International Nuclear Energy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2938
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alliances
Asia
Burma
Buy American requirements
China
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Department of Energy
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy research
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
India
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Metals
North Korea
Nuclear power
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public-private cooperation
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research and development
Russia
Strategic materials and reserves
Syria
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

International Nuclear Energy Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses U.S. cooperation with other nations on nuclear energy-related issues. 
 
For example, the bill requires 
 
 
the President, in coordination with international partners, to hold a biennial conference on civil nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability;
 
the Department of State to meet with ally or partner nations for the purpose of collaborating on research, development, licensing, and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies for civil nuclear energy;
 
the State Department to provide financial assistance to embarking civil nuclear nations for developing civil nuclear energy programs; and
 
the establishment of a working group to develop a 10-year civil nuclear trade strategy with biennial targets for the export of civil nuclear technologies. 
 
 
Furthermore, the President must launch an international initiative to modernize outreach to embarking civil nuclear nations to improve the importation and exportation of civil nuclear technology and materials. This initiative may include establishing cooperative financing relationships for the export of such technology and materials. 
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of Energy to support regulatory development, design, and deployment activities related to certain small modular reactor projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House