Avoid Our Adversaries and Buy American Nuclear Act 2023-05-18 Introduced in House Avoid Our Adversaries and Buy American Nuclear Act

This bill requires the Department of State to launch an international initiative to assist certain nations to develop civil nuclear energy programs. 

The bill authorizes the State Department to award grants to nations for (1) activities related to the development of civil nuclear energy programs, and (2) building technical capacities related to those activities. The bill also authorizes the State Department to provide financial assistance to nations for the purpose of contracting with U.S. nuclear energy companies for advisors to assist with establishing a civil nuclear program. 

The bill excludes Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and certain other countries from receiving assistance under this initiative.

]]> text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.