Title: Uranium Seawater Extraction Research and Development Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Uranium Seawater Extraction Research and Development Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to support research and development of technology for the extraction of uranium from seawater. In addition, DOE must conduct demonstrations of such technology in order to further performance enhancement and reduce costs.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4353 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4353

 To direct the Secretary of Energy to support research and development 
on extraction of uranium from seawater to reduce the dependence of the 
    United States on imported uranium, illustrating that innovative 
 technology for domestic extraction could be a more cost efficient and 
   environmentally friendly alternative than traditional extraction 
                    methods, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2021

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Energy to support research and development 
on extraction of uranium from seawater to reduce the dependence of the 
    United States on imported uranium, illustrating that innovative 
 technology for domestic extraction could be a more cost efficient and 
   environmentally friendly alternative than traditional extraction 
                    methods, 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 ``Uranium Seawater Extraction Research 
and Development Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall--
            (1) support research and development on the scale-up, 
        evaluation, and potential commercialization of the technology 
        for extraction of uranium from seawater; and
            (2) conduct demonstrations of such technology, in 
        collaboration with private sector industry, in order to--
                    (A) further performance enhancement; and
                    (B) reduce costs.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Environment 
and Public Works, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate on the technical and 
economic feasibility of uranium extraction from seawater and potential 
barriers for the expansion of the use of this technology for domestic 
uranium purposes, including options for Federal-private partnerships 
for reducing costs and improving the efficiency of uranium seawater 
extraction.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $2,000,000 dollars for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025 to carry out subsection (a).
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