I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7141 
To extend limitations on the importation of uranium from the Russian 
Federation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico (for herself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, 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 extend limitations on the importation of uranium from 
the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Against 
Rosatom Exports Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Russia has repeatedly used its energy re-
sources as a tool to advance its policy goals and as 
a weapon to manipulate the decisions of other coun-
tries. 
(2) Such efforts include the nuclear energy sec-
tor, in which the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy 
Corporation (ROSATOM) uses subsidies and other 
state support to advance the political goals of Rus-
sia’s leadership. 
(3) Russia has long sought to expand its role 
and influence in the nuclear energy sector of the 
United States and of United States allies and part-
ners. 
(4) Since October 1992, the Department of 
Commerce has suspended an antidumping duty in-
vestigation involving uranium from Russia on the 
basis of an agreement by Russia to restrict the vol-
ume of exports of uranium to the United States in 
order to prevent the suppression or undercutting of 
price levels of United States uranium. 
(5) That agreement to suspend such anti-
dumping duty investigation is set to expire at the 
end of 2020. 
(6) Section 3112A of the USEC Privatization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2997h–10a), commonly known as the 
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‘‘Domenici Amendment’’, provides limits on the im-
portation into the United States of low-enriched ura-
nium produced in Russia through 2020. 
(7) While Russia has mounted a disinformation 
campaign regarding the suitability of using nuclear 
fuel produced by United States companies in Rus-
sian-built nuclear reactors, ROSATOM is seeking to 
produce nuclear fuel for use in United States reac-
tors. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) ensure that the United States is not de-
pendent on Russian energy sources, including low- 
enriched uranium and the inputs for nuclear fuel; 
(2) assist United States allies and partner 
countries to reduce their dependency on Russian en-
ergy sources, including nuclear power and the inputs 
for nuclear fuel; and 
(3) use all necessary tools, including the De-
partment of Commerce’s entity list, to ensure that 
technology transferred to entities in Russia’s civil 
nuclear sector do not— 
(A) in any way contribute to Russia’s nu-
clear weapons program; or 
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(B) enable Russia to expand its export of 
nuclear power to the United States or United 
States allies and partners. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON IMPORTATION OF 
URANIUM FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A(c) of the USEC 
Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (vii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(viii) in calendar year 2021, 362,045 
kilograms; 
‘‘(ix) in calendar year 2022, 356,499 
kilograms; 
‘‘(x) in calendar year 2023, 351,242 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xi) in calendar year 2024, 346,974 
kilograms; 
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‘‘(xii) in calendar year 2025, 342,489 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xiii) in calendar year 2026, 337,979 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xiv) in calendar year 2027, 334,266 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xv) in calendar year 2028, 334,266 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xvi) in calendar year 2029, 330,190 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xvii) 
in 
calendar 
year 
2030, 
322,450 kilograms; 
‘‘(xviii) 
in 
calendar 
year 
2031, 
319,267 kilograms; 
‘‘(xix) in calendar year 2032, 312,853 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xx) in calendar year 2033, 308,271 
kilograms; 
‘‘(xxi) in calendar year 2034, 289,390 
kilograms; and 
‘‘(xxii) 
in 
calendar 
year 
2035, 
285,918 kilograms.’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
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(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) SEPARATIVE WORK UNITS REQUIRE-
MENT.—Not more than 25 percent of the quan-
tity of low-enriched uranium produced in the 
Russian Federation and imported under sub-
paragraph (A) in any year may be imported 
under contracts other than contracts exclusively 
for separative work units.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘United 
States—’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘United States for processing and to be cer-
tified for reexportation and not for consumption in 
the United States.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘reference data’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘2019’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘Lower Scenario data in 
the 2019 report of the World Nuclear As-
sociation entitled ‘The Nuclear Fuel Re-
port: Global Scenarios for Demand and 
Supply Availability 2019–2040’. In each of 
calendar years 2022, 2025, 2028, 2031, 
and 2034’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘report or a subse-
quent report’’ and inserting ‘‘report’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of the 
Defending Against Rosatom Exports Act, and 
every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall submit to Congress a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(i) a recommendation on the use of 
all publicly available data to ensure accu-
rate forecasting by scenario data to com-
port to actual demand for low-enriched 
uranium for nuclear reactors in the United 
States; and 
‘‘(ii) an identification of the steps to 
be taken to adjust the import limitations 
described in paragraph (2)(A) based on the 
most accurate scenario data.’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by 
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