(A) a cooperative agreement; 
(B) a cooperative research and develop-
ment agreement; and 
(C) a patent waiver. 
(2) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the relevant officials described in that 
subsection shall consider the impact of United 
States competitiveness clauses on any financing rela-
tionships entered into or proposed to be entered into 
under that subsection. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall facilitate 
waivers of United States competitiveness clauses as 
necessary to facilitate financing relationships with 
ally or partner nations under subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS 
ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR DEM-
ONSTRATION AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 
FACILITIES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary and the Secretary of Com-
merce, shall conduct bilateral and multilateral meetings 
with not fewer than 5 ally or partner nations, with the 
aim of enhancing nuclear energy cooperation among those 
ally or partner nations and the United States, for the pur-
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pose of developing collaborative relationships with respect 
to research, development, licensing, and deployment of ad-
vanced nuclear reactor technologies for civil nuclear en-
ergy. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The meetings described in sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a focus on cooperation to demonstrate and 
deploy advanced nuclear reactors, with an emphasis 
on U.S. nuclear energy companies, during the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act to provide options for addressing energy se-
curity and climate change; and 
(2) a focus on developing a memorandum of un-
derstanding or any other appropriate agreement be-
tween the United States and ally or partner nations 
with respect to— 
(A) the demonstration and deployment of 
advanced nuclear reactors; and 
(B) the development of cooperative re-
search facilities. 
(c) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS.—In conducting the 
meetings described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary and the Sec-
retary of Commerce, shall seek to develop financing ar-
rangements to share the costs of the demonstration and 
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deployment of advanced nuclear reactors and the develop-
ment of cooperative research facilities with the ally or 
partner nations participating in those meetings. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly submit 
to Congress a report highlighting potential partners— 
(1) for the establishment of cost-share arrange-
ments described in subsection (c); or 
(2) with which the United States may enter 
into agreements with respect to— 
(A) the demonstration of advanced nuclear 
reactors; or 
(B) cooperative research facilities. 
SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY CO-
OPERATION. 
Section 959B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16279b) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘financing,’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘preparations for’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) to support, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of 
civil nuclear technology in countries developing nu-
clear energy programs, with a focus on countries 
that have increased civil nuclear cooperation with 
the Russian Federation or the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
‘‘(4) to promote the fullest utilization of the re-
actors, fuel, equipment, services, and technology of 
U.S. nuclear energy companies (as defined in section 
2 of the International Nuclear Energy Act of 2025) 
in civil nuclear energy programs outside the United 
States through— 
‘‘(A) bilateral and multilateral arrange-
ments developed and executed in coordination 
with the Secretary of State that contain com-
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mitments for the utilization of the reactors, 
fuel, equipment, services, and technology of 
U.S. nuclear energy companies (as defined in 
that section); 
‘‘(B) the designation of 1 or more U.S. nu-
clear energy companies (as defined in that sec-
tion) to implement an arrangement under sub-
paragraph (A) if the Secretary determines that 
the designation is necessary and appropriate to 
achieve the objectives of this section; 
‘‘(C) the waiver of any provision of law re-
lating to competition with respect to any activ-
ity related to an arrangement under subpara-
graph (A) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Commerce, determines that a waiver is nec-
essary and appropriate to achieve the objectives 
of this section; and 
‘‘(D) the issuance of loans, loan guaran-
tees, other financial assistance, or assistance in 
the form of an equity interest to carry out ac-
tivities related to an arrangement under sub-
paragraph (A), to the extent appropriated funds 
are available.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program under sub-
section (a) shall be supported in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State and implemented by the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) to facilitate, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, workshops and expert-based exchanges to en-
gage industry, stakeholders, and foreign govern-
ments with respect to international civil nuclear 
issues, such as— 
‘‘(A) training; 
‘‘(B) financing; 
‘‘(C) safety; 
‘‘(D) security; 
‘‘(E) safeguards; 
‘‘(F) liability; 
‘‘(G) advanced fuels; 
‘‘(H) operations; and 
‘‘(I) options for multinational cooperation 
with respect to the disposal of spent nuclear 
fuel (as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)); 
and 
‘‘(2) in coordination with— 
‘‘(A) the National Security Council; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of State; 
‘‘(C) the Secretary of Commerce; and 
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‘‘(D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out subsection (a)(3) $15,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030.’’. 
SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUP-
PORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if ap-
pointed), shall launch an international initiative (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘initiative’’) to provide financial 
assistance to, and facilitate the building of technical ca-
pacities by, in accordance with this section, embarking 
civil nuclear nations for activities relating to the develop-
ment of civil nuclear energy programs. 
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initia-
tive, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), may 
award grants of financial assistance to embarking 
civil nuclear nations in accordance with this sub-
section— 
(A) for activities relating to the develop-
ment of civil nuclear energy programs; and 
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(B) to facilitate the building of technical 
capacities for those activities. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant of finan-
cial assistance under paragraph (1) shall be not 
more than $5,500,000. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant (if 
appointed), may award— 
(A) not more than 1 grant of financial as-
sistance under paragraph (1) to any 1 embark-
ing civil nuclear nation each fiscal year; and 
(B) not more than a total of 5 grants of 
financial assistance under paragraph (1) to any 
1 embarking civil nuclear nation. 
(c) SENIOR ADVISORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the initia-
tive, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), may pro-
vide financial assistance to an embarking civil nu-
clear nation for the purpose of contracting with a 
U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 or more sen-
ior advisors to assist the embarking civil nuclear na-
tion in establishing a civil nuclear program. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—A senior advisor described 
in paragraph (1) shall have relevant experience and 
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qualifications to advise the embarking civil nuclear 
nation on, and facilitate on behalf of the embarking 
civil nuclear nation, 1 or more of the following ac-
tivities: 
(A) The development of financing relation-
ships. 
(B) The development of a standardized fi-
nancing and project management framework for 
the construction of nuclear power plants. 
(C) The development of a standardized li-
censing framework for— 
(i) light water civil nuclear tech-
nologies; and 
(ii) non-light water civil nuclear tech-
nologies and advanced nuclear reactors. 
(D) The identification of qualified organi-
zations and service providers. 
(E) The identification of funds to support 
payment for services required to develop a civil 
nuclear program. 
(F) Market analysis. 
(G) The identification of the safety, secu-
rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance re-
quired for a civil nuclear program. 
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(H) Risk allocation, risk management, and 
nuclear liability. 
(I) Technical assessments of nuclear reac-
tors and technologies. 
(J) The identification of actions necessary 
to participate in a global nuclear liability re-
gime based on the Convention on Supple-
mentary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, 
with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 
1997 (TIAS 15–415). 
(K) Stakeholder engagement. 
(L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and 
nuclear waste. 
(M) Any other major activities to support 
the establishment of a civil nuclear program, 
such as the establishment of export, financing, 
construction, training, operations, and edu-
cation requirements. 
(3) 
CLARIFICATION.—Financial 
assistance 
under this subsection may be provided to an em-
barking civil nuclear nation in addition to any finan-
cial assistance provided to that embarking civil nu-
clear nation under subsection (b). 
(d) LIMITATION
ON ASSISTANCE
TO EMBARKING 
CIVIL NUCLEAR NATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 
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the date of enactment of this Act, the Offices of the In-
spectors General for the Department of State and the De-
partment of Energy shall coordinate— 
(1) to establish and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a joint strategic plan to con-
duct comprehensive oversight of activities authorized 
under this section to prevent fraud, waste, and 
abuse; and 
(2) to engage in independent and effective over-
sight of activities authorized under this section 
through joint or individual audits, inspections, inves-
tigations, or evaluations. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
to carry out the initiative $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2030. 
SEC. 9. BIENNIAL CABINET-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CON-
FERENCE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, 
SAFEGUARDS, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination 
with international partners, as determined by the Presi-
dent, and industry, shall hold a biennial conference on civil 
nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability (re-
ferred to in this section as a ‘‘conference’’). 
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(b) CONFERENCE FUNCTIONS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that each conference should— 
(1) be a forum in which ally or partner nations 
may engage with each other for the purpose of rein-
forcing the commitment to— 
(A) nuclear safety, security, safeguards, 
and sustainability; 
(B) environmental safeguards; and 
(C) local community engagement in areas 
in reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; and 
(2) facilitate— 
(A) the development of— 
(i) joint commitments and goals to 
improve— 
(I) nuclear safety, security, safe-
guards, and sustainability; 
(II) environmental safeguards; 
and 
(III) local community engage-
ment in areas in reasonable proximity 
to nuclear sites; 
(ii) stronger international institutions 
that support nuclear safety, security, safe-
guards, and sustainability; 
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(iii) cooperative financing relation-
ships to promote competitive alternatives 
to Chinese and Russian financing; 
(iv) a standardized financing and 
project management framework for the 
construction of civil nuclear power plants; 
(v) a standardized licensing frame-
work for civil nuclear technologies; 
(vi) a strategy to change internal poli-
cies of multinational development banks, 
such as the World Bank, to support the fi-
nancing of civil nuclear projects; 
(vii) a document containing any les-
sons learned from countries that have 
partnered with the Russian Federation or 
the People’s Republic of China with re-
spect to civil nuclear power, including any 
detrimental outcomes resulting from that 
partnership; and 
(viii) a global civil nuclear liability re-
gime; 
(B) cooperation for enhancing the overall 
aspects of civil nuclear power, such as— 
(i) nuclear safety, security, safe-
guards, and sustainability; 
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(ii) nuclear laws (including regula-
tions); 
(iii) waste management; 
(iv) quality management systems; 
(v) technology transfer; 
(vi) human resources development; 
(vii) localization; 
(viii) reactor operations; 
(ix) nuclear liability; and 
(x) decommissioning; and 
(C) the development and determination of 
the mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) 
and (8) of section 10(a), if the President in-
tends to establish an Advanced Reactor Coordi-
nation and Resource Center as described in 
that section. 
(c) INPUT FROM INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.—It 
is the sense of Congress that each conference should in-
clude a meeting that convenes nuclear industry leaders 
and leaders of government agencies with expertise relating 
to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability to 
discuss best practices relating to— 
(1) the safe and secure use, storage, and trans-
port of nuclear and radiological materials; 
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(2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nu-
clear and radiological security; and 
(3) the role that the nuclear industry should 
play in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and 
safeguards, including with respect to the safe and 
secure use, storage, and transport of nuclear and ra-
diological materials, including spent nuclear fuel and 
nuclear waste. 
SEC. 10. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RE-
SOURCE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall consider the 
feasibility of leveraging existing activities or frameworks 
or, as necessary, establishing a center, to be known as the 
‘‘Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center’’ 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’), for the pur-
poses of— 
(1) identifying qualified organizations and serv-
ice providers— 
(A) for embarking civil nuclear nations; 
(B) to develop and assemble documents, 
contracts, and related items required to estab-
lish a civil nuclear program; and 
(C) to develop a standardized model for 
the establishment of a civil nuclear program 
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that can be used by the International Atomic 
Energy Agency; 
(2) coordinating with countries participating in 
the Center and with the Nuclear Exports Working 
Group established under section 3(b)— 
(A) to identify funds to support payment 
for services required to develop a civil nuclear 
program; 
(B) to provide market analysis; and 
(C) to create— 
(i) project structure models; 
(ii) models for electricity market anal-
ysis; 
(iii) models for nonelectric applica-
tions market analysis; and 
(iv) financial models; 
(3) identifying and developing the safety, secu-
rity, safeguards, and nuclear governance required 
for a civil nuclear program; 
(4) supporting multinational regulatory stand-
ards to be developed by countries with civil nuclear 
programs and experience; 
(5) developing and strengthening communica-
tions, engagement, and consensus-building; 
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(6) carrying out any other major activities to 
support export, financing, education, construction, 
training, and education requirements relating to the 
establishment of a civil nuclear program; 
(7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and 
staff the Center; and 
(8) determining mechanisms for the selection of 
the location or locations of the Center. 
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The President shall carry out sub-
section (a) with the objective of establishing the Center 
if the President determines that it is feasible to do so. 
SEC. 11. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) COMMERCIAL LICENSES.—Section 103 d. of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is 
amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘for a pro-
duction facility’’ after ‘‘No license’’. 
(b) MEDICAL THERAPY AND RESEARCH DEVELOP-
MENT LICENSES.—Section 104 d. of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) is amended, in the sec-
ond sentence, by inserting ‘‘for a production facility’’ after 
‘‘No license’’. 
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SEC. 12. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING 
GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a work-
ing 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 es-
tablishing 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 may be 
the Assistant (if appointed), who shall serve as the 
White House focal point with respect to matters re-
lating 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 
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(vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion; 
(B) other senior-level Federal officials, se-
lected by the head of the applicable Federal 
agency or organization, from any other Federal 
agency or organization that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate; and 
(C) any senior-level Federal official se-
lected by the White House official described in 
paragraph (1) from any Federal agency or or-
ganization. 
(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 officials 
described in section 3(a)(2)(A) and appropriate Fed-
eral agencies, as determined by the working group, 
with respect to the establishment of a Strategic In-
frastructure Fund (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘Fund’’) to be used— 
(A) to support those aspects of projects re-
lating to— 
(i) civil nuclear technologies; and 
(ii) microprocessors; and 
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(B) for strategic investments identified by 
the working group; and 
(2) address critical areas in determining the ap-
propriate 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 in-
vested; 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 work-
ing group that includes suggested legislative text for 
how to establish and structure a Strategic Infra-
structure 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 Serv-
ices, the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources, the Committee on Environment and 
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Public Works, and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND.—The re-
port submitted under paragraph (1) shall include 
suggested legislative language requiring all expendi-
tures from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund estab-
lished in accordance with this section to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of State (or a designee of the 
Secretary of State). 
SEC. 13. JOINT ASSESSMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND INDIA ON NUCLEAR LIABILITY 
RULES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall establish and maintain within 
the U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue a joint consult-
ative mechanism with the Government of the Republic of 
India that convenes on a recurring basis— 
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(1) to assess the implementation of the Agree-
ment for Cooperation between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government 
of India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear En-
ergy, signed at Washington October 10, 2008 (TIAS 
08–1206); 
(2) to discuss opportunities for the Republic of 
India to align domestic nuclear liability rules with 
international norms; and 
(3) to develop a strategy for the United States 
and the Republic of India to pursue bilateral and 
multilateral diplomatic engagements related to ana-
lyzing and implementing those opportunities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
5 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report that describes the joint assessment developed pur-
suant to subsection (a)(1). 
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SEC. 14. UNITED STATES SMALL MODULAR REACTOR INI-
TIATIVE TO INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS 
AND EXPORT OF UNITED STATES NUCLEAR 
REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of this section 
are— 
(1) to expeditiously demonstrate domestic origin 
small modular reactor technology that is competitive 
in international markets against designs offered by 
the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of 
China; 
(2) to expeditiously promote and develop a do-
mestic nuclear supply chain to support near-term 
international export of small modular reactors; and 
(3) to expeditiously develop and demonstrate 
small modular reactor technology that utilizes reac-
tor fuels derived from low-enriched uranium. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary pursuant to the fund-
ing opportunity announcements of the Department num-
bered 
DE–NE0008935 
and 
DE–NE0008928, 
$1,439,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, to remain available 
until September 30, 2034, for ongoing work to support 
regulatory development, design, and deployment activities. 
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