(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. 5. 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. 6. 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 
7 of the Recoup American Nuclear Global Leader-
ship Act) 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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(ix) the ability to integrate into elec-
tric applications and nonelectric applica-
tions; 
(x) modular sizes to allow for deploy-
ment that corresponds with the demand 
for electricity or process heat; and 
(xi) operational flexibility to respond 
to changes in demand for electricity or 
process heat and to complement integra-
tion with intermittent renewable energy or 
energy storage; 
(B) a fusion reactor; and 
(C) a radioisotope power system that uti-
lizes heat from radioactive decay to generate 
energy. 
(2) ALLY
OR
PARTNER
NATION.—The term 
‘‘ally or partner nation’’ means— 
(A) the Government of any country that is 
a member of the Organisation for Economic Co- 
operation and Development; 
(B) the Government of the Republic of 
India; and 
(C) the Government of any country des-
ignated as an ally or partner nation by the Sec-
retary of State for purposes of this Act. 
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(3) ASSISTANT.—The term ‘‘Assistant’’ means 
the Assistant to the President and Director for 
International Nuclear Energy Policy described in 
section 2(a)(1)(D). 
(4) ASSOCIATED
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘associ-
ated entity’’ means an entity that— 
(A) is owned, controlled, or operated by— 
(i) an ally or partner nation; or 
(ii) an associated individual; or 
(B) is organized under the laws of, or oth-
erwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country 
described in paragraph (2), including a corpora-
tion that is incorporated in a country described 
in that paragraph. 
(5) ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘asso-
ciated individual’’ means a foreign national who is a 
national of a country described in paragraph (2). 
(6) CIVIL NUCLEAR.—The term ‘‘civil nuclear’’ 
means activities relating to— 
(A) nuclear plant construction; 
(B) nuclear fuel services; 
(C) nuclear energy financing; 
(D) nuclear plant operations; 
(E) nuclear plant regulation; 
(F) nuclear medicine; 
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(G) nuclear safety; 
(H) community engagement in areas in 
reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; 
(I) infrastructure support for nuclear en-
ergy; 
(J) nuclear plant decommissioning; 
(K) nuclear liability; 
(L) safe storage and safe disposal of spent 
nuclear fuel; 
(M) environmental safeguards; 
(N) nuclear nonproliferation and security; 
and 
(O) technology related to the matters de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (N). 
(7) EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR NATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘embarking 
civil nuclear nation’’ means a country that— 
(i) does not have a civil nuclear en-
ergy program; 
(ii) is in the process of developing or 
expanding a civil nuclear energy program, 
including safeguards and a legal and regu-
latory framework, for— 
(I) nuclear safety; 
(II) nuclear security; 
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(III) radioactive waste manage-
ment; 
(IV) civil nuclear energy; 
(V) environmental safeguards; 
(VI) community engagement in 
areas in reasonable proximity to nu-
clear sites; 
(VII) nuclear liability; or 
(VIII) advanced nuclear reactor 
licensing; 
(iii) is in the process of selecting, de-
veloping, constructing, or utilizing ad-
vanced light water reactors, advanced nu-
clear reactors, or advanced civil nuclear 
technologies; or 
(iv) had an annual per capita gross 
domestic product of not more than 
$28,000 in 2020. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘embarking 
civil nuclear nation’’ does not include— 
(i) the People’s Republic of China; 
(ii) the Russian Federation; 
(iii) the Republic of Belarus; 
(iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
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(v) the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea; 
(vi) the Republic of Cuba; 
(vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-
ezuela; 
(viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(ix) Burma; or 
(x) any other country— 
(I) the property or interests in 
property of the government of which 
are blocked pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or 
(II) the government of which the 
Secretary of State has determined has 
repeatedly provided support for acts 
of international terrorism for purposes 
of— 
(aa) section 620A(a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 
(bb) section 40(d) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2780(d)); 
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(cc) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Export Control Reform 
Act 
of 
2018 
(50 
U.S.C. 
4813(c)(1)(A)(i)); or 
(dd) any other relevant pro-
vision of law. 
(8) NUCLEAR
SAFETY.—The term ‘‘nuclear 
safety’’ means issues relating to the design, con-
struction, operation, or decommissioning of nuclear 
facilities in a manner that provides reasonable assur-
ance of adequate protection for workers, the public, 
and the environment, including— 
(A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors 
and other nuclear facilities; 
(B) radiological protection of— 
(i) members of the public; 
(ii) workers; and 
(iii) the environment; 
(C) nuclear waste management; 
(D) emergency preparedness; 
(E) nuclear liability; and 
(F) the safe transportation of nuclear ma-
terials. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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