclear program; 

20 (B) is in the process of developing or ex21 panding a civil nuclear program, including safe22 guards and a legal and regulatory framework, 

23 for— 

24 (i) nuclear safety; 

25 (ii) nuclear security; 


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1 (iii) radioactive waste management; 

2 (iv) civil nuclear energy; 

3 (v) nuclear liability; or 

4 (vi) advanced nuclear reactor licens5 ing; or 

6 (C) is in the process of selecting, devel7 oping, constructing, or utilizing advanced light 

8 water reactors, advanced nuclear reactors, or 

9 advanced nuclear technologies. 

10 (8) HIGH-ASSAY LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 

11 The term ‘‘high-assay low-enriched uranium’’ has 

12 the meaning given the term in section 2001(d) of 

13 the Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16281(d)). 

14 (9) LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.—The term ‘‘low15 enriched uranium’’ means each of— 

16 (A) low-enriched uranium (as defined in 

17 section 3102 of the USEC Privatization Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 2297h)); and 

19 (B) low-enriched uranium (as defined in 

20 section 3112A(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 2297h–10a(a))). 

22 (10) NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RE23 SERVE.—The term ‘‘National Strategic Uranium Re24 serve’’ means the National Strategic Uranium Re25 serve established under section 16(e)(1)(A). 


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1 (11) NUCLEAR SAFETY.—The term ‘‘nuclear 

2 safety’’ means issues relating to— 

3 (A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors 

4 and other nuclear facilities; 

5 (B) radiological protection of— 

6 (i) members of the public; 

7 (ii) workers; and 

8 (iii) the environment; 

9 (C) nuclear waste management; 

10 (D) emergency preparedness; 

11 (E) nuclear liability; and 

12 (F) the safe transportation of nuclear ma13 terials. 

14 (12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

15 means the Secretary of Energy. 

16 (13) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 

17 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec18 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

19 U.S.C. 10101). 

20 (14) TEAM USA.—The term ‘‘Team USA’’ 

21 means the interagency initiative to identify opportu22 nities in emerging economies, embarking civil nu23 clear energy nations, and ally or partner nations for 

24 topics such as— 

25 (A) nuclear plant construction; 


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1 (B) nuclear fuel services; 

2 (C) nuclear energy financing; 

3 (D) nuclear plant operations; 

4 (E) nuclear plant regulation; 

5 (F) nuclear medicine; 

6 (G) infrastructure support for nuclear en7 ergy; 

8 (H) nuclear plant decommissioning; 

9 (I) nuclear liability; 

10 (J) storage and disposal of spent nuclear 

11 fuel; and 

12 (K) technology related to the matters de13 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (J). 

14 (15) U.S. NUCLEAR ENERGY COMPANY.—The 

15 term ‘‘U.S. nuclear energy company’’ means a com16 pany that— 

17 (A) is organized under the laws of, or oth18 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United 

19 States; and 

20 (B) is involved in the nuclear energy indus21 try. 

22 SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY. 

23 (a) OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT

24 AND DIRECTOR FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY.— 


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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

2 the Executive Office of the President an office, to be 

3 known as the ‘‘Office of the Assistant to the Presi4 dent and Director for Nuclear Energy Policy’’ (re5 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Office’’). 

6 (2) MISSION.—The Office shall act as the sin7 gle coordinating office for— 

8 (A) civil nuclear cooperation; and 

9 (B) civil nuclear export strategy. 

10 (3) LEADERSHIP.— 

11 (A) ASSISTANT.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be 

13 headed by the Assistant to the President 

14 and Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, 

15 who shall be appointed by the President. 

16 (ii) REPORTING.—The Assistant shall 

17 report directly to the President. 

18 (B) DEPUTY ASSISTANT.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant shall 

20 appoint a Deputy Assistant with experi21 ence in advising on civil nuclear project de22 velopment and financing. 

23 (ii) REPORTING.—The Deputy Assist24 ant shall report directly to the Assistant. 

25 (4) DUTIES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant, in con2 sultation with the Deputy Assistant, shall— 

3 (i) coordinate the civil nuclear export 

4 policy of the United States; 

5 (ii) develop a cohesive Federal strat6 egy for engagement with foreign govern7 ments (including ally or partner nations 

8 and the governments of embarking civil 

9 nuclear energy nations), associated enti10 ties, associated individuals, and inter11 national lending institutions with respect 

12 to civil nuclear exports; 

13 (iii) coordinate with the officials de14 scribed in subparagraph (B) to ensure that 

15 necessary framework agreements and trade 

16 controls relating to civil nuclear materials 

17 and technologies are in place for key mar18 kets; and 

19 (iv) develop— 

20 (I) a whole-of-government coordi21 nating strategy for civil nuclear co22 operation; 

23 (II) a whole-of-government strat24 egy for civil nuclear exports; and 


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1 (III) a whole-of-government ap2 proach to support foreign investment 

3 in domestic construction projects. 

4 (B) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—The officials 

5 referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) are— 

6 (i) the appropriate officials of— 

7 (I) the Department of State; 

8 (II) the Department of Energy; 

9 (III) the Department of Com10 merce; 

11 (IV) the Nuclear Regulatory 

12 Commission; 

13 (V) the Department of Defense; 

14 (VI) the National Security Coun15 cil; 

16 (VII) the National Economic 

17 Council; 

18 (VIII) the Office of the United 

19 States Trade Representative; 

20 (IX) the Office of Management 

21 and Budget; 

22 (X) the Office of the Director of 

23 National Intelligence; 

24 (XI) the Export-Import Bank of 

25 the United States; 


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1 (XII) the United States Inter2 national Development Finance Cor3 poration; 

4 (XIII) the United States Trade 

5 and Development Agency; and 

6 (XIV) the Office of Science and 

7 Technology Policy; and 

8 (ii) appropriate officials representing 

9 foreign countries and governments, includ10 ing— 

11 (I) ally or partner nations; 

12 (II) embarking civil nuclear en13 ergy nations; and 

14 (III) any other country or gov15 ernment that the Assistant, in con16 sultation with the Deputy Assistant 

17 and the officials described in clause 

18 (i), determines to be appropriate. 

19 (5) STAFF.— 

20 (A) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant shall 

22 select a staff of not fewer than 4, and not 

23 more than 6, Senior Advisors to assist in 

24 the mission of the Office. 


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1 (ii) REQUIREMENT.—The Senior Ad2 visors selected under clause (i) shall be 

3 composed of individuals with diverse indus4 try and government backgrounds, including 

5 individuals with backgrounds in— 

6 (I) project financing; 

7 (II) construction development 

8 and management; 

9 (III) contract structuring, risk 

10 allocation, and nuclear liability; 

11 (IV) regulatory, licensing, and 

12 safeguards processes; 

13 (V) civil nuclear electric and non14 electric applications of nuclear tech15 nologies; 

16 (VI) government-to-government 

17 negotiations; 

18 (VII) social acceptance and envi19 ronmental justice; 

20 (VIII) human infrastructure de21 velopment; 

22 (IX) major project development; 

23 (X) international infrastructure 

24 financing; and 


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1 (XI) nuclear safety and security 

2 requirements. 

3 (B) OTHER STAFF.—The Assistant may 

4 hire such other additional personnel as may be 

5 necessary to carry out the mission of the Office. 

6 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

8 this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

9 2023 through 2027. 

10 (b) NUCLEAR EXPORTS WORKING GROUP.— 

11 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

12 working group, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear Ex13 ports Working Group’’ (referred to in this subsection 

14 as the ‘‘working group’’). 

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

16 composed of— 

17 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected 

18 internally by the applicable Federal agency or 

19 organization, from— 

20 (i) the Department of State; 

21 (ii) the Department of Commerce; 

22 (iii) the Department of Energy; 

23 (iv) the Department of the Treasury; 

24 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

25 United States; 


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1 (vi) the United States International 

2 Development Finance Corporation; 

3 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis4 sion; 

5 (viii) the Office of the United States 

6 Trade Representative; and 

7 (ix) the United States Trade and De8 velopment Agency; 

9 (B) other senior-level Federal officials, se10 lected internally by the applicable Federal agen11 cy or organization, from any other Federal 

12 agency or organization that the Secretary deter13 mines to be appropriate; and 

14 (C) any senior-level Federal official se15 lected by the Assistant from any Federal agen16 cy or organization. 

17 (3) REPORTING.—The working group shall re18 port to the Assistant. 

19 (4) DUTIES.—The working group shall— 

20 (A) provide direction and advice to the As21 sistant; and 

22 (B) submit to the Civil Nuclear Trade Ad23 visory Committee of the Department of Com24 merce and the Nuclear Energy Advisory Com25 mittee of the Department of Energy quarterly 


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1 reports on the standing of civil nuclear exports 

2 from the United States, including with respect 

3 to meeting the targets established as part of the 

4 5-year civil nuclear trade strategy described in 

5 paragraph (5)(A). 

6 (5) STRATEGY.— 

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

8 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

9 working group shall establish a 10-year civil nu10 clear trade strategy, including biennial targets 

11 for the export of civil nuclear technologies, in12 cluding light water and non-light water reactors 

13 and associated equipment and technologies, civil 

14 nuclear materials, and nuclear fuel that align 

15 with meeting international energy demand while 

16 seeking to avoid or reduce emissions. 

17 (B) COLLABORATION REQUIRED.—In es18 tablishing the strategy under subparagraph (A), 

19 the working group shall collaborate with— 

20 (i) the Secretary; 

21 (ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 

22 (iii) the Secretary of State; 

23 (iv) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

24 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis25 sion; 


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1 (vi) the President of the Export-Im2 port Bank of the United States; 

3 (vii) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

4 United States International Development 

5 Finance Corporation; 

6 (viii) the United States Trade Rep7 resentative; and 

8 (ix) representatives of private indus9 try. 

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

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi12 nation with the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Com13 mission, Team USA, and the Assistant, shall launch, in 

14 accordance with applicable nuclear technology export laws 

15 (including regulations), an international initiative to mod16 ernize the civil nuclear outreach carried out by the United 

17 States for the purpose of establishing cooperative financ18 ing relationships for the export of civil nuclear technology, 

19 components, materials, and infrastructure to countries in 

20 the coalition described in subsection (b). 

21 (b) COALITION DESCRIBED.—The coalition referred 

22 to in subsection (a) is a coalition of countries that— 

23 (1) is developed for purposes of carrying out 

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1 (2) includes each ally or partner nation that is 

2 willing to participate in the coalition. 

3 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the initiative de4 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall— 

5 (1) assist nongovernmental organizations and 

6 appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, lab7 oratories, and programs of the Department of En8 ergy in providing education and training to foreign 

9 governments in nuclear safety, security, and safe10 guards— 

11 (A) through engagement with the Inter12 national Atomic Energy Agency; or 

13 (B) independently, if the applicable entity 

14 determines that it would be more advantageous 

15 under the circumstances to provide the applica16 ble education and training independently; 

17 (2) assist the efforts of the International Atom18 ic Energy Agency to expand the support provided by 

19 the International Atomic Energy Agency to embark20 ing civil nuclear energy nations for nuclear safety, 

21 security, and safeguards; 

22 (3) expand outreach by the Assistant to the pri23 vate investment community to create public-private 

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1 nuclear technology to countries in the coalition de2 scribed in subsection (b); 

3 (4) seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent 

4 practicable, the work carried out by each of— 

5 (A) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

6 (B) the Department of Energy; 

7 (C) the Department of Commerce; 

8 (D) the International Atomic Energy 

9 Agency; 

10 (E) the Nuclear Energy Agency; and 

11 (F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and or12 ganizations of embarking civil nuclear energy 

13 nations and ally or partner nations; and 

14 (5) improve the regulatory framework to allow 

15 for the expeditious exporting and importing of civil 

16 nuclear technologies and materials. 

17 SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 

18 ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS AND EMBARK19 ING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NATIONS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 

21 State, the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the 

22 Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Chief 

23 Executive Officer of the United States International De24 velopment Finance Corporation, in coordination with the 

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1 with ally or partner nations or embarking civil nuclear en2 ergy nations to advance civil nuclear exports from the 

3 United States to ally or partner nations or embarking civil 

4 nuclear energy nations. 

5 (b) UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS CLAUSES.— 

6 (1) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES COMPETI7 TIVENESS CLAUSE.—In this subsection, the term 

8 ‘‘United States competitiveness clause’’ means any 

9 United States competitiveness provision in any 

10 agreement entered into by the Department of En11 ergy, including— 

12 (A) a cooperative agreement; 

13 (B) a cooperative research and develop14 ment agreement; and 

15 (C) a patent waiver. 

16 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out sub17 section (a), the Secretary, the Secretary of State, 

18 the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the Ex19 port-Import Bank of the United States, and the 

20 Chief Executive Officer of the United States Inter21 national Development Finance Corporation shall 

22 consider the impact of United States competitiveness 

23 clauses on any cooperative financing relationships 

24 entered into or proposed to be entered into under 

25 that subsection. 


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1 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall facilitate 

2 waivers of United States competitiveness clauses as 

3 necessary to facilitate cooperative financing relation4 ships with ally or partner nations or embarking civil 

5 nuclear energy nations under subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 6. FAST-TRACK PROCEDURES AND EXPORT CON7 TROLS. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a regulation 

10 revising part 810 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, 

11 to establish fast-track procedures for obtaining specific 

12 authorizations for exports, which may be similar to exist13 ing fast-track procedures in existing Federal export-con14 trol regulations— 

15 (1) for deemed exports to— 

16 (A) a list of countries defined by the Sec17 retary; 

18 (B) a list of countries defined by the Sec19 retary of State; 

20 (C) a list of countries defined by the Sec21 retary of the Treasury; 

22 (D) a list of countries defined by the Sec23 retary of Commerce; or 

24 (E) destinations based on country criteria 

25 defined by the Secretary; or 


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1 (2) for widely deployed technologies available 

2 from multiple suppliers, such as light water reactor 

3 technology. 

4 SEC. 7. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS 

5 ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR DEM6 ONSTRATION AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 

7 FACILITIES. 

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

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

10 coordination with the Secretary, the Secretary of Com11 merce, and the Assistant, shall conduct bilateral and mul12 tilateral meetings with not fewer than 5 ally or partner 

13 nations, with the aim of enhancing nuclear energy co14 operation among those ally or partner nations and the 

15 United States, for the purpose of developing collaborative 

16 relationships with respect to research, development, licens17 ing, and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor tech18 nologies. 

19 (b) REQUIREMENT.—The meetings described in sub20 section (a) shall include— 

21 (1) a focus on cooperation to demonstrate and 

22 deploy advanced nuclear reactors, with an emphasis 

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

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1 this Act to provide options for addressing climate 

2 change by 2050; and 

3 (2) a focus on developing a memorandum of un4 derstanding or any other appropriate agreement be5 tween the United States and ally or partner nations 

6 with respect to— 

7 (A) the demonstration and deployment of 

8 advanced nuclear reactors; and 

9 (B) the development of cooperative re10 search facilities. 

11 (c) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS.—In conducting the 

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

13 State, in coordination with the Secretary, the Secretary 

14 of Commerce, and the Assistant, shall seek to develop fi15 nancing arrangements to share the costs of the demonstra16 tion and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors and the 

17 development of cooperative research facilities with the ally 

18 or partner nations participating in those meetings. 

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

20 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of 

21 State, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly submit 

22 to Congress a report highlighting potential partners— 

23 (1) for the establishment of cost-share arrange24 ments described in subsection (c); or 


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1 (2) with which the United States may enter 

2 into agreements with respect to— 

3 (A) the demonstration of advanced nuclear 

4 reactors; or 

5 (B) cooperative research facilities. 

6 SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION. 

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

8 U.S.C. 16279b) is amended— 

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

10 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol11 lowing: 

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

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

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi17 colon at the end; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

20 ‘‘preparations for’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by strik22 ing the period at the end and inserting a 

23 semicolon; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) to support, in consultation with the Sec2 retary of State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of 

3 nuclear technology in countries developing nuclear 

4 energy programs, with a focus on countries that 

5 have increased civil nuclear cooperation with the 

6 Russian Federation or the People’s Republic of 

7 China; and 

8 ‘‘(4) to promote the fullest utilization of United 

9 States reactors, fuel, equipment, services, and tech10 nology in nuclear energy programs outside the 

11 United States through— 

12 ‘‘(A) bilateral and multilateral arrange13 ments that contain commitments for the utiliza14 tion of United States reactors, fuel, equipment, 

15 services, and technology; 

16 ‘‘(B) the designation of 1 or more U.S. nu17 clear energy companies (as defined in section 2 

18 of the International Nuclear Energy Act of 

19 2022) to implement an arrangement under sub20 paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 

21 the designation is necessary and appropriate to 

22 achieve the objectives of this section; 

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1 graph (A) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

2 the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

3 Commerce, determines that a waiver is nec4 essary and appropriate to achieve the objectives 

5 of this section; and 

6 ‘‘(D) the issuance of loans, loan guaran7 tees, other financial assistance, or assistance in 

8 the form of an equity interest to carry out ac9 tivities related to an arrangement under sub10 paragraph (A), to the extent appropriated funds 

11 are available.’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program under sub14 section (a) shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) with respect to the function described in 

16 subsection (a)(3), be modeled after the International 

17 Military Education and Training program of the De18 partment of State; and 

19 ‘‘(2) be carried out— 

20 ‘‘(A) to facilitate, to the maximum extent 

21 practicable, workshops and expert-based ex22 changes to engage industry, stakeholders, and 

23 foreign governments with respect to inter24 national civil nuclear issues, such as— 

25 ‘‘(i) training; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) financing; 

2 ‘‘(iii) safety; 

3 ‘‘(iv) security; 

4 ‘‘(v) safeguards; 

5 ‘‘(vi) liability; 

6 ‘‘(vii) advanced fuels; 

7 ‘‘(viii) operations; and 

8 ‘‘(ix) options for multinational co9 operation with respect to the disposal of 

10 spent nuclear fuel (as defined in section 2 

11 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

12 (42 U.S.C. 10101)); and 

13 ‘‘(B) in coordination with— 

14 ‘‘(i) the National Security Council; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of State; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Commerce; and 

17 ‘‘(iv) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis18 sion. 

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

20 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

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

22 2022 through 2026.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUP2 PORT. 

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

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

5 coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, shall 

6 launch an international initiative (referred to in this sec7 tion as the ‘‘initiative’’) to provide grants, in accordance 

8 with this section— 

9 (1) to embarking civil nuclear energy nations 

10 for activities relating to the development of civil nu11 clear programs; and 

12 (2) to ally or partner nations for the construc13 tion of nuclear reactors and advanced nuclear reac14 tors. 

15 (b) GRANTS.— 

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

18 Secretary and the Assistant, may award not more 

19 than 1 grant to each country, including each em20 barking civil nuclear energy nation, each fiscal year. 

21 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant awarded 

22 under the initiative shall be not more than 

23 $5,500,000. 

24 (3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of State, in 

25 coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, 

26 may award not more than a total of 5 grants under 


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1 the initiative to a single country, including each em2 barking civil nuclear energy nation. 

3 (c) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initia5 tive, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

6 Secretary and the Assistant, shall provide a grant to 

7 an embarking civil nuclear energy nation with the 

8 option for a U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 

9 or more senior advisors to assist the embarking civil 

10 nuclear energy nation in establishing a civil nuclear 

11 program. 

12 (2) REQUIREMENT.—A senior advisor described 

13 in paragraph (1) shall seek to advise the embarking 

14 civil nuclear energy nation on, and facilitate on be15 half of the embarking civil nuclear energy nation, 1 

16 or more of the following: 

17 (A) The development of financing relation18 ships. 

19 (B) The development of a standardized fi20 nancing and project management framework for 

21 the construction of nuclear power plants. 

22 (C) The development of a standardized li23 censing framework for— 

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1 (ii) non-light water civil nuclear tech2 nologies and advanced nuclear reactors. 

3 (D) The identification of qualified organi4 zations and service providers. 

5 (E) The identification of funds to support 

6 payment for services required to develop a civil 

7 nuclear program. 

8 (F) Market analysis. 

9 (G) The identification of the safety, secu10 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance re11 quired for a civil nuclear program. 

12 (H) Risk allocation, risk management, and 

13 nuclear liability. 

14 (I) Technical assessments of nuclear reac15 tors and technologies. 

16 (J) The identification of actions necessary 

17 to participate in a global nuclear liability re18 gime based on the Convention on Supple19 mentary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, 

20 with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 

21 1997 (TIAS 15–415). 

22 (K) Stakeholder engagement. 

23 (L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and 

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1 (M) Any other major activities to support 

2 the establishment of a civil nuclear program, 

3 such as the establishment of export, financing, 

4 construction, training, operations, and edu5 cation requirements. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

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

9 years 2023 through 2027. 

10 SEC. 10. BIENNIAL NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, SAFE11 GUARDS, AND SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 

13 State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Com14 merce, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the As15 sistant shall hold a biennial nuclear safety, security, safe16 guards, and sustainability summit (referred to in this sec17 tion as a ‘‘summit’’), the first of which shall be held on 

18 the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 

19 this Act. 

20 (b) LOCATION.—Each summit shall be held in— 

21 (1) Washington, DC; or 

22 (2) a country described in any of subpara23 graphs (A) through (H) of section 2(2). 

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1 (1) be a forum in which leaders of ally or part2 ner nations may engage with each other for the pur3 pose of reinforcing the commitment to nuclear safe4 ty, security, safeguards, and sustainability; and 

5 (2) facilitate the development of— 

6 (A) joint commitments and goals to im7 prove nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and 

8 sustainability; 

9 (B) stronger international institutions that 

10 support nuclear safety, security, safeguards, 

11 and sustainability; and 

12 (C) a global nuclear liability regime. 

13 (d) INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.— 

14 Each summit shall include a meeting that convenes nu15 clear industry leaders and leaders of government agencies 

16 with expertise relating to nuclear safety, security, safe17 guards, or sustainability to discuss best practices relating 

18 to— 

19 (1) the safe and secure use, storage, and trans20 port of nuclear and radiological materials; 

21 (2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nu22 clear and radiological security; and 

23 (3) the role that the nuclear industry should 

24 play in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and 

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1 secure use, storage, and transport of nuclear and ra2 diological materials, including spent nuclear fuel and 

3 nuclear waste. 

4 (e) REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

6 after the end of each summit, the Secretary, the 

7 Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 

8 Secretary of Commerce, the Nuclear Regulatory 

9 Commission, and the Assistant shall jointly submit 

10 to Congress a report highlighting— 

11 (A) any commitments made by the United 

12 States or international partners of the United 

13 States, including an ally or partner nation, with 

14 respect to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, 

15 or sustainability; and 

16 (B) the objectives that the parties to those 

17 commitments agreed to meet. 

18 (2) REQUIREMENT.—The report under para19 graph (1) shall detail— 

20 (A) any current and continuing nuclear se21 curity threat; 

22 (B) any progress made toward advancing 

23 nuclear security-related treaties; 

24 (C) any steps taken or needed to be 

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1 (i) to fulfill any obligations of the 

2 United States under existing nuclear secu3 rity and safeguard treaties; 

4 (ii) to manage cyber threats; or 

5 (iii) to prevent the theft, sabotage, 

6 and illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, 

7 facilities, and technology, as applicable; 

8 (D) the role of the nuclear industry in pre9 venting nuclear proliferation; and 

10 (E) any other topics discussed during the 

11 summit that relate to nuclear safety, security, 

12 safeguards, or sustainability. 

13 SEC. 11. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RE14 SOURCE CENTER. 

15 The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of 

16 State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of the 

17 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the President of the Ex18 port-Import Bank of the United States, and the Chief Ex19 ecutive Officer of the United States International Develop20 ment Finance Corporation, shall establish a center, to be 

21 known as the ‘‘Advanced Reactor Coordination and Re22 source Center’’, for the purposes of— 

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1 (A) for embarking civil nuclear energy na2 tions; 

3 (B) to develop and assemble documents, 

4 contracts, and related items required to estab5 lish a civil nuclear program; and 

6 (C) to develop a standardized model for 

7 the establishment of a civil nuclear program 

8 that can be used by the International Atomic 

9 Energy Agency; 

10 (2) coordinating with countries participating in 

11 the Center and with the Nuclear Exports Working 

12 Group established under section 3(b)— 

13 (A) to identify funds to support payment 

14 for services required to develop a civil nuclear 

15 program; 

16 (B) to provide market analysis; and 

17 (C) to create— 

18 (i) project structure models; 

19 (ii) models for electricity market anal20 ysis; 

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1 (3) identifying and developing the safety, secu2 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance required 

3 for a civil nuclear program; 

4 (4) supporting multinational regulatory stand5 ards to be developed by countries with civil nuclear 

6 programs and experience; 

7 (5) developing and strengthening communica8 tions, engagement, and consensus-building; 

9 (6) carrying out any other major activities to 

10 support export, financing, education, construction, 

11 training, and education requirements relating to the 

12 establishment of a civil nuclear program; 

13 (7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and 

14 staff the Center; and 

15 (8) determining mechanisms for the selection of 

16 the location or locations of the Center. 

17 SEC. 12. BIENNIAL CIVIL NUCLEAR VENDOR SUMMIT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 

19 State, the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the 

20 Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Chief Exec21 utive Officer of the United States International Develop22 ment Finance Corporation, and the Assistant shall hold 

23 a biennial civil nuclear vendor summit (referred to in this 

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1 on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 (b) LOCATION.—Each summit shall be held in— 

4 (1) Washington, DC; or 

5 (2) a country described in any of subpara6 graphs (A) through (H) of section 2(2). 

7 (c) REQUIREMENT.—Each summit shall— 

8 (1) be a forum in which leaders of ally or part9 ner nations may engage with each other for the pur10 pose of promoting the peaceful, responsible, and safe 

11 use of civil nuclear technologies; and 

12 (2) facilitate— 

13 (A) the development of— 

14 (i) cooperative financing relationships 

15 to promote competitive alternatives to Chi16 nese and Russian financing; 

17 (ii) a standardized financing and 

18 project management framework for the 

19 construction of nuclear power plants; 

20 (iii) a standardized licensing frame21 work for civil nuclear technologies; 

22 (iv) a strategy to change internal poli23 cies of multinational development banks, 

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1 (v) a document containing any lessons 

2 learned from countries that have partnered 

3 with the Russian Federation or the Peo4 ple’s Republic of China with respect to nu5 clear power, including any detrimental out6 comes resulting from that partnership; and 

7 (vi) a global nuclear liability regime; 

8 (B) cooperation for enhancing the overall 

9 aspects of civil nuclear power, such as— 

10 (i) nuclear safety, security, and safe11 guards; 

12 (ii) nuclear laws (including regula13 tions); 

14 (iii) waste management; 

15 (iv) quality management systems; 

16 (v) technology transfer; 

17 (vi) human resources development; 

18 (vii) localization; 

19 (viii) reactor operations; 

20 (ix) nuclear liability; and 

21 (x) decommissioning; and 

22 (C) the development and determination of 

23 the mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) 

24 and (8) of section 11. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

2 after the end of each summit, the Secretary, the 

3 Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the 

4 President of the Export-Import Bank of the United 

5 States, the Chief Executive Officer of the United 

6 States International Development Finance Corpora7 tion, and the Assistant shall jointly submit to Con8 gress a report highlighting— 

9 (A) any commitments made by the United 

10 States or international partners of the United 

11 States, including an ally or partner nation, with 

12 respect to international civil nuclear export 

13 practices; and 

14 (B) the objectives that the parties to those 

15 commitments agreed to meet. 

16 (2) REQUIREMENT.—The report under para17 graph (1) shall detail— 

18 (A) any steps taken to establish common 

19 financing relationships; 

20 (B) any progress made toward establishing 

21 a standardized financing, project management, 

22 and licensing framework; 

23 (C) any changes to the internal policies of 

24 multinational development banks, such as the 

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1 (D) any steps taken or needed to be 

2 taken— 

3 (i) to rectify any obstacles that were 

4 identified after the applicable civil nuclear 

5 vendor summit but were unforeseen at the 

6 time of, and not discussed at, that summit; 

7 (ii) to enable early-stage day-to-day 

8 support of embarking civil nuclear energy 

9 nations; 

10 (iii) to address any gaps in the whole11 of-government approach to international 

12 civil nuclear cooperation, exports, and in13 vestment developed by the Assistant; or 

14 (iv) to improve the role of the Assist15 ant in international outreach; 

16 (E) the role of the nuclear industry in es17 tablishing cooperative relationships; and 

18 (F) the competitiveness of available United 

19 States financing packages for civil nuclear ex20 ports, relative to international competitors. 

21 SEC. 13. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING 

22 GROUP. 

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

2 ‘‘working group’’). 

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

4 (1) led by the Assistant; and 

5 (2) composed of— 

6 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected 

7 by the head of the applicable Federal agency or 

8 organization, from— 

9 (i) the Department of State; 

10 (ii) the Department of the Treasury; 

11 (iii) the Department of Commerce; 

12 (iv) the Department of Energy; 

13 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

14 United States; 

15 (vi) the United States International 

16 Development Finance Corporation; and 

17 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis18 sion; 

19 (B) other senior-level Federal officials, se20 lected by the head of the applicable Federal 

21 agency or organization, from any other Federal 

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1 (C) any senior-level Federal official se2 lected by the Assistant from any Federal agen3 cy or organization. 

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

5 the National Security Council. 

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

7 (1) provide direction and advice to the Assist8 ant with respect to the establishment of a Strategic 

9 Infrastructure Fund (referred to in this subsection 

10 as the ‘‘Fund’’) to be used— 

11 (A) to support those aspects of projects re12 lating to— 

13 (i) civil nuclear technologies; 

14 (ii) rare earth elements and critical 

15 minerals (as defined in section 7002(a) of 

16 the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 

17 1606(a))); and 

18 (iii) microprocessors; and 

19 (B) for strategic investments identified by 

20 the working group; and 

21 (2) address critical areas in determining the ap22 propriate design for the Fund, including— 

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1 (C) how assets in the Fund should be in2 vested; and 

3 (D) governance and implementation of the 

4 Fund. 

5 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

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

8 group shall submit to the committees described in 

9 paragraph (2) a report on the findings of the work10 ing group that includes suggested legislative text for 

11 how to establish and structure a Strategic Infra12 structure Fund. 

13 (2) COMMITTEES DESCRIBED.—The committees 

14 referred to in paragraph (1) are— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

16 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

17 Transportation, the Committee on Armed Serv18 ices, the Committee on Energy and Natural Re19 sources, the Committee on Environment and 

20 Public Works, and the Committee on Finance 

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1 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 SEC. 14. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE 

4 UNITED STATES. 

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

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

7 amended, in the second sentence— 

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

9 ‘‘No license’’; and 

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

11 (b) MEDICAL THERAPY AND RESEARCH DEVELOP12 MENT LICENSES.—Section 104 d. of the Atomic Energy 

13 Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) is amended, in the sec14 ond sentence, by inserting ‘‘for a production facility’’ after 

15 ‘‘No license’’. 

16 SEC. 15. MODIFICATION OF POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF 

17 THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED 

18 STATES. 

19 (a) MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON FINANC20 ING.—Section 2(b)(5) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 

21 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(5)) is amended, in the first sen22 tence, by striking ‘‘any liquid metal fast breeder nuclear 

23 reactor or’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(l) of the Export2 Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(l)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘CHINA AND’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in the matter preceding subpara8 graph (A)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘The Bank shall 

10 establish a Program on China and’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding the 

12 Arrangement, the Bank shall establish 

13 a Program on’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘conditions,’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘conditions that, in the 

16 judgement of the Board of Directors 

17 of the Bank, offer sufficient likelihood 

18 of repayment to justify the loan, guar19 antee, or insurance, as applicable,’’; 

20 and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘by the People’s 

22 Republic of China or’’; 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

3 (i), by striking ‘‘the People’s Republic 

4 of China’’ and inserting ‘‘covered 

5 countries’’; 

6 (II) by redesignating clauses 

7 (viii) through (xi) as clauses (ix) 

8 through (xii), respectively; and 

9 (III) by inserting after clause 

10 (vii) the following: 

11 ‘‘(viii) Civil nuclear facilities, material, 

12 technologies, and related goods and serv13 ices that support the development of an ef14 fective nuclear energy sector.’’; 

15 (C) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

17 paragraph (2); 

18 (E) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 

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

20 ‘‘China and’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

22 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

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1 ple’s Republic of China and the Rus2 sian Federation are’’; and 

3 (II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; 

4 and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

6 (I) in the subparagraph heading, 

7 by striking ‘‘SUNSET AND’’; 

8 (II) by striking the first sentence; 

9 and 

10 (III) by striking ‘‘4 years after 

11 enactment of this subsection’’ and in12 serting ‘‘December 20, 2023’’; and 

13 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

14 ‘‘China and’’; and 

15 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) SUNSET.—The Program on Trans17 formational Exports shall expire on December 31, 

18 2026. 

19 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

20 ‘‘(A) ARRANGEMENT.—The term ‘Arrange21 ment’ means the Arrangement on Officially 

22 Supported Export Credits of the Organization 

23 for Economic Cooperation and Development. 

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1 ‘‘(i) the People’s Republic of China; 

2 ‘‘(ii) the Russian Federation; or 

3 ‘‘(iii) any country that— 

4 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Treas5 ury designates as a covered country in 

6 a report to the Committee on Bank7 ing, Housing, and Urban Development 

8 of the Senate and the Committee on 

9 Financial Services of the House of 

10 Representatives; 

11 ‘‘(II) is not a participant in the 

12 Arrangement; and 

13 ‘‘(III) is not in substantial com14 pliance with the financial terms and 

15 conditions of the Arrangement.’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(l) of 

17 the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 

18 635g(l)) is amended— 

19 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘UNDER THE’’ and all that follows through 

21 ‘‘EXPORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘UNDER THE PRO22 GRAM ON TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPORTS’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘China and’’. 

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1 TION.—Section 408 of title IV of division I of the Further 

2 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 

3 94; 12 U.S.C. 635 note) is amended— 

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CHINA’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF

6 CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

8 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the government of 

9 China’’ and inserting ‘‘the Government of the Peo10 ple’s Republic of China or the Government of the 

11 Russian Federation’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘the 

13 government of China’’ and inserting ‘‘the Govern14 ment of the People’s Republic of China or the Gov15 ernment of the Russian Federation’’; 

16 (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUB20 LIC OF CHINA.—The term ‘Government of the Peo21 ple’s Republic of China’ means any person that the 

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1 ical subdivision, agency, or instrumentality 

2 thereof; 

3 ‘‘(B) any entity controlled, directly or indi4 rectly, by any of the foregoing, including any 

5 partnership, association, or other entity in 

6 which any of the foregoing owns a 50 percent 

7 or greater interest or a controlling interest, and 

8 any entity which is otherwise controlled by any 

9 of the foregoing; 

10 ‘‘(C) any person that is or has been acting 

11 or purporting to act, directly or indirectly, for 

12 or on behalf of any of the foregoing; and 

13 ‘‘(D) any other person which the Secretary 

14 of the Treasury has notified the Bank is in15 cluded in any of the foregoing. 

16 ‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA17 TION.—The term ‘Government of the Russian Fed18 eration’ means any person that the Bank has reason 

19 to believe is— 

20 ‘‘(A) the state and the Government of the 

21 Russian Federation, as well as any political 

22 subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof; 

23 ‘‘(B) any entity controlled, directly or indi24 rectly, by any of the foregoing, including any 

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1 which any of the foregoing owns a 50 percent 

2 or greater interest or a controlling interest, and 

3 any entity which is otherwise controlled by any 

4 of the foregoing; 

5 ‘‘(C) any person that is or has been acting 

6 or purporting to act, directly or indirectly, for 

7 or on behalf of any of the foregoing; and 

8 ‘‘(D) any other person which the Secretary 

9 of the Treasury has notified the Bank is in10 cluded in any of the foregoing.’’; and 

11 (5) in subsection (e)(2), in the matter preceding 

12 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘China is’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘the People’s Republic of China and the Russian 

14 Federation are’’. 

15 SEC. 16. U.S. NUCLEAR FUELS SECURITY INITIATIVE TO RE16 DUCE RELIANCE ON NUCLEAR FUELS FROM 

17 RUSSIA AND CHINA. 

18 (a) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of this section 

19 are— 

20 (1) to expeditiously increase domestic produc21 tion of low-enriched uranium (referred to in this sec22 tion as ‘‘LEU’’) by an annual amount determined by 

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1 (A) the Russian Federation; and 

2 (B) the People’s Republic of China; 

3 (2) to expeditiously increase domestic produc4 tion of high-assay low-enriched uranium (referred to 

5 in this section as ‘‘HALEU’’) by an annual amount 

6 determined by the Secretary to be sufficient to meet 

7 the needs of the consortium established under sec8 tion 2001(a)(2)(F) of the Energy Policy Act of 2020 

9 (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)); 

10 (3) to ensure the availability of domestically 

11 produced and converted uranium in an amount de12 termined by the Secretary to be sufficient to address 

13 a reasonably anticipated supply disruption; 

14 (4) to promote the domestic production, conver15 sion, and enrichment of uranium; and 

16 (5) to promote the deployment of United States 

17 uranium enrichment technology. 

18 (b) DEFINITION OF PROGRAMS.—In this section, the 

19 term ‘‘Programs’’ means— 

20 (1) the Nuclear Fuel Security Program estab21 lished under subsection (c)(1); 

22 (2) the National Strategic Uranium Reserve 

23 Program established under subsection (c)(2); and 

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1 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, consistent 

2 with the objectives described in subsection (a), shall estab3 lish— 

4 (1) a program, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear 

5 Fuel Security Program’’, to reduce the reliance of 

6 the United States and ally or partner nations on nu7 clear fuels from the Russian Federation and the 

8 People’s Republic of China by increasing the 

9 amounts of LEU and HALEU produced by U.S. nu10 clear energy companies; and 

11 (2) a program, to be known as the ‘‘National 

12 Strategic Uranium Reserve Program’’, to ensure the 

13 availability of domestically produced and converted 

14 uranium in the event of a supply disruption. 

15 (d) NUCLEAR FUEL SECURITY PROGRAM.—In car16 rying out the Nuclear Fuel Security Program, the Sec17 retary shall— 

18 (1) not later than 1 year after the date of en19 actment of this Act, select 1 or more U.S. nuclear 

20 energy companies to produce LEU in amounts and 

21 timeframes specified by the Secretary; 

22 (2) not later than 1 year after the date of en23 actment of this Act, select 1 or more U.S. nuclear 

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1 (3) utilize only uranium produced and con2 verted in the United States or a country described 

3 in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 

4 2(2); 

5 (4) coordinate the operations of the Nuclear 

6 Fuel Security Program and the National Strategic 

7 Uranium Reserve Program as the Secretary deter8 mines to be appropriate; and 

9 (5) take other actions that the Secretary deter10 mines to be necessary or appropriate to reduce the 

11 reliance of the United States and ally or partner na12 tions on nuclear fuels from the Russian Federation 

13 and the People’s Republic of China. 

14 (e) NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RESERVE PRO15 GRAM.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the National 

17 Strategic Uranium Reserve Program, the Secretary 

18 shall— 

19 (A) immediately on enactment of this Act, 

20 use the funds reallocated by paragraph (2) to 

21 initiate the establishment of a National Stra22 tegic Uranium Reserve; 

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1 amounts and timeframes specified by the Sec2 retary; 

3 (C) maintain, replenish, or increase the 

4 amount of uranium in the National Strategic 

5 Uranium Reserve in a manner determined by 

6 the Secretary to be consistent with the objec7 tives described in subsection (a); 

8 (D) utilize only uranium produced and 

9 converted in the United States; 

10 (E) make uranium available from the Na11 tional Strategic Uranium Reserve, subject to 

12 terms and conditions determined by the Sec13 retary to be reasonable and appropriate; 

14 (F) coordinate the operations of the Nu15 clear Fuel Security Program and the National 

16 Strategic Uranium Reserve Program as the 

17 Secretary determines to be appropriate; and 

18 (G) take other actions that the Secretary 

19 determines to be necessary or appropriate to 

20 address a uranium supply disruption. 

21 (2) REALLOCATION.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, amounts made available to 

23 the National Nuclear Security Administration for 

24 the Uranium Reserve Program by, and described in 

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1 ‘‘WEAPONS ACTIVITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘NA2 TIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA3 TION’’ under the heading ‘‘ATOMIC ENERGY 

4 DEFENSE ACTIVITIES’’ in title III of division D 

5 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub6 lic Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1369), that remain 

7 available as of the date of enactment of this Act 

8 shall be reallocated, as directed by the Secretary, for 

9 the purpose of establishing and initiating operation 

10 of the National Strategic Uranium Reserve by— 

11 (A) continuing the activities initiated by 

12 the National Nuclear Security Administration 

13 using the amounts described in that proviso; 

14 (B) carrying out other activities consistent 

15 with the purposes for which those amounts were 

16 made available under that Act; and 

17 (C) carrying out activities in accordance 

18 with the objectives described in subsection (a). 

19 (f) CONTINUATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSURED

20 FUEL SUPPLY PROGRAM.—In carrying out the American 

21 Assured Fuel Supply Program, the Secretary shall— 

22 (1) maintain, replenish, or increase the amount 

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1 consistent with the purposes of that program and 

2 the objectives described in subsection (a); 

3 (2) make uranium available from the American 

4 Assured Fuel Supply, subject to terms and condi5 tions determined by the Secretary to be reasonable 

6 and appropriate; 

7 (3) coordinate the operations of the National 

8 Strategic Uranium Reserve Program and the Amer9 ican Assured Fuel Supply Program as the Secretary 

10 determines to be appropriate; 

11 (4) if determined by the Secretary to be appro12 priate and consistent with the objectives described in 

13 subsection (a), merge the operations of the National 

14 Strategic Uranium Reserve Program and the Amer15 ican Assured Fuel Supply Program; and 

16 (5) take other actions that the Secretary deter17 mines to be necessary or appropriate to address the 

18 purposes of the American Assured Fuel Supply Pro19 gram and the objectives described in subsection (a). 

20 (g) AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro22 grams, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec23 retary of State, may— 

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1 sion of law, enter into transactions (other than 

2 contracts, cooperative agreements, financial as3 sistance agreements, or the provision of any 

4 other financial assistance) with an ally or part5 ner nation, a U.S. energy company, or any 

6 other domestic or foreign entity for any activity 

7 to carry out the Programs, including the acqui8 sition or provision of uranium, conversion serv9 ices, enrichment services, LEU, HALEU, and 

10 related goods and services, in the same manner 

11 as the Secretary of Defense under section 4021 

12 of title 10, United States Code (other than sub13 sections (b) and (f) of that section); 

14 (B) make acquisitions for the Programs 

15 through the use of competitive selection proc16 esses that the Secretary determines to be ap17 propriate to achieve the objectives described in 

18 subsection (a) in an expeditious manner; 

19 (C)(i) establish milestones for achieving 

20 specified objectives, including the production of 

21 LEU and HALEU in amounts and timeframes 

22 specified by the Secretary; and 

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1 (D) provide loan guarantees, other finan2 cial assistance, or assistance in the form of rev3 enue guarantees or similar mechanisms; 

4 (E) charge an amount for the provision of 

5 uranium, conversion services, enrichment serv6 ices, LEU, HALEU, and other goods and serv7 ices that, in the opinion of the Secretary, pro8 vides reasonable compensation, taking into ac9 count fair market value and the objectives de10 scribed in subsection (a); and 

11 (F) notwithstanding section 3302 of title 

12 31, United States Code— 

13 (i) receive and retain revenues from 

14 the sale or transfer of uranium, LEU, or 

15 HALEU and from other activities related 

16 to the Programs; and 

17 (ii) expend those revenues for pur18 poses related to the program from which 

19 the revenues are derived. 

20 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The revenues 

21 described in paragraph (1)(F) shall remain available 

22 until expended. 

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1 tivity in connection with 1 or more of the Programs 

2 if— 

3 (A) the activity promotes manufacturing in 

4 the United States; or 

5 (B) the activity relies on resources, mate6 rials, or equipment developed or produced— 

7 (i) in the United States; or 

8 (ii) in a country described in any of 

9 subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 

10 2(2) by— 

11 (I) a U.S. nuclear energy com12 pany; 

13 (II) an ally or partner nation; or 

14 (III) an associated entity. 

15 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re16 quirements of paragraph (1) with respect to an ac17 tivity if the Secretary determines a waiver to be nec18 essary to achieve 1 or more of the objectives de19 scribed in subsection (a). 

20 (i) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary may not carry out 

21 an activity in connection with the Programs with an entity 

22 that is— 

23 (1) owned or controlled by the Government of 

24 the Russian Federation or the Government of the 

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1 (2) organized under the laws of, or otherwise 

2 subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 

3 or the People’s Republic of China. 

4 (j) NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.—The Nu5 clear Regulatory Commission shall prioritize and expedite 

6 consideration of any action related to the Programs to the 

7 extent permitted under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

8 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and related statutes. 

9 (k) USEC PRIVATIZATION ACT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of section 

11 3112 of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 2297h–10) shall not apply to activities related to the 

13 Programs. 

14 (2) AMENDMENT.—Section 3112A(c)(2)(A) of 

15 the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h– 

16 10a(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 

17 (A) in clause (xii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after 

18 the semicolon at the end; 

19 (B) by striking clauses (xiii) through 

20 (xxvii); and 

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

22 ‘‘(xiii) in calendar year 2026 and each 

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1 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi2 tion to amounts otherwise available, there are authorized 

3 to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

4 (1) for the Nuclear Fuel Security Program, 

5 $3,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2031; and 

7 (2) for the National Strategic Uranium Reserve 

8 Program and the American Assured Fuel Supply 

9 Program, such sums as are necessary for the period 

10 of fiscal years 2023 through 2030, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2031. 

12 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Nuclear 

14 Energy Act’’. 

15 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

16 In this Act: 

17 (1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 

18 ‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ has the meaning given the 

19 term in section 951(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 

20 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)). 

21 (2) ALLY OR PARTNER NATION.—The term ‘‘ally 

22 or partner nation’’ means— 

23 (A) the Government of any country that is 

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1 (B) the Government of the Republic of 

2 India; and 

3 (C) the Government of any country des4 ignated as an ally or partner nation by the Sec5 retary of State for purposes of this Act. 

6 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

7 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

8 means— 

9 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations 

10 and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen11 ate; and 

12 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and 

13 Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

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

16 the Assistant to the President and Director for Inter17 national Nuclear Energy Policy described in section 

18 3(a)(1)(D). 

19 (5) ASSOCIATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associated 

20 entity’’ means an entity that— 

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

22 (i) an ally or partner nation; or 

23 (ii) an associated individual; or 

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1 scribed in paragraph (2), including a corpora2 tion that is incorporated in a country described 

3 in that paragraph. 

4 (6) ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘associ5 ated individual’’ means a foreign national who is a 

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

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

8 means activities relating to— 

9 (A) nuclear plant construction; 

10 (B) nuclear fuel services; 

11 (C) nuclear energy financing; 

12 (D) nuclear plant operations; 

13 (E) nuclear plant regulation; 

14 (F) nuclear medicine; 

15 (G) nuclear safety; 

16 (H) community engagement in areas in 

17 reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; 

18 (I) infrastructure support for nuclear en19 ergy; 

20 (J) nuclear plant decommissioning; 

21 (K) nuclear liability; 

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1 (N) nuclear nonproliferation and security; 

2 and 

3 (O) technology related to the matters de4 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (N). 

5 (8) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NA6 TION.— 

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

8 civil nuclear energy nation’’ means a country 

9 that— 

10 (i) does not have a civil nuclear pro11 gram; 

12 (ii) is in the process of developing or 

13 expanding a civil nuclear program, includ14 ing safeguards and a legal and regulatory 

15 framework, for— 

16 (I) nuclear safety; 

17 (II) nuclear security; 

18 (III) radioactive waste manage19 ment; 

20 (IV) civil nuclear energy; 

21 (V) environmental safeguards; 

22 (VI) community engagement in 

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1 (VIII) advanced nuclear reactor 

2 licensing; 

3 (iii) is in the process of selecting, de4 veloping, constructing, or utilizing ad5 vanced light water reactors, advanced nu6 clear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear 

7 technologies; and 

8 (iv) is eligible to receive development 

9 lending from the World Bank. 

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

11 civil nuclear energy nation’’ does not include— 

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

13 (ii) the Russian Federation; 

14 (iii) the Republic of Belarus; 

15 (iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

16 (v) the Democratic People’s Republic of 

17 Korea; 

18 (vi) the Republic of Cuba; 

19 (vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Ven20 ezuela; 

21 (viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; or 

22 (ix) any other country— 

23 (I) the property or interests in 

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1 national Emergency Economic Powers 

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

3 (II) the government of which the 

4 Secretary of State has determined has 

5 repeatedly provided support for acts of 

6 international terrorism for purposes 

7 of— 

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

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 

11 (bb) section 40(d) of the 

12 Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

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

15 of the Export Control Reform Act 

16 of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

17 4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); or 

18 (dd) any other relevant pro19 vision of law. 

20 (9) NUCLEAR SAFETY.—The term ‘‘nuclear safe21 ty’’ means issues relating to the design, construction, 

22 operation, or decommissioning of nuclear facilities in 

23 a manner that ensures adequate protection of workers, 

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1 (A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors 

2 and other nuclear facilities; 

3 (B) radiological protection of— 

4 (i) members of the public; 

5 (ii) workers; and 

6 (iii) the environment; 

7 (C) nuclear waste management; 

8 (D) emergency preparedness; 

9 (E) nuclear liability; and 

10 (F) the safe transportation of nuclear mate11 rials. 

12 (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Energy. 

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

15 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec16 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

17 U.S.C. 10101). 

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

19 term ‘‘U.S. nuclear energy company’’ means a com20 pany that— 

21 (A) is organized under the laws of, or other22 wise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United 

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1 SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY. 

2 (a) WHITE HOUSE FOCAL POINT ON COORDINA3 TION.— 

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

5 importance of developing and implementing, with 

6 input from various agencies throughout the executive 

7 branch, a cohesive policy with respect to international 

8 efforts related to civil nuclear energy, it is the sense 

9 of Congress that— 

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

11 White House, which may, if determined to be ap12 propriate, report to the National Security Coun13 cil, for coordination on issues relating to those 

14 efforts; 

15 (B) to provide that focal point, the Presi16 dent should establish, within the Executive Office 

17 of the President, an office, to be known as the 

18 ‘‘Office of the Assistant to the President and Di19 rector for International Nuclear Energy Policy’’ 

20 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Office’’); 

21 (C) the Office should act as a coordinating 

22 office for— 

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1 (D) the Office should be headed by an indi2 vidual appointed as an Assistant to the Presi3 dent with the title of ‘‘Director for International 

4 Nuclear Energy Policy’’; and 

5 (E) the Office should— 

6 (i) coordinate civil nuclear export poli7 cies for the United States; 

8 (ii) develop, in coordination with the 

9 officials described in paragraph (2), a cohe10 sive Federal strategy for engagement with 

11 foreign governments (including ally or part12 ner nations and the governments of embark13 ing civil nuclear energy nations), associated 

14 entities, and associated individuals with re15 spect to civil nuclear exports; 

16 (iii) coordinate with the officials de17 scribed in paragraph (2) to ensure that nec18 essary framework agreements and trade 

19 controls relating to civil nuclear materials 

20 and technologies are in place for key mar21 kets; and 

22 (iv) develop— 

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1 (II) a whole-of-government strat2 egy for civil nuclear exports; and 

3 (III) a whole-of-government ap4 proach to support appropriate foreign 

5 investment in civil nuclear energy 

6 projects supported by the United States 

7 in embarking civil nuclear energy na8 tions. 

9 (2) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—The officials re10 ferred to in paragraph (1)(E) are— 

11 (A) the appropriate officials of— 

12 (i) the Department of State; 

13 (ii) the Department of Energy; 

14 (iii) the Department of Commerce; 

15 (iv) the Department of Transportation; 

16 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis17 sion; 

18 (vi) the Department of Defense; 

19 (vii) the National Security Council; 

20 (viii) the National Economic Council; 

21 (ix) the Office of the United States 

22 Trade Representative; 

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1 (xi) the Office of the Director of Na2 tional Intelligence; 

3 (xii) the Export-Import Bank of the 

4 United States; 

5 (xiii) the United States International 

6 Development Finance Corporation; 

7 (xiv) the United States Agency for 

8 International Development; 

9 (xv) the United States Trade and De10 velopment Agency; 

11 (xvi) the Office of Science and Tech12 nology Policy; and 

13 (xvii) any other Federal agency that 

14 the President determines to be appropriate; 

15 and 

16 (B) appropriate officials representing for17 eign countries and governments, including— 

18 (i) ally or partner nations; 

19 (ii) embarking civil nuclear energy na20 tions; and 

21 (iii) any other country or government 

22 that the Assistant (if appointed) and the of23 ficials described in subparagraph (A) joint24 ly determine to be appropriate. 

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

2 working group, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear Exports 

3 Working Group’’ (referred to in this subsection as the 

4 ‘‘working group’’). 

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

6 composed of— 

7 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected in8 ternally by the applicable Federal agency or or9 ganization, from— 

10 (i) the Department of State; 

11 (ii) the Department of Commerce; 

12 (iii) the Department of Energy; 

13 (iv) the Department of the Treasury; 

14 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

15 United States; 

16 (vi) the United States International 

17 Development Finance Corporation; 

18 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis19 sion; 

20 (viii) the Office of the United States 

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1 cy or organization, from any other Federal agen2 cy or organization that the Secretary determines 

3 to be appropriate. 

4 (3) REPORTING.—The working group shall re5 port to the appropriate White House official, which 

6 may be the Assistant (if appointed). 

7 (4) DUTIES.—The working group shall coordi8 nate, not less frequently than quarterly, with the Civil 

9 Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee of the Department 

10 of Commerce, the Nuclear Energy Advisory Com11 mittee of the Department of Energy, and other advi12 sory or stakeholder groups, as necessary, to maintain 

13 an accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the standing 

14 of civil nuclear exports from the United States, in15 cluding with respect to meeting the targets established 

16 as part of the 10-year civil nuclear trade strategy de17 scribed in paragraph (5)(A). 

18 (5) STRATEGY.— 

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

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the work21 ing group shall establish a 10-year civil nuclear 

22 trade strategy, including biennial targets for the 

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1 clear materials, and nuclear fuel that align with 

2 meeting international energy demand while seek3 ing to avoid or reduce emissions. 

4 (B) COLLABORATION REQUIRED.—In estab5 lishing the strategy under subparagraph (A), the 

6 working group shall collaborate with— 

7 (i) the Secretary; 

8 (ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 

9 (iii) the Secretary of State; 

10 (iv) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

11 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis12 sion; 

13 (vi) the President of the Export-Import 

14 Bank of the United States; 

15 (vii) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

16 United States International Development 

17 Finance Corporation; 

18 (viii) the United States Trade Rep19 resentative; and 

20 (ix) representatives of private industry. 

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

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall launch, in ac23 cordance with applicable nuclear technology export laws 

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1 ernize the civil nuclear outreach to embarking civil nuclear 

2 energy nations. 

3 (b) FINANCING.—In carrying out the initiative de4 scribed in subsection (a), the President, acting through an 

5 appropriate Federal official, who may be the Assistant (if 

6 appointed) or the Chief Executive Officer of the Inter7 national Development Finance Corporation, if determined 

8 to be appropriate, and in coordination with the officials 

9 described in section 3(a)(2), may, if the President deter10 mines to be appropriate, seek to establish cooperative fi11 nancing relationships for the export of civil nuclear tech12 nology, components, materials, and infrastructure to em13 barking civil nuclear energy nations. 

14 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the initiative de15 scribed in subsection (a), the President shall— 

16 (1) assist nongovernmental organizations and 

17 appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, labora18 tories, and programs of the Department of Energy 

19 and other relevant Federal agencies and offices in 

20 providing education and training to foreign govern21 ments in nuclear safety, security, and safeguards— 

22 (A) through engagement with the Inter23 national Atomic Energy Agency; or 

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1 under the circumstances to provide the applica2 ble education and training independently; 

3 (2) assist the efforts of the International Atomic 

4 Energy Agency to expand the support provided by the 

5 International Atomic Energy Agency to embarking 

6 civil nuclear energy nations for nuclear safety, secu7 rity, and safeguards; 

8 (3) coordinate the work of the Chief Executive 

9 Officer of the United States International Develop10 ment Finance Corporation to expand outreach to the 

11 private investment community to create public-pri12 vate financing relationships to assist in the export of 

13 civil nuclear technology to embarking civil nuclear 

14 energy nations; 

15 (4) seek to better coordinate, to the maximum ex16 tent practicable, the work carried out by each of— 

17 (A) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

18 (B) the Department of Energy; 

19 (C) the Department of Commerce; 

20 (D) the Nuclear Energy Agency; 

21 (E) the International Atomic Energy Agen22 cy; and 

23 (F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and or24 ganizations of embarking civil nuclear energy 

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1 (5) improve the efficient and effective exporting 

2 and importing of civil nuclear technologies and mate3 rials. 

4 SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 

5 ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS AND EMBARKING 

6 CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NATIONS. 

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

8 appropriate White House official, who may be the Assistant 

9 (if appointed), and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 

10 States International Development Finance Corporation to 

11 coordinate with the officials described in section 3(a)(2) to 

12 develop, as the President determines to be appropriate, fi13 nancing relationships with ally or partner nations to ad14 vance civil nuclear exports from the United States or ally 

15 or partner nations to embarking civil nuclear energy na16 tions. 

17 (b) UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS CLAUSES.— 

18 (1) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES COMPETI19 TIVENESS CLAUSE.—In this subsection, the term 

20 ‘‘United States competitiveness clause’’ means any 

21 United States competitiveness provision in any agree22 ment entered into by the Department of Energy, in23 cluding— 

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1 (B) a cooperative research and development 

2 agreement; and 

3 (C) a patent waiver. 

4 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out subsection 

5 (a), the relevant officials described in that subsection 

6 shall consider the impact of United States competi7 tiveness clauses on any financing relationships en8 tered into or proposed to be entered into under that 

9 subsection. 

10 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall facilitate 

11 waivers of United States competitiveness clauses as 

12 necessary to facilitate financing relationships with 

13 ally or partner nations under subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 6. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS 

15 ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR DEM16 ONSTRATION AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 

17 FACILITIES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY. 

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

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

20 coordination with the Secretary and the Secretary of Com21 merce, shall conduct bilateral and multilateral meetings 

22 with not fewer than 5 ally or partner nations, with the aim 

23 of enhancing nuclear energy cooperation among those ally 

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1 search, development, licensing, and deployment of advanced 

2 nuclear reactor technologies for civil nuclear energy. 

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-year 

8 period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 

9 to provide options for addressing climate change by 

10 2050; 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 research 

18 facilities. 

19 (c) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS.—In conducting the 

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

21 in coordination with the Secretary and the Secretary of 

22 Commerce, shall seek to develop financing arrangements to 

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1 research facilities with the ally or partner nations partici2 pating in those meetings. 

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

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

5 and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly submit to Con6 gress 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 into 

10 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 following: 

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

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

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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1 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

3 ‘‘preparations for’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by strik5 ing the period at the end and inserting a 

6 semicolon; and 

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

8 ‘‘(3) to support, in consultation with the Sec9 retary of State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of 

10 civil nuclear technology in countries developing nu11 clear energy programs, with a focus on countries that 

12 have increased civil nuclear cooperation with the Rus13 sian Federation or the People’s Republic of China; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(4) to promote the fullest utilization of the reac16 tors, fuel, equipment, services, and technology of U.S. 

17 nuclear energy companies (as defined in section 2 of 

18 the International Nuclear Energy Act) in civil nu19 clear energy programs outside the United States 

20 through— 

21 ‘‘(A) bilateral and multilateral arrange22 ments developed and executed in coordination 

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1 clear energy companies (as defined in that sec2 tion); 

3 ‘‘(B) the designation of 1 or more U.S. nu4 clear energy companies (as defined in that sec5 tion) to implement an arrangement under sub6 paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 

7 the designation is necessary and appropriate to 

8 achieve the objectives of this section; 

9 ‘‘(C) the waiver of any provision of law re10 lating to competition with respect to any activ11 ity related to an arrangement under subpara12 graph (A) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

13 the Attorney General and the Secretary of Com14 merce, determines that a waiver is necessary and 

15 appropriate to achieve the objectives of this sec16 tion; and 

17 ‘‘(D) the issuance of loans, loan guarantees, 

18 other financial assistance, or assistance in the 

19 form of an equity interest to carry out activities 

20 related to an arrangement under subparagraph 

21 (A), to the extent appropriated funds are avail22 able.’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program under subsection 

25 (a) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to the function described in 

2 subsection (a)(3), be modeled after the International 

3 Military Education and Training program of the De4 partment of State; and 

5 ‘‘(2) be authorized and directed by the Secretary 

6 of State and implemented by the Secretary— 

7 ‘‘(A) to facilitate, to the maximum extent 

8 practicable, workshops and expert-based ex9 changes to engage industry, stakeholders, and 

10 foreign governments with respect to international 

11 civil nuclear issues, such as— 

12 ‘‘(i) training; 

13 ‘‘(ii) financing; 

14 ‘‘(iii) safety; 

15 ‘‘(iv) security; 

16 ‘‘(v) safeguards; 

17 ‘‘(vi) liability; 

18 ‘‘(vii) advanced fuels; 

19 ‘‘(viii) operations; and 

20 ‘‘(ix) options for multinational co21 operation with respect to the disposal of 

22 spent nuclear fuel (as defined in section 2 

23 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

24 U.S.C. 10101)); and 

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1 ‘‘(i) the National Security Council; 

2 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of State; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Commerce; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis5 sion. 

6 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 

8 subsection (a)(3) $15,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

9 through 2027.’’. 

10 SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUP11 PORT. 

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

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

14 coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if ap15 pointed), shall launch an international initiative (referred 

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

17 assistance to, and facilitate the building of technical capac18 ities by, in accordance with this section, embarking civil 

19 nuclear energy nations for activities relating to the develop20 ment of civil nuclear energy programs. 

21 (b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initiative, 

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1 clear energy nations in accordance with this sub2 section— 

3 (A) for activities relating to the development 

4 of civil nuclear energy programs; and 

5 (B) to facilitate the building of technical ca6 pacities for those activities. 

7 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant of finan8 cial assistance under paragraph (1) shall be not more 

9 than $5,500,000. 

10 (3) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary of State, in co11 ordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if 

12 appointed), may award— 

13 (A) not more than 1 grant of financial as14 sistance under paragraph (1) to any 1 embark15 ing civil nuclear energy nation each fiscal year; 

16 and 

17 (B) not more than a total of 5 grants of fi18 nancial assistance under paragraph (1) to any 1 

19 embarking civil nuclear energy nation. 

20 (c) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initiative, 

22 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec23 retary and the Assistant (if appointed), may provide 

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1 U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 or more senior 

2 advisors to assist the embarking civil nuclear energy 

3 nation in establishing a civil nuclear program. 

4 (2) REQUIREMENT.—A senior advisor described 

5 in paragraph (1) shall have relevant experience and 

6 qualifications to advise the embarking civil nuclear 

7 energy nation on, and facilitate on behalf of the em8 barking civil nuclear energy nation, 1 or more of the 

9 following activities: 

10 (A) The development of financing relation11 ships. 

12 (B) The development of a standardized fi13 nancing and project management framework for 

14 the construction of nuclear power plants. 

15 (C) The development of a standardized li16 censing framework for— 

17 (i) light water civil nuclear tech18 nologies; and 

19 (ii) non-light water civil nuclear tech20 nologies and advanced nuclear reactors. 

21 (D) The identification of qualified organiza22 tions and service providers. 

23 (E) The identification of funds to support 

24 payment for services required to develop a civil 

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1 (F) Market analysis. 

2 (G) The identification of the safety, secu3 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance re4 quired for a civil nuclear program. 

5 (H) Risk allocation, risk management, and 

6 nuclear liability. 

7 (I) Technical assessments of nuclear reac8 tors and technologies. 

9 (J) The identification of actions necessary 

10 to participate in a global nuclear liability re11 gime based on the Convention on Supplementary 

12 Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, 

13 done at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15– 

14 415). 

15 (K) Stakeholder engagement. 

16 (L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and 

17 nuclear waste. 

18 (M) Any other major activities to support 

19 the establishment of a civil nuclear program, 

20 such as the establishment of export, financing, 

21 construction, training, operations, and education 

22 requirements. 

23 (3) CLARIFICATION.—Financial assistance under 

24 this subsection may be provided to an embarking civil 

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1 assistance provided to that embarking civil nuclear 

2 energy nation under subsection (b). 

3 (d) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO EMBARKING CIVIL

4 NUCLEAR ENERGY NATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Offices of the Inspec6 tors General for the Department of State and the Depart7 ment of Energy shall coordinate— 

8 (1) to establish and submit to the appropriate 

9 committees of Congress a joint strategic plan to con10 duct comprehensive oversight of activities authorized 

11 under this section to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse; 

12 and 

13 (2) to engage in independent and effective over14 sight of activities authorized under this section 

15 through joint or individual audits, inspections, inves16 tigations, or evaluations. 

17 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to 

19 carry out the initiative $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

20 2023 through 2027. 

21 SEC. 9. BIENNIAL CABINET-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CON22 FERENCE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, 

23 SAFEGUARDS, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 

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1 dent, and industry, shall hold a biennial conference on civil 

2 nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability (re3 ferred to in this section as a ‘‘conference’’). 

4 (b) CONFERENCE FUNCTIONS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that each conference should— 

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

7 may engage with each other for the purpose of rein8 forcing the commitment to— 

9 (A) nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and 

10 sustainability; 

11 (B) environmental safeguards; and 

12 (C) local community engagement in areas 

13 in reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; and 

14 (2) facilitate— 

15 (A) the development of— 

16 (i) joint commitments and goals to im17 prove— 

18 (I) nuclear safety, security, safe19 guards, and sustainability; 

20 (II) environmental safeguards; 

21 and 

22 (III) local community engagement 

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1 (ii) stronger international institutions 

2 that support nuclear safety, security, safe3 guards, and sustainability; 

4 (iii) cooperative financing relation5 ships to promote competitive alternatives to 

6 Chinese and Russian financing; 

7 (iv) a standardized financing and 

8 project management framework for the con9 struction of civil nuclear power plants; 

10 (v) a standardized licensing framework 

11 for civil nuclear technologies; 

12 (vi) a strategy to change internal poli13 cies of multinational development banks, 

14 such as the World Bank, to support the fi15 nancing of civil nuclear projects; 

16 (vii) a document containing any les17 sons learned from countries that have 

18 partnered with the Russian Federation or 

19 the People’s Republic of China with respect 

20 to civil nuclear power, including any detri21 mental outcomes resulting from that part22 nership; and 

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1 (B) cooperation for enhancing the overall 

2 aspects of civil nuclear power, such as— 

3 (i) nuclear safety, security, safeguards, 

4 and sustainability; 

5 (ii) nuclear laws (including regula6 tions); 

7 (iii) waste management; 

8 (iv) quality management systems; 

9 (v) technology transfer; 

10 (vi) human resources development; 

11 (vii) localization; 

12 (viii) reactor operations; 

13 (ix) nuclear liability; and 

14 (x) decommissioning; and 

15 (C) the development and determination of 

16 the mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) and 

17 (8) of section 10(a), if the President intends to 

18 establish an Advanced Reactor Coordination and 

19 Resource Center as described in that section. 

20 (c) INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.—It is 

21 the sense of Congress that each conference should include 

22 a meeting that convenes nuclear industry leaders and lead23 ers of government agencies with expertise relating to nu24 clear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability to dis25 cuss best practices relating to— 


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1 (1) the safe and secure use, storage, and trans2 port of nuclear and radiological materials; 

3 (2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nu4 clear and radiological security; and 

5 (3) the role that the nuclear industry should play 

6 in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and safe7 guards, including with respect to the safe and secure 

8 use, storage, and transport of nuclear and radio9 logical materials, including spent nuclear fuel and 

10 nuclear waste. 

11 SEC. 10. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RE12 SOURCE CENTER. 

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

14 feasibility of leveraging existing activities or frameworks or, 

15 as necessary, establishing a center, to be known as the ‘‘Ad16 vanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center’’ (re17 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’), for the purposes 

18 of— 

19 (1) identifying qualified organizations and serv20 ice providers— 

21 (A) for embarking civil nuclear energy na22 tions; 

23 (B) to develop and assemble documents, con24 tracts, and related items required to establish a 

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1 (C) to develop a standardized model for the 

2 establishment of a civil nuclear program that 

3 can be used by the International Atomic Energy 

4 Agency; 

5 (2) coordinating with countries participating in 

6 the Center and with the Nuclear Exports Working 

7 Group established under section 3(b)— 

8 (A) to identify funds to support payment 

9 for services required to develop a civil nuclear 

10 program; 

11 (B) to provide market analysis; and 

12 (C) to create— 

13 (i) project structure models; 

14 (ii) models for electricity market anal15 ysis; 

16 (iii) models for nonelectric applica17 tions market analysis; and 

18 (iv) financial models; 

19 (3) identifying and developing the safety, secu20 rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance required for 

21 a civil nuclear program; 

22 (4) supporting multinational regulatory stand23 ards to be developed by countries with civil nuclear 

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1 (5) developing and strengthening communica2 tions, engagement, and consensus-building; 

3 (6) carrying out any other major activities to 

4 support export, financing, education, construction, 

5 training, and education requirements relating to the 

6 establishment of a civil nuclear program; 

7 (7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and 

8 staff the Center; and 

9 (8) determining mechanisms for the selection of 

10 the location or locations of the Center. 

11 (b) OBJECTIVE.—The President shall carry out sub12 section (a) with the objective of establishing the Center if 

13 the President determines that it is feasible to do so. 

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

15 UNITED STATES. 

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

17 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is amend18 ed, in the second sentence— 

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

20 ‘‘No license’’; and 

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

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1 tence, by inserting ‘‘for a production facility’’ after ‘‘No li2 cense’’. 

3 SEC. 12. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING 

4 GROUP. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a working 

6 group, to be known as the ‘‘Strategic Infrastructure Fund 

7 Working Group’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘working 

8 group’’). 

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 relat13 ing to the working group; and 

14 (2) composed of— 

15 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected by 

16 the head of the applicable Federal agency or or17 ganization, 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 

23 United States; 

24 (vi) the United States International 

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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 agen5 cy or organization, from any other Federal agen6 cy or organization that the Secretary determines 

7 to be appropriate; and 

8 (C) any senior-level Federal official selected 

9 by the White House official described in para10 graph (1) from any Federal agency or organiza11 tion. 

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 Infra19 structure Fund (referred to in this subsection as the 

20 ‘‘Fund’’) to be used— 

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

23 (i) civil nuclear technologies; 

24 (ii) rare earth elements and critical 

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1 the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 

2 1606(a))); and 

3 (iii) microprocessors; and 

4 (B) for strategic investments identified by 

5 the working group; and 

6 (2) address critical areas in determining the ap7 propriate design for the Fund, including— 

8 (A) transfer of assets to the Fund; 

9 (B) transfer of assets from the Fund; 

10 (C) how assets in the Fund should be in11 vested; and 

12 (D) governance and implementation of the 

13 Fund. 

14 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

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

17 group shall submit to the committees described in 

18 paragraph (2) a report on the findings of the working 

19 group that includes suggested legislative text for how 

20 to establish and structure a Strategic Infrastructure 

21 Fund. 

22 (2) COMMITTEES DESCRIBED.—The committees 

23 referred to in paragraph (1) are— 

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1 tation, the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 

3 the Committee on Environment and Public 

4 Works, and the Committee on Finance of the 

5 Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

7 Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com8 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

9 Science, Space, and Technology, and the Com10 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep11 resentatives. 

12 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND.—The report 

13 submitted under paragraph (1) shall include sug14 gested legislative language requiring all expenditures 

15 from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund established in 

16 accordance with this section to be administered by the 

17 Secretary of State (or a designee of the Secretary of 

18 State). 

19 SEC. 13. BRIEFINGS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY OF NEW EX20 PORTS OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS. 

21 Before the United States may export an advanced nu22 clear reactor to a country that has not previously received 

23 an advanced nuclear reactor from the United States, the 

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1 provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Con2 gress that addresses whether the country— 

3 (1) is technically equipped to safely operate and 

4 maintain the advanced nuclear reactor; and 

5 (2) has a transparency plan in place for over6 sight of any assistance received from the United 

7 States Government for the purpose of purchasing the 

8 advanced nuclear reactor. 

9 SEC. 14. ENSURING CONTINUED SAFETY AND SECURITY 

10 OVERSIGHT OF ENHANCED ENERGY CO11 OPERATION. 

12 (a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

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

15 State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 

16 shall jointly brief the committees of Congress described 

17 in paragraph (2) on the procedures being used to 

18 mitigate any nuclear proliferation risks of— 

19 (A) any recommendations for enhanced en20 ergy cooperation that may emerge from the meet21 ings described in section 6(a); or 

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1 (2) COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DESCRIBED.— 

2 The committees of Congress referred to in paragraph 

3 (1) are— 

4 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

5 Energy and Natural Resources, and Armed Serv6 ices of the Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, En8 ergy and Commerce, and Armed Services of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF NUCLEAR REAC11 TORS TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—On and after the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act, an advanced nuclear reactor may 

13 not be exported from the United States to a country unless 

14 that country— 

15 (1) has signed an additional protocol to its com16 prehensive safeguards agreement with the Inter17 national Atomic Energy Agency; or 

18 (2) has put in place a comprehensive safeguards 

19 agreement and is working toward signing an addi20 tional protocol with the International Atomic Energy 

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1 SEC. 15. JOINT ASSESSMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 

2 STATES AND INDIA ON NUCLEAR LIABILITY 

3 RULES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consulta5 tion with the heads of other relevant Federal departments 

6 and agencies, shall establish and maintain within the U.S.- 

7 India Strategic Security Dialogue a joint consultative 

8 mechanism with the Government of the Republic of India 

9 that convenes on a recurring basis— 

10 (1) to assess the implementation of the Agree11 ment for Cooperation between the Government of the 

12 United States of America and the Government of 

13 India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, 

14 signed at Washington October 10, 2008 (TIAS 08– 

15 1206); 

16 (2) to discuss opportunities for the Republic of 

17 India to align domestic nuclear liability rules with 

18 international norms; and 

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

20 and the Republic of India to pursue bilateral and 

21 multilateral diplomatic engagements related to ana22 lyzing and implementing those opportunities. 

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

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

25 5 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

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1 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

2 report that describes the joint assessment developed pursu3 ant to subsection (a)(1). 

4 SEC. 16. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ZAPORIZHZHIA NU5 CLEAR POWER PLANT. 

6 (a) BRIEFING.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 State shall provide a briefing to the appropriate com10 mittees of Congress regarding the capture of the 

11 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian armed 

12 forces. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The briefing required by 

14 paragraph (1) shall focus on— 

15 (A) events leading up to the capture of the 

16 Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian 

17 armed forces; 

18 (B) ongoing efforts to ensure the continued 

19 operation of the reactor and the safety and secu20 rity of the plant; 

21 (C) efforts to mitigate potential risks to the 

22 surrounding civilian population; and 

23 (D) any safety and security measures im24 plemented since the capture. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 State shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

4 Congress a report outlining lessons learned from at5 tacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in6 cluding— 

7 (A) the efforts to ensure the safety and secu8 rity of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; 

9 (B) how those lessons can be applied to 

10 other nuclear sites in Ukraine while there is an 

11 ongoing threat of armed conflict in Ukraine; and 

12 (C) how those lessons could apply to other 

13 nuclear power plants in the event of armed con14 flict. 

15 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

16 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

17 but may include a classified annex. 


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Calendar No. 604 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4064 

A BILL 

To facilitate the development of a whole-of-governclear exports. ment strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuDECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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