in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the Commission, shall conduct a 
study on the global status of— 
(1) the civilian nuclear energy industry; and 
(2) the supply chains of the civilian nuclear en-
ergy industry. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) information on the status of the civilian nu-
clear energy industry, the long-term risks to such in-
dustry, and the basis for such risks; 
(2) information on how the use of the civilian 
nuclear energy industry, relative to other types of 
energy industries, can reduce the emission of criteria 
pollutants and carbon dioxide; 
(3) information on the role the United States 
civilian nuclear energy industry plays in United 
States foreign policy; 
(4) information on the importance of the 
United States civilian nuclear energy industry to 
countries that are allied to the United States; 
(5) information on how the United States may 
collaborate with such countries in developing, deploy-
ing, and investing in nuclear technology; 
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(6) information on how foreign countries use 
nuclear energy when crafting and implementing 
their own foreign policy, including such use by for-
eign countries that are strategic competitors; 
(7) an evaluation of how nuclear nonprolifera-
tion efforts and nuclear energy safety are affected by 
the involvement of the United States in— 
(A) international markets; and 
(B) setting civilian nuclear energy industry 
standards; 
(8) an evaluation of how industries in the 
United States, other than the civilian nuclear energy 
industry, benefit from the generation of electricity 
by nuclear power plants; 
(9) information on utilities and companies in 
the United States that are involved in the civilian 
nuclear energy supply chain, including, with respect 
to such utilities and companies— 
(A) financial challenges; 
(B) foreign strategic competition; and 
(C) risks to continued operation; and 
(10) recommendations for how the United 
States may— 
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(A) develop a national strategy to increase 
the role nuclear energy plays in diplomacy and 
strategic energy policy; 
(B) develop a strategy to mitigate foreign 
competitor’s utilization of their civilian nuclear 
energy industries in diplomacy; 
(C) align its nuclear energy policy with na-
tional security objectives; and 
(D) remove regulatory barriers to the de-
velopment of the United States civilian nuclear 
energy supply chain. 
(c) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the study is conducted under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results of such 
study. 
SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO TRAIN AND SHARE EXPERTISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Com-
mission, shall develop and carry out a program under 
which the Secretary of Energy shall train foreign nuclear 
energy experts and standardize practices. 
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(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 
developed under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy 
shall— 
(1) issue guidance for best safety practices in 
the global civilian nuclear energy industry based on 
practices established in the United States; 
(2) train foreign nuclear energy experts on the 
operation and safety practices used by the United 
States civilian nuclear energy industry; 
(3) review global supply chain issues for foreign 
civilian nuclear energy industries; 
(4) identify weaknesses and concerns found in 
foreign civilian nuclear energy industries; and 
(5) establish partnerships with foreign countries 
that have developed or are developing civilian nu-
clear energy industries. 
(c) FOREIGN NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERT.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘foreign nuclear energy expert’’ does not 
include a person who is from a country— 
(1) in which intellectual property theft is legal; 
(2) that takes actions to undermine the civilian 
nuclear energy industry or other critical industries 
of the United States; or 
(3) which the Secretary of Energy determines is 
inimical to the interest of the United States. 
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SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORT AND 
INNOVATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) COORDINATION.—The Commission shall— 
(1) coordinate all work of the Commission relat-
ing to— 
(A) issuing a license for the import or ex-
port of a nuclear reactor under section 103 of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2133); and 
(B) international regulatory cooperation 
and assistance relating to nuclear reactors; and 
(2) support— 
(A) the consideration of international tech-
nical standards to assist the design, licensing, 
and construction of advanced nuclear systems; 
(B) efforts to help build competent nuclear 
regulatory organizations and legal frameworks 
in foreign countries that are seeking to develop 
civilian nuclear energy industries; and 
(C) exchange programs and training pro-
vided to foreign countries relating to civilian 
nuclear energy industry regulation and over-
sight to improve nuclear technology licensing. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In supporting exchange pro-
grams and training under subsection (a)(2)(C), the Com-
mission shall consult with— 
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(1) the Secretary of Energy; 
(2) the National Laboratories; 
(3) the private sector; and 
(4) institutions of higher education. 
(c) NUCLEAR REACTOR EXPORT AND INNOVATION 
BRANCH.—The Commission shall establish within the Of-
fice of International Programs of the Commission a 
branch, to be known as the ‘‘International Nuclear Reac-
tor Export and Innovation Branch’’, to carry out the nu-
clear reactor export and innovation activities described in 
subsection (a) as the Commission determines appropriate. 
(d) EXCLUSION
OF
INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES 
FROM THE FEE BASE.—Section 102 of the Nuclear En-
ergy Innovation and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR EX-
PORT AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.—The Commis-
sion shall identify in the annual budget justification 
international nuclear reactor export and innovation 
activities described in section 4(a) of the Global Nu-
clear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act.’’; 
and 
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