IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1311 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced 
nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote 
United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2022 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. OWENS, 
Ms. MACE, Mr. BACON, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. PHIL-
LIPS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States should support the expansion of do-
mestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology 
as a viable source of power in order to promote United 
States nuclear energy leadership and global energy inde-
pendence. 
Whereas nuclear energy has generated one-fifth of the elec-
tricity used in the United States since 1990; 
Whereas the Secretary of Energy has stated that, ‘‘nuclear 
energy is clean energy and it is vital to creating good- 
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paying jobs, supporting our energy transition, and saving 
our planet’’; 
Whereas the International Energy Agency determined that 
nuclear power forms the cornerstone of zero-carbon elec-
tricity generation; 
Whereas conventional nuclear energy plants are highly reli-
able and consistently operate over 92 percent of the time; 
Whereas the generation of electricity from nuclear energy is 
up to 2 times more reliable than the generation of elec-
tricity from natural gas and coal, and up to 3.5 times 
more reliable than the generation of electricity from wind 
and solar; 
Whereas nuclear reactors produce substantially more energy 
relative to their land footprint than solar and wind 
projects, which require over 30 times and 100 times, re-
spectfully, the land area for the same generating capac-
ity; 
Whereas, in 2019, 476,000,000 metric tons of greenhouse 
gas emissions were not released into the atmosphere due 
to the utilization of nuclear energy in the United States, 
which is equivalent to removing 100,000,000 cars off the 
road; 
Whereas conversely, in 2014, Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear 
Plant closed and the State saw a 650,000-metric ton in-
crease in carbon dioxide emissions within just 2 months; 
Whereas electricity demand throughout the United States is 
predicted to increase by approximately 34 percent by 
2050; 
Whereas, as of July 8, 2020, there are 28 States in which 
at least 1 commercial nuclear reactor operates; 
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