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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 

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: 

8 (1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 

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


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

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

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

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

5 each of the following: 

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

7 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

8 (B) Japan. 

9 (C) The Republic of Korea. 

10 (D) Australia. 

11 (E) Switzerland. 

12 (F) Sweden. 

13 (G) Finland. 

14 (H) Any other country designated as an 

15 ally or partner nation by the Secretary of State 

16 for purposes of this Act. 

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

18 the Assistant to the President and Director for Nu19 clear Energy Policy described in section 3(a)(3)(A). 

20 (4) ASSOCIATED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associ21 ated entity’’ means an entity that— 

22 (A) is owned, controlled, or dominated 

23 by— 

24 (i) an ally or partner nation; or 

25 (ii) an associated individual; or 


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1 (B) is organized under the laws of, or oth2 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country 

3 described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 

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

5 that is incorporated in a country described in 

6 any of those subparagraphs. 

7 (5) ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘asso8 ciated individual’’ means an alien who is a national 

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

10 through (H) of paragraph (2). 

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

12 Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Cen13 ter established under section 11. 

14 (7) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NA15 TION.—The term ‘‘embarking civil nuclear energy 

16 nation’’ means a country that— 

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

18 (B) is in the process of developing or ex19 panding a civil nuclear program, including safe20 guards and a legal and regulatory framework, 

21 for— 

22 (i) nuclear safety; 

23 (ii) nuclear security; 

24 (iii) radioactive waste management; 

25 (iv) civil nuclear energy; 


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1 (v) nuclear liability; or 

2 (vi) advanced nuclear reactor licens3 ing; or 

4 (C) is in the process of selecting, devel5 oping, constructing, or utilizing advanced light 

6 water reactors, advanced nuclear reactors, or 

7 advanced nuclear technologies. 

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

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

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

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

12 (9) LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.—The term ‘‘low13 enriched uranium’’ means each of— 

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

15 section 3102 of the USEC Privatization Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 2297h)); and 

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

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

19 2297h–10a(a))). 

20 (10) NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RE21 SERVE.—The term ‘‘National Strategic Uranium Re22 serve’’ means the National Strategic Uranium Re23 serve established under section 16(e)(1)(A). 

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

25 safety’’ means issues relating to— 


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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 ma11 terials. 

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

13 means the Secretary of Energy. 

14 (13) 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 (14) TEAM USA.—The term ‘‘Team USA’’ 

19 means the interagency initiative to identify opportu20 nities in emerging economies, embarking civil nu21 clear energy nations, and ally or partner nations for 

22 topics such as— 

23 (A) nuclear plant construction; 

24 (B) nuclear fuel services; 

25 (C) nuclear energy financing; 


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1 (D) nuclear plant operations; 

2 (E) nuclear plant regulation; 

3 (F) nuclear medicine; 

4 (G) infrastructure support for nuclear en5 ergy; 

6 (H) nuclear plant decommissioning; 

7 (I) nuclear liability; 

8 (J) storage and disposal of spent nuclear 

9 fuel; and 

10 (K) technology related to the matters de11 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (J). 

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

13 term ‘‘U.S. nuclear energy company’’ means a com14 pany that— 

15 (A) is organized under the laws of, or oth16 erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United 

17 States; and 

18 (B) is involved in the nuclear energy indus19 try. 

20 SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY. 

21 (a) OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT

22 AND DIRECTOR FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

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

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1 dent and Director for Nuclear Energy Policy’’ (re2 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Office’’). 

3 (2) MISSION.—The Office shall act as the sin4 gle coordinating office for— 

5 (A) civil nuclear cooperation; and 

6 (B) civil nuclear export strategy. 

7 (3) LEADERSHIP.— 

8 (A) ASSISTANT.— 

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

10 headed by the Assistant to the President 

11 and Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, 

12 who shall be appointed by the President. 

13 (ii) REPORTING.—The Assistant shall 

14 report directly to the President. 

15 (B) DEPUTY ASSISTANT.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant shall 

17 appoint a Deputy Assistant with experi18 ence in advising on civil nuclear project de19 velopment and financing. 

20 (ii) REPORTING.—The Deputy Assist21 ant shall report directly to the Assistant. 

22 (4) DUTIES.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant, in con24 sultation with the Deputy Assistant, shall— 


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1 (i) coordinate the civil nuclear export 

2 policy of the United States; 

3 (ii) develop a cohesive Federal strat4 egy for engagement with foreign govern5 ments (including ally or partner nations 

6 and the governments of embarking civil 

7 nuclear energy nations), associated enti8 ties, associated individuals, and inter9 national lending institutions with respect 

10 to civil nuclear exports; 

11 (iii) coordinate with the officials de12 scribed in subparagraph (B) to ensure that 

13 necessary framework agreements and trade 

14 controls relating to civil nuclear materials 

15 and technologies are in place for key mar16 kets; and 

17 (iv) develop— 

18 (I) a whole-of-government coordi19 nating strategy for civil nuclear co20 operation; 

21 (II) a whole-of-government strat22 egy for civil nuclear exports; and 

23 (III) a whole-of-government ap24 proach to support foreign investment 

25 in domestic construction projects. 


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1 (B) OFFICIALS DESCRIBED.—The officials 

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

3 (i) the appropriate officials of— 

4 (I) the Department of State; 

5 (II) the Department of Energy; 

6 (III) the Department of Com7 merce; 

8 (IV) the Nuclear Regulatory 

9 Commission; 

10 (V) the Department of Defense; 

11 (VI) the National Security Coun12 cil; 

13 (VII) the National Economic 

14 Council; 

15 (VIII) the Office of the United 

16 States Trade Representative; 

17 (IX) the Office of Management 

18 and Budget; 

19 (X) the Office of the Director of 

20 National Intelligence; 

21 (XI) the Export-Import Bank of 

22 the United States; 

23 (XII) the United States Inter24 national Development Finance Cor25 poration; 


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1 (XIII) the United States Trade 

2 and Development Agency; and 

3 (XIV) the Office of Science and 

4 Technology Policy; and 

5 (ii) appropriate officials representing 

6 foreign countries and governments, includ7 ing— 

8 (I) ally or partner nations; 

9 (II) embarking civil nuclear en10 ergy nations; and 

11 (III) any other country or gov12 ernment that the Assistant, in con13 sultation with the Deputy Assistant 

14 and the officials described in clause 

15 (i), determines to be appropriate. 

16 (5) STAFF.— 

17 (A) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant shall 

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

20 more than 6, Senior Advisors to assist in 

21 the mission of the Office. 

22 (ii) REQUIREMENT.—The Senior Ad23 visors selected under clause (i) shall be 

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1 try and government backgrounds, including 

2 individuals with backgrounds in— 

3 (I) project financing; 

4 (II) construction development 

5 and management; 

6 (III) contract structuring, risk 

7 allocation, and nuclear liability; 

8 (IV) regulatory, licensing, and 

9 safeguards processes; 

10 (V) civil nuclear electric and non11 electric applications of nuclear tech12 nologies; 

13 (VI) government-to-government 

14 negotiations; 

15 (VII) social acceptance and envi16 ronmental justice; 

17 (VIII) human infrastructure de18 velopment; 

19 (IX) major project development; 

20 (X) international infrastructure 

21 financing; and 

22 (XI) nuclear safety and security 

23 requirements. 


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1 (B) OTHER STAFF.—The Assistant may 

2 hire such other additional personnel as may be 

3 necessary to carry out the mission of the Office. 

4 (6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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

7 2023 through 2027. 

8 (b) NUCLEAR EXPORTS WORKING GROUP.— 

9 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

10 working group, to be known as the ‘‘Nuclear Ex11 ports Working Group’’ (referred to in this subsection 

12 as the ‘‘working group’’). 

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

14 composed of— 

15 (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected 

16 internally by the applicable Federal agency or 

17 organization, from— 

18 (i) the Department of State; 

19 (ii) the Department of Commerce; 

20 (iii) the Department of Energy; 

21 (iv) the Department of the Treasury; 

22 (v) the Export-Import Bank of the 

23 United States; 

24 (vi) the United States International 

25 Development Finance Corporation; 


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1 (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis2 sion; 

3 (viii) the Office of the United States 

4 Trade Representative; and 

5 (ix) the United States Trade and De6 velopment Agency; 

7 (B) other senior-level Federal officials, se8 lected internally by the applicable Federal agen9 cy or organization, from any other Federal 

10 agency or organization that the Secretary deter11 mines to be appropriate; and 

12 (C) any senior-level Federal official se13 lected by the Assistant from any Federal agen14 cy or organization. 

15 (3) REPORTING.—The working group shall re16 port to the Assistant. 

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

18 (A) provide direction and advice to the As19 sistant; and 

20 (B) submit to the Civil Nuclear Trade Ad21 visory Committee of the Department of Com22 merce and the Nuclear Energy Advisory Com23 mittee of the Department of Energy quarterly 

24 reports on the standing of civil nuclear exports 

25 from the United States, including with respect 


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1 to meeting the targets established as part of the 

2 5-year civil nuclear trade strategy described in 

3 paragraph (5)(A). 

4 (5) STRATEGY.— 

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

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

7 working group shall establish a 10-year civil nu8 clear trade strategy, including biennial targets 

9 for the export of civil nuclear technologies, in10 cluding light water and non-light water reactors 

11 and associated equipment and technologies, civil 

12 nuclear materials, and nuclear fuel that align 

13 with meeting international energy demand while 

14 seeking to avoid or reduce emissions. 

15 (B) COLLABORATION REQUIRED.—In es16 tablishing the strategy under subparagraph (A), 

17 the working group shall collaborate with— 

18 (i) the Secretary; 

19 (ii) the Secretary of Commerce; 

20 (iii) the Secretary of State; 

21 (iv) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

22 (v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis23 sion; 

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1 (vii) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

2 United States International Development 

3 Finance Corporation; 

4 (viii) the United States Trade Rep5 resentative; and 

6 (ix) representatives of private indus7 try. 

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

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi10 nation with the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Com11 mission, Team USA, and the Assistant, shall launch, in 

12 accordance with applicable nuclear technology export laws 

13 (including regulations), an international initiative to mod14 ernize the civil nuclear outreach carried out by the United 

15 States for the purpose of establishing cooperative financ16 ing relationships for the export of civil nuclear technology, 

17 components, materials, and infrastructure to countries in 

18 the coalition described in subsection (b). 

19 (b) COALITION DESCRIBED.—The coalition referred 

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

21 (1) is developed for purposes of carrying out 

22 the initiative described in subsection (a); and 

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

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1 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the initiative de2 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall— 

3 (1) assist nongovernmental organizations and 

4 appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, lab5 oratories, and programs of the Department of En6 ergy in providing education and training to foreign 

7 governments in nuclear safety, security, and safe8 guards— 

9 (A) through engagement with the Inter10 national Atomic Energy Agency; or 

11 (B) independently, if the applicable entity 

12 determines that it would be more advantageous 

13 under the circumstances to provide the applica14 ble education and training independently; 

15 (2) assist the efforts of the International Atom16 ic Energy Agency to expand the support provided by 

17 the International Atomic Energy Agency to embark18 ing civil nuclear energy nations for nuclear safety, 

19 security, and safeguards; 

20 (3) expand outreach by the Assistant to the pri21 vate investment community to create public-private 

22 financing relationships to assist in the export of civil 

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

2 practicable, the work carried out by each of— 

3 (A) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

4 (B) the Department of Energy; 

5 (C) the Department of Commerce; 

6 (D) the International Atomic Energy 

7 Agency; 

8 (E) the Nuclear Energy Agency; and 

9 (F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and or10 ganizations of embarking civil nuclear energy 

11 nations and ally or partner nations; and 

12 (5) improve the regulatory framework to allow 

13 for the expeditious exporting and importing of civil 

14 nuclear technologies and materials. 

15 SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH 

16 ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS AND EMBARK17 ING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NATIONS. 

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, and the Chief 

21 Executive Officer of the United States International De22 velopment Finance Corporation, in coordination with the 

23 Assistant, shall develop cooperative financing relationships 

24 with ally or partner nations or embarking civil nuclear en25 ergy nations to advance civil nuclear exports from the 


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1 United States to ally or partner nations or embarking civil 

2 nuclear energy nations. 

3 (b) UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS CLAUSES.— 

4 (1) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES COMPETI5 TIVENESS CLAUSE.—In this subsection, the term 

6 ‘‘United States competitiveness clause’’ means any 

7 United States competitiveness provision in any 

8 agreement entered into by the Department of En9 ergy, including— 

10 (A) a cooperative agreement; 

11 (B) a cooperative research and develop12 ment agreement; and 

13 (C) a patent waiver. 

14 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out sub15 section (a), the Secretary, the Secretary of State, 

16 the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the Ex17 port-Import Bank of the United States, and the 

18 Chief Executive Officer of the United States Inter19 national Development Finance Corporation shall 

20 consider the impact of United States competitiveness 

21 clauses on any cooperative financing relationships 

22 entered into or proposed to be entered into under 

23 that subsection. 

24 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall facilitate 

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1 necessary to facilitate cooperative financing relation2 ships with ally or partner nations or embarking civil 

3 nuclear energy nations under subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 6. FAST-TRACK PROCEDURES AND EXPORT CON5 TROLS. 

6 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a regulation 

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

9 to establish fast-track procedures for obtaining specific 

10 authorizations for exports, which may be similar to exist11 ing fast-track procedures in existing Federal export-con12 trol regulations— 

13 (1) for deemed exports to— 

14 (A) a list of countries defined by the Sec15 retary; 

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

18 (C) a list of countries defined by the Sec19 retary of the Treasury; 

20 (D) a list of countries defined by the Sec21 retary of Commerce; or 

22 (E) destinations based on country criteria 

23 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 

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


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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, 

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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; 

21 (iii) models for nonelectric applica22 tions market analysis; and 

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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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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 

24 ‘‘by the People’s Republic of China or’’; 

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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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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 

24 energy companies to produce HALEU in amounts 

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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; 

23 (B) make the National Strategic Uranium 

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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 

23 of uranium in the National Strategic Uranium Re24 serve in a manner determined by the Secretary to be 


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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. 

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