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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 infrastruc-
ture projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a working group to provide input on the feasi-
bility of establishing a program to support strategically 
important capital-intensive infrastructure projects. 
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 ‘‘Strategic Nuclear In-
frastructure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING 
GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a work-
ing group, to be known as the ‘‘Strategic Infrastructure 
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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 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 Commis-
sion; 
(B) other senior-level Federal officials, se-
lected by the head of the applicable Federal 
agency or organization, from any other Federal 
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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 appro-
priate Federal agencies, as determined by the work-
ing 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 re-
lating 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 ap-
propriate design for the Fund, including— 
(A) transfer of assets to the Fund; 
(B) transfer of assets from the Fund; 
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(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 
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-
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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). 
(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 reason-
able 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 nu-
clear fuel; 
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(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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