SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Opportunity 
to Restore Uranium Supply Services In America Act of 
2022’’ or the ‘‘NO RUSSIA Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assist-
ant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. 
(3) URANIUM RESERVE.—The term ‘‘Uranium 
Reserve’’ means the national strategic uranium re-
serve operated pursuant to the program described in 
section 3(a). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RESERVE. 
(a) PROGRAM.—On enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall immediately begin executing, with the 
amounts reallocated under subsection (f), a program to 
operate a national strategic uranium reserve to ensure the 
availability of uranium produced and converted in the 
United States in accordance with this section. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Uranium Re-
serve are— 
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(1) to ensure the availability of domestically 
produced and converted uranium in the event of a 
supply disruption; 
(2) to address domestic nuclear fuel supply 
chain gaps and deficiencies in uranium production 
and conversion; and 
(3) to support strategic nuclear fuel supply 
chain capabilities in the United States. 
(c) ACTIVITIES.—In operating the Uranium Reserve, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) operate the Uranium Reserve in a manner 
consistent with the recommendations in the docu-
ment entitled ‘‘Restoring America’s Competitive Nu-
clear Energy Advantage: A Strategy to Assure U.S. 
National Security’’, released by the United States 
Nuclear Fuel Working Group in 2020; 
(2) acquire uranium produced and converted in 
the United States that is sufficient to sustain the 
continued operation of nuclear reactors in the 
United States in the event of a supply disruption; 
(3) make uranium available as needed, in a 
manner consistent with the cost recovery require-
ments described in subsection (d); and 
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(4) replenish, in a manner consistent with the 
requirements of this section, uranium made available 
by the Department. 
(d) COST RECOVERY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out activities 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that 
any uranium acquired, provided, or made available 
through the Uranium Reserve is subject to cost re-
covery based on the fair market value of the subject 
uranium. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 
Code, revenues received from the sale or transfer of 
uranium and other activities related to making ura-
nium available pursuant to this section— 
(A) shall be available to the Department 
for carrying out the purposes of this section, to 
reduce the need for further appropriations for 
those purposes; and 
(B) shall remain available until expended. 
(e) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary shall exclude from 
the Uranium Reserve uranium from an entity that— 
(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 
the Russian Federation or the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China; or 
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(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 
or the People’s Republic of China. 
(f) FUNDING REALLOCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the amounts described in para-
graph (2) shall be reallocated to the Office of Nu-
clear Energy of the Department for the purpose of 
executing the program described in subsection (a) 
by— 
(A) continuing the activities initiated by 
the Department, including the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, using the amounts de-
scribed in the proviso referred to in that para-
graph; 
(B) carrying out other activities consistent 
with the purposes for which the amounts de-
scribed in that proviso were originally made 
available; and 
(C) carrying out activities in accordance 
with this section. 
(2) AMOUNTS
DESCRIBED.—The amounts re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are the amounts that re-
main available as of the date of enactment of this 
Act from the $75,000,000 that shall be used for the 
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Uranium Reserve Program described in the first 
proviso under the heading ‘‘WEAPONS ACTIVITIES’’ 
under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL NUCLEAR SE-
CURITY ADMINISTRATION’’ under the heading 
‘‘ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES’’ in 
title III of division D of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 
1369), that were made available to the Department 
by that Act. 
(3) CLARIFICATION.—Paragraph (1) does not 
affect any amounts made available to the Depart-
ment, including the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration, that are not described in the proviso 
referred to in paragraph (2). 
SEC. 4. DOMESTIC URANIUM AVAILABILITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’) to ensure the availability of uranium produced, 
converted, and enriched in the United States. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program shall 
be— 
(1) to eliminate reliance on Russian uranium; 
(2) to address domestic nuclear fuel supply 
chain gaps and deficiencies; and 
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(3) to ensure the availability of domestically 
produced, converted, and enriched uranium to sup-
port the continued operation of nuclear reactors in 
the United States. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the program, 
the Secretary shall consider, and, as appropriate, execute 
options— 
(1) to establish, through a competitive process, 
new and, as appropriate, diverse domestic uranium 
mining, conversion, and enrichment capacity that is 
needed to replace uranium imported from Russia; 
(2) to activate and expand the American As-
sured Fuel Supply to meet domestic and inter-
national nuclear fuel supply needs; 
(3) to restock the American Assured Fuel Sup-
ply, including by utilizing, or merging with, the Ura-
nium Reserve; 
(4) that do not disrupt or replace market mech-
anisms; and 
(5) that ensure the use of domestic uranium 
utilized as a result of the program does not nega-
tively impact the economic operation of nuclear reac-
tors in the United States. 
(d) EXCLUSION.—The Secretary shall exclude from 
the program uranium from an entity that— 
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(1) is owned or controlled by the Government of 
the Russian Federation or the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China; or 
(2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise 
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation 
or the People’s Republic of China. 
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