Strategic Nuclear Infrastructure Act

Subjects: Energy


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3483 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3483

  To establish a working group to provide input on the feasibility of 
   establishing a program to support strategically important capital-
                   intensive infrastructure projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2023

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a working group to provide input on the feasibility of 
   establishing a program to support strategically important capital-
                   intensive infrastructure projects.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Nuclear Infrastructure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING GROUP.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a working group, to be 
known as the ``Strategic Infrastructure Fund Working Group'' (referred 
to in this section as the ``working group'') to provide input on the 
feasibility of establishing a program to support strategically 
important capital-intensive infrastructure projects.
    (b) Composition.--The working group shall be--
            (1) led by a White House official who shall serve as the 
        White House focal point with respect to matters relating to the 
        working group; and
            (2) composed of--
                    (A) senior-level Federal officials, selected by the 
                head of the applicable Federal agency or organization, 
                from--
                            (i) the Department of State;
                            (ii) the Department of the Treasury;
                            (iii) the Department of Commerce;
                            (iv) the Department of Energy;
                            (v) the Export-Import Bank of the United 
                        States;
                            (vi) the United States International 
                        Development Finance Corporation; and
                            (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
                    (B) other senior-level Federal officials, selected 
                by the head of the applicable Federal agency or 
                organization, from any other Federal agency or 
                organization that the Secretary determines to be 
                appropriate; and
                    (C) any senior-level Federal official selected by 
                the White House official described in paragraph (1) 
                from any Federal agency or organization.
    (c) Reporting.--The working group shall report to the National 
Security Council.
    (d) Duties.--The working group shall--
            (1) provide direction and advice to the appropriate Federal 
        agencies, as determined by the working group, with respect to 
        the establishment of a Strategic Infrastructure Fund (referred 
        to in this subsection as the ``Fund'') to be used--
                    (A) to support those aspects of projects relating 
                to--
                            (i) civil nuclear technologies; and
                            (ii) microprocessors; and
                    (B) for strategic investments identified by the 
                working group; and
            (2) address critical areas in determining the appropriate 
        design for the Fund, including--
                    (A) transfer of assets to the Fund;
                    (B) transfer of assets from the Fund;
                    (C) how assets in the Fund should be invested; and
                    (D) governance and implementation of the Fund.
    (e) Report Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to 
        the committees described in paragraph (2) a report on the 
        findings of the working group that includes suggested 
        legislative text for how to establish and structure a Strategic 
        Infrastructure Fund.
            (2) Committees described.--The committees referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy 
                and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and 
                Public Works, and the Committee on Finance of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
                on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Armed 
                Services, the Committee on Science, Space, and 
                Technology, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
                House of Representatives.
            (3) Administration of the fund.--The report submitted under 
        paragraph (1) shall include suggested legislative language 
        requiring all expenditures from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund 
        established in accordance with this section to be administered 
        by the Secretary of State (or a designee of the Secretary of 
        State).
    (f) Civil Nuclear Defined.--In this section, the term ``civil 
nuclear'' means activities relating to--
            (1) nuclear plant construction;
            (2) nuclear fuel services;
            (3) nuclear energy financing;
            (4) nuclear plant operations;
            (5) nuclear plant regulation;
            (6) nuclear medicine;
            (7) nuclear safety;
            (8) community engagement in areas in reasonable proximity 
        to nuclear sites;
            (9) infrastructure support for nuclear energy;
            (10) nuclear plant decommissioning;
            (11) nuclear liability;
            (12) safe storage and safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel;
            (13) environmental safeguards;
            (14) nuclear nonproliferation and security; and
            (15) technology related to the matters described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (14).
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