H. R. 1042 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched 
uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prohibiting Russian Uranium 
Imports Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM FROM 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON IMPORTS.—Section 3112A of the USEC 
Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and subject 
to paragraphs (2) and (3), the following may not be imported 
into the United States: 
‘‘(A) Unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is pro-
duced in the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity. 
‘‘(B) Unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is deter-
mined to have been exchanged with, swapped for, or other-
wise obtained in lieu of unirradiated low-enriched uranium 
described in subparagraph (A) in a manner designed to 
circumvent the restrictions under this section. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and 
(C), the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, may waive 
the application of paragraph (1) to authorize the importa-
tion of low-enriched uranium described in that paragraph 
if the Secretary of Energy determines that— 
‘‘(i) no alternative viable source of low-enriched 
uranium is available to sustain the continued operation 
of a nuclear reactor or a United States nuclear energy 
company; or 
‘‘(ii) importation of low-enriched uranium described 
in paragraph (1) is in the national interest. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
AMOUNTS
OF
IMPORTS
OF
LOW- 
ENRICHED URANIUM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The importation into the United 
States of low-enriched uranium described in paragraph 
(1), including low-enriched uranium obtained under
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contracts for separative work units, whether or not 
such low-enriched uranium is derived from highly 
enriched uranium of weapons origin, may not exceed— 
‘‘(I) in calendar year 2024, 476,536 kilograms; 
‘‘(II) in calendar year 2025, 470,376 kilograms; 
‘‘(III) in calendar year 2026, 464,183 kilo-
grams; and 
‘‘(IV) in calendar year 2027, 459,083 kilo-
grams. 
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall— 
‘‘(I) 
administer 
the 
import 
limitations 
described in clause (i) in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Suspension Agreement, including the 
provisions described in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i); 
‘‘(II) be responsible for enforcing the import 
limitations described in clause (i); and 
‘‘(III) enforce the import limitations described 
in clause (i) in a manner that imposes a minimal 
burden on the commercial nuclear industry. 
‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—Any waiver issued under subpara-
graph (A) shall terminate not later than January 1, 2028. 
‘‘(D) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon issuing a waiver under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the committees specified in clause (ii) a notification 
that a waiver has been issued, which shall include 
identification of the recipient of the waiver. 
‘‘(ii) 
COMMITTEES
SPECIFIED.—The 
committees 
specified in this clause are— 
‘‘(I) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(II) the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection does not apply to 
imports— 
‘‘(A) by or under contract to the Department of Energy 
for national security or nonproliferation purposes; or 
‘‘(B) of non-uranium isotopes. 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this subsection shall 
terminate on December 31, 2040. 
‘‘(5) RUSSIAN ENTITY DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 
‘Russian entity’ means an entity organized under the laws 
of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
of the Russian Federation.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3112A(c) of the USEC Privatiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (ix), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
(II) in clause (x), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting a period; and
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(III) by striking clauses (xi) through (xxvii); 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘United States’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘for processing’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States for processing’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (5); 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as 
paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively; 
(E) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph 
(D), by striking ‘‘In addition to the adjustment under para-
graph (5)(A), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (9)’’; 
(G) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2040’’ and inserting ‘‘the date described 
in subsection (d)(1)’’; and 
(H) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2)(C) and (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (2)(C) and (7)’’. 
(2) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
amendment 
to 
section 
3112A(c)(2)(A)(xi) of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 
2297h–10a(c)(2)(A)(xi)) made by paragraph (1)(A) of this sub-
section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.