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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3487 
To expand an advanced nuclear technologies Federal financial assistance 
program to provide assistance to support licensing and construction of 
advanced nuclear reactors and associated supply chain infrastructure, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To expand an advanced nuclear technologies Federal finan-
cial assistance program to provide assistance to support 
licensing and construction of advanced nuclear reactors 
and associated supply chain infrastructure, 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 ‘‘Advanced Nuclear 
Support Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES FEDERAL FI-
NANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 10781 of the Public Law 117–167 is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
AND
DEMONSTRATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to support’’ and inserting 
‘‘to support—’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the research, development, 
and demonstration of advanced nuclear reac-
tors.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the research, development, and dem-
onstration of advanced nuclear reactors; and 
‘‘(B) the commercial planning for, and li-
censing and construction of, advanced nuclear 
reactors, and supply chain infrastructure associ-
ated with advanced nuclear reactors, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) planning for, and licensing and 
construction of, transmission and distribu-
tion systems; 
‘‘(ii) modernization of generation fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(iii) development of microgrids; 
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‘‘(iv) planning for, and licensing and 
construction of, infrastructure for nonelec-
tric applications; and 
‘‘(v) acquisition of relevant rights-of- 
way.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘, including 
multi-unit facilities that are partially shut down’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(including multi-unit facilities that 
are partially shut down), including projects involving 
analysis, planning, and, as appropriate, management 
of environmental issues at such fossil fuel electric 
generation facilities’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) to reduce the cost of— 
‘‘(i) infrastructure requirements; 
‘‘(ii) transmission requirements; and 
‘‘(iii) licensing and permitting require-
ments;’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘relating 
to the research, development, and demonstra-
tion of advanced nuclear reactors.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘described in this section;’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) plan to support supply chain infrastruc-
ture, including manufacturing, associated with ad-
vanced nuclear reactors; and 
‘‘(5) plan to be cost competitive.’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) SECONDARY PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible en-
tities to receive Federal financial assistance under the pro-
gram, the Secretary shall, after giving priority to eligible 
entities as described in subsection (d), give priority to eli-
gible entities that plan to— 
‘‘(1) develop or provide services to support— 
‘‘(A) market analysis, including financing 
options within the market; 
‘‘(B) project structure models; 
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‘‘(C) models for electricity market analysis; 
or 
‘‘(D) site planning, review, testing, anal-
ysis, and preparation for an advanced nuclear 
reactor; and 
‘‘(2) support licensing activities, permitting, 
and environmental impact studies.’’. 
SEC. 3. WORKFORCE CAPACITY BUILDING. 
Section 954(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 16274(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘GRADUATE’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘graduate’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘commu-
nity colleges, trade schools, registered apprenticeship 
programs, pre-apprenticeship programs,’’ after ‘‘uni-
versities,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2021 
through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
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