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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5750 

To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Secretary of Energy, 

and the Secretary of Agriculture to collaborate to determine the feasibility of creating the Green Nuclear Fertilizer Program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 

Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Secretary 

of Energy, and the Secretary of Agriculture to collaborate to determine the feasibility of creating the Green 

Nuclear Fertilizer Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Nuclear Fer5 tilizer Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Green fertilizers, such as those produced by 

4 energy generated by an advanced nuclear reactor, 

5 are nitrate-based mineral fertilizers with the same 

6 chemical and physical composition as fertilizers pro7 duced with fossil fuels, but have a lower carbon foot8 print. 

9 (2) Pink hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced 

10 through electrolysis generated by nuclear energy, in11 cluding energy generated by advanced nuclear reac12 tors. 

13 (3) In 2023, approximately 95 percent of the 

14 hydrogen produced in the United States came from 

15 natural gas through a process called steam methane 

16 reforming. 

17 (4) Hydrogen is an essential feedstock for am18 monia production, which is very energy intensive 

19 process, but this process could be augmented with 

20 advanced nuclear technology. 

21 (5) Ammonia is a commodity chemical used for 

22 fertilizers, and is produced through a high-pressure, 

23 high-heat catalytic reaction of nitrogen and hydro24 gen. 


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1 (6) The ammonia market is expected to be one 

2 of the early deployment opportunities for advanced 

3 nuclear reactors through the sale of pink hydrogen. 

4 (7) According to the International Renewable 

5 Energy Agency, ammonia is the second-most pro6 duced chemical in the world by mass. 

7 (8) The International Energy Agency estimates 

8 ammonia production capacity will need to increase 

9 nearly 40 percent by 2050 to account for expected 

10 global population and economic growth. 

11 (9) According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 88 

12 percent of ammonia consumption in the United 

13 States is for fertilizer production. 

14 (10) In 2021, the United States had 35 active 

15 ammonia production plants across 16 States, with 

16 60 percent of production capacity located in Lou17 isiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

18 (11) China produces almost a third of the 

19 world’s ammonia supply, using coal as the primary 

20 hydrogen feedstock. 

21 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that Congress— 

23 (1) understands the potential for the United 

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1 gen, zero-emissions ammonia, and green nuclear fer2 tilizer; 

3 (2) believes the pink hydrogen market for am4 monia in fertilizer products could be a considerable 

5 early market opportunity to assist with providing as6 surance to nuclear supply chain manufacturers while 

7 decreasing market risks associated with deploying 

8 advanced nuclear reactors; 

9 (3) encourages the United States to take advan10 tage of this global leadership opportunity, both by 

11 assisting with advanced nuclear reactor deployment 

12 and providing farmers throughout the United States 

13 and rest of the world with green nuclear fertilizer; 

14 and 

15 (4) recognizes the positive environmental im16 pacts that green nuclear fertilizer can have. 

17 SEC. 4. EXAMINATION OF FEASIBILITY OF GREEN NUCLEAR 

18 FERTILIZER PROGRAM. 

19 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Secretary 

20 of Energy, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall collabo21 rate to jointly examine— 

22 (1) the feasibility of establishing and carrying 

23 out a program, to be led by the Secretary of Agri24 culture and to be known as the Green Nuclear Fer25 tilizer Program, under which the Nuclear Regulatory 


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1 Commission, the Secretary of Energy, and the Sec2 retary of Agriculture would— 

3 (A) act as a liaisons between the energy 

4 generating industry, the hydrogen production 

5 industry, the ammonia production industry, the 

6 fertilizer industry, and the agriculture industry; 

7 (B) to the extent authorized, ease regu8 latory restrictions associated with green nuclear 

9 fertilizer, including regulatory restrictions asso10 ciated with licensing and deploying advanced 

11 nuclear reactors; and 

12 (C) act as a single source of contact for 

13 stakeholders interested in producing, pur14 chasing, or selling green nuclear fertilizer such 

15 that stakeholders could contact and receive nec16 essary information on green nuclear fertilizer, 

17 including safety information, information about 

18 the environmental benefits of green nuclear fer19 tilizer, and other information; 

20 (2) if establishing and carrying the Green Nu21 clear Fertilizer Program is determined to be feasible 

22 under paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) what the goals of the Green Nuclear 

24 Fertilizer Program should be; 


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1 (B) who will have access to the Green Fer2 tilizer Program in both the nuclear industry 

3 and the agriculture industry, including ad4 vanced nuclear reactor developers, electric utili5 ties, farmers, and fertilizer producers; and 

6 (C) how the Green Nuclear Fertilizer Pro7 gram could provide resources or other assist8 ance in establishing industry agreements for 

9 green nuclear fertilizer, including power pur10 chase agreements, offtake agreements, or other 

11 contractual arrangements for green nuclear fer12 tilizer; 

13 (3) the economic impacts, both domestically and 

14 internationally, of producing and using green nu15 clear fertilizers compared to fertilizers that are not 

16 produced with zero-emissions ammonia; 

17 (4) the health impacts associated with using 

18 green nuclear fertilizer, and a comparison of such 

19 health impacts to the health impacts of using fer20 tilizers that are not produced with zero-emissions 

21 ammonia; 

22 (5) whether there is any impact on crops and 

23 overall yield associated with using green nuclear fer24 tilizer; 


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1 (6) regulatory changes needed to ease the way 

2 and prepare for the creation, sale, and procurement 

3 of green nuclear fertilizer; and 

4 (7) issues relating to infrastructure for the pro5 duction of green nuclear fertilizer, including— 

6 (A) whether use of advanced nuclear reac7 tors to produce pink hydrogen would impact ex8 isting fertilizer production infrastructure; 

9 (B) how advanced nuclear reactors could 

10 be used with existing infrastructure, including 

11 currently operational, retiring, and retired in12 frastructure, to produce pink hydrogen; 

13 (C) challenges associated with retrofitting 

14 existing infrastructure to deploy advanced nu15 clear reactors to be used for variable purposes, 

16 such as providing electricity to the electric grid 

17 and hydrogen production, based on necessity; 

18 and 

19 (D) challenges associated with constructing 

20 new pink hydrogen production facilities that are 

21 powered by an advanced nuclear reactor. 

22 SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

23 Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment 

24 of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Sec25 retary of Energy, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 


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1 jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 a report on the examination conducted under section 4, 

3 including— 

4 (1) a determination on whether the establish5 ment of the Green Nuclear Fertilizer Program is 

6 feasible and— 

7 (A) if it is determined to be feasible, a 

8 plan to develop the Program, and a description 

9 of steps for Congress to take to make the Pro10 gram successful; and 

11 (B) if it is determined not to be feasible, 

12 a description of why it is not feasible, and pos13 sible solutions to make the Program feasible; 

14 and 

15 (2) an analysis of how such a Program would— 

16 (A) increase market demand for the de17 ployment of advanced nuclear reactors in the 

18 United States; and 

19 (B) benefit the agriculture industry. 

20 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) ADVANCE NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 

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

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1 novation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 

2 note). 

3 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com7 merce and the Committee on Agriculture of the 

8 House of Representatives; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Environment and 

10 Public Works, the Committee on Energy and 

11 Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agri12 culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 

13 (3) GREEN NUCLEAR FERTILIZER.—The term 

14 ‘‘green nuclear fertilizer’’ means fertilizer that is 

15 produced with zero-emissions ammonia. 

16 (4) PINK HYDROGEN.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘pink hydro18 gen’’ means hydrogen that is produced through 

19 electrolysis generated by nuclear energy. 

20 (B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘pink hydro21 gen’’ does not include thermal hydrogen. 

22 (5) ZERO-EMISSIONS AMMONIA.—The term 

23 ‘‘zero-emissions ammonia’’ means ammonia that is 

24 produced with pink hydrogen and nitrogen. 

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