[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4064 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 604
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4064
To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for
nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 7, 2022
Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
December 7, 2022
Reported by Mr. Menendez, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for
nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``International Nuclear
Energy Act of 2022''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Advanced nuclear reactor.--The term ``advanced
nuclear reactor'' has the meaning given the term in section
951(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16271(b)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Ally or partner nation.--The term ``ally or
partner nation'' means the Government of each of the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) A country that is a member of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Japan.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) The Republic of Korea.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) Australia.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) Switzerland.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) Sweden.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) Finland.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) Any other country designated as an
ally or partner nation by the Secretary of State for
purposes of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Assistant.--The term ``Assistant'' means the
Assistant to the President and Director for Nuclear Energy
Policy described in section 3(a)(3)(A).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Associated entity.--The term ``associated
entity'' means an entity that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is owned, controlled, or dominated
by--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) an ally or partner nation;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) an associated individual;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) is organized under the laws of, or
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, a country
described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of
paragraph (2), including a corporation that is
incorporated in a country described in any of those
subparagraphs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Associated individual.--The term ``associated
individual'' means an alien who is a national of a country
described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph
(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Center.--The term ``Center'' means the
Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center established
under section 11.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) Embarking civil nuclear energy nation.--The
term ``embarking civil nuclear energy nation'' means a country
that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) does not have a civil nuclear
program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) is in the process of developing or
expanding a civil nuclear program, including safeguards
and a legal and regulatory framework, for--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) nuclear safety;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) nuclear security;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) radioactive waste
management;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) civil nuclear
energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) nuclear liability;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) advanced nuclear reactor
licensing; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) is in the process of selecting,
developing, constructing, or utilizing advanced light
water reactors, advanced nuclear reactors, or advanced
nuclear technologies.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) High-assay low-enriched uranium.--The term
``high-assay low-enriched uranium'' has the meaning given the
term in section 2001(d) of the Energy Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C.
16281(d)).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) Low-enriched uranium.--The term ``low-enriched
uranium'' means each of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) low-enriched uranium (as defined in
section 3102 of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C.
2297h)); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) low-enriched uranium (as defined in
section 3112A(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-
10a(a))).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) National strategic uranium reserve.--The term
``National Strategic Uranium Reserve'' means the National
Strategic Uranium Reserve established under section
16(e)(1)(A).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) Nuclear safety.--The term ``nuclear safety''
means issues relating to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the safe operation of nuclear reactors
and other nuclear facilities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) radiological protection of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) members of the
public;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) workers; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) the environment;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) nuclear waste management;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) emergency preparedness;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) nuclear liability; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the safe transportation of nuclear
materials.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Energy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) Spent nuclear fuel.--The term ``spent nuclear
fuel'' has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (14) Team usa.--The term ``Team USA'' means the
interagency initiative to identify opportunities in emerging
economies, embarking civil nuclear energy nations, and ally or
partner nations for topics such as--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) nuclear plant construction;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) nuclear fuel services;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) nuclear energy financing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) nuclear plant operations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) nuclear plant regulation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) nuclear medicine;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) infrastructure support for nuclear
energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) nuclear plant
decommissioning;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) nuclear liability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (J) storage and disposal of spent nuclear
fuel; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (K) technology related to the matters
described in subparagraphs (A) through (J).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (15) U.S. nuclear energy company.--The term ``U.S.
nuclear energy company'' means a company that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is organized under the laws of, or
otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United
States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) is involved in the nuclear energy
industry.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Office of the Assistant to the President and Director
for Nuclear Energy Policy.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Establishment.--There is established in the
Executive Office of the President an office, to be known as the
``Office of the Assistant to the President and Director for
Nuclear Energy Policy'' (referred to in this subsection as the
``Office'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Mission.--The Office shall act as the single
coordinating office for--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) civil nuclear cooperation;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) civil nuclear export
strategy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Leadership.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Assistant.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) In general.--The Office shall
be headed by the Assistant to the President and
Director for Nuclear Energy Policy, who shall
be appointed by the President.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) Reporting.--The Assistant
shall report directly to the
President.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Deputy assistant.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) In general.--The Assistant
shall appoint a Deputy Assistant with
experience in advising on civil nuclear project
development and financing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) Reporting.--The Deputy
Assistant shall report directly to the
Assistant.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Duties.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--The Assistant, in
consultation with the Deputy Assistant, shall--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) coordinate the civil nuclear
export policy of the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) develop a cohesive Federal
strategy for engagement with foreign
governments (including ally or partner nations
and the governments of embarking civil nuclear
energy nations), associated entities,
associated individuals, and international
lending institutions with respect to civil
nuclear exports;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) coordinate with the
officials described in subparagraph (B) to
ensure that necessary framework agreements and
trade controls relating to civil nuclear
materials and technologies are in place for key
markets; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) develop--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) a whole-of-government
coordinating strategy for civil nuclear
cooperation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) a whole-of-government
strategy for civil nuclear exports;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) a whole-of-
government approach to support foreign
investment in domestic construction
projects.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Officials described.--The officials
referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the appropriate officials of--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) the Department of
State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) the Department of
Energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) the Department of
Commerce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (IV) the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (V) the Department of
Defense;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VI) the National Security
Council;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VII) the National
Economic Council;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VIII) the Office of the
United States Trade
Representative;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (IX) the Office of
Management and Budget;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (X) the Office of the
Director of National
Intelligence;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (XI) the Export-Import
Bank of the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (XII) the United States
International Development Finance
Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (XIII) the United States
Trade and Development Agency;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (XIV) the Office of
Science and Technology Policy;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) appropriate officials
representing foreign countries and governments,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) ally or partner
nations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) embarking civil
nuclear energy nations; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) any other country or
government that the Assistant, in
consultation with the Deputy Assistant
and the officials described in clause
(i), determines to be
appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Staff.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) Senior advisors.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) In general.--The Assistant
shall select a staff of not fewer than 4, and
not more than 6, Senior Advisors to assist in
the mission of the Office.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) Requirement.--The Senior
Advisors selected under clause (i) shall be
composed of individuals with diverse industry
and government backgrounds, including
individuals with backgrounds in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) project
financing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) construction
development and management;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) contract
structuring, risk allocation, and
nuclear liability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (IV) regulatory,
licensing, and safeguards
processes;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (V) civil nuclear electric
and nonelectric applications of nuclear
technologies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VI) government-to-
government negotiations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VII) social acceptance
and environmental justice;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VIII) human
infrastructure development;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (IX) major project
development;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (X) international
infrastructure financing; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (XI) nuclear safety and
security requirements.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Other staff.--The Assistant may hire
such other additional personnel as may be necessary to
carry out the mission of the Office.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through
2027.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Nuclear Exports Working Group.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Establishment.--There is established a working
group, to be known as the ``Nuclear Exports Working Group''
(referred to in this subsection as the ``working
group'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Composition.--The working group shall be
composed of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) senior-level Federal officials,
selected internally by the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the Department of
State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) the Department of
Commerce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) the Department of
Energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) the Department of the
Treasury;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) the Export-Import Bank of the
United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) the United States
International Development Finance
Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) the Office of the United
States Trade Representative; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) the United States Trade and
Development Agency;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) other senior-level Federal officials,
selected internally by the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from any other Federal agency or
organization that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any senior-level Federal official
selected by the Assistant from any Federal agency or
organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Reporting.--The working group shall report to
the Assistant.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Duties.--The working group shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) provide direction and advice to the
Assistant; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) submit to the Civil Nuclear Trade
Advisory Committee of the Department of Commerce and
the Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee of the Department
of Energy quarterly reports on the standing of civil
nuclear exports from the United States, including with
respect to meeting the targets established as part of
the 5-year civil nuclear trade strategy described in
paragraph (5)(A).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Strategy.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the working
group shall establish a 10-year civil nuclear trade
strategy, including biennial targets for the export of
civil nuclear technologies, including light water and
non-light water reactors and associated equipment and
technologies, civil nuclear materials, and nuclear fuel
that align with meeting international energy demand
while seeking to avoid or reduce emissions.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Collaboration required.--In
establishing the strategy under subparagraph (A), the
working group shall collaborate with--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the Secretary;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) the Secretary of
Commerce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) the Secretary of
State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) the Secretary of the
Treasury;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) the President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) the Chief Executive Officer
of the United States International Development
Finance Corporation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) the United States Trade
Representative; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) representatives of private
industry.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. ENGAGEMENT WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Team USA, and
the Assistant, shall launch, in accordance with applicable nuclear
technology export laws (including regulations), an international
initiative to modernize the civil nuclear outreach carried out by the
United States for the purpose of establishing cooperative financing
relationships for the export of civil nuclear technology, components,
materials, and infrastructure to countries in the coalition described
in subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Coalition Described.--The coalition referred to in
subsection (a) is a coalition of countries that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) is developed for purposes of carrying out the
initiative described in subsection (a); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) includes each ally or partner nation that is
willing to participate in the coalition.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Activities.--In carrying out the initiative described
in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) assist nongovernmental organizations and
appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, laboratories,
and programs of the Department of Energy in providing education
and training to foreign governments in nuclear safety,
security, and safeguards--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) through engagement with the
International Atomic Energy Agency; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) independently, if the applicable
entity determines that it would be more advantageous
under the circumstances to provide the applicable
education and training independently;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) assist the efforts of the International Atomic
Energy Agency to expand the support provided by the
International Atomic Energy Agency to embarking civil nuclear
energy nations for nuclear safety, security, and
safeguards;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) expand outreach by the Assistant to the
private investment community to create public-private financing
relationships to assist in the export of civil nuclear
technology to countries in the coalition described in
subsection (b);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent
practicable, the work carried out by each of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Department of Energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Department of Commerce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the International Atomic Energy
Agency;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) the Nuclear Energy Agency;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and
organizations of embarking civil nuclear energy nations
and ally or partner nations; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) improve the regulatory framework to allow for
the expeditious exporting and importing of civil nuclear
technologies and materials.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALLY OR
PARTNER NATIONS AND EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY
NATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary, the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the Export-Import Bank of
the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation, in coordination with the
Assistant, shall develop cooperative financing relationships with ally
or partner nations or embarking civil nuclear energy nations to advance
civil nuclear exports from the United States to ally or partner nations
or embarking civil nuclear energy nations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) United States Competitiveness Clauses.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Definition of united states competitiveness
clause.--In this subsection, the term ``United States
competitiveness clause'' means any United States
competitiveness provision in any agreement entered into by the
Department of Energy, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a cooperative agreement;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) a cooperative research and development
agreement; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) a patent waiver.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Consideration.--In carrying out subsection
(a), the Secretary, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Commerce, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation shall consider
the impact of United States competitiveness clauses on any
cooperative financing relationships entered into or proposed to
be entered into under that subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Waiver.--The Secretary shall facilitate
waivers of United States competitiveness clauses as necessary
to facilitate cooperative financing relationships with ally or
partner nations or embarking civil nuclear energy nations under
subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. FAST-TRACK PROCEDURES AND EXPORT CONTROLS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a regulation revising part 810
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, to establish fast-track
procedures for obtaining specific authorizations for exports, which may
be similar to existing fast-track procedures in existing Federal
export-control regulations--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) for deemed exports to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a list of countries defined by the
Secretary;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) a list of countries defined by the
Secretary of State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) a list of countries defined by the
Secretary of the Treasury;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) a list of countries defined by the
Secretary of Commerce; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) destinations based on country criteria
defined by the Secretary; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) for widely deployed technologies available
from multiple suppliers, such as light water reactor
technology.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 7. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS ON ADVANCED
NUCLEAR REACTOR DEMONSTRATION AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
FACILITIES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Assistant, 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
purpose of developing collaborative relationships with respect to
research, development, licensing, and deployment of advanced nuclear
reactor technologies.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Requirement.--The meetings described in subsection (a)
shall include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 climate change by 2050; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a focus on developing a memorandum of
understanding or any other appropriate agreement between the
United States and ally or partner nations with respect to--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the demonstration and deployment of
advanced nuclear reactors; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the development of cooperative
research facilities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Financing Arrangements.--In conducting the meetings
described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Assistant, shall
seek to develop financing arrangements to share the costs of the
demonstration and deployment of advanced nuclear reactors and the
development of cooperative research facilities with the ally or partner
nations participating in those meetings.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) for the establishment of cost-share
arrangements described in subsection (c); or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) with which the United States may enter into
agreements with respect to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the demonstration of advanced nuclear
reactors; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) cooperative research
facilities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 959B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C.
16279b) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) In General.--The Secretary'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) by striking ``financing,'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon at the end;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``preparations for''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) to support, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of
nuclear technology in countries developing nuclear 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</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) to promote the fullest utilization of United
States reactors, fuel, equipment, services, and technology in
nuclear energy programs outside the United States through--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) bilateral and multilateral
arrangements that contain commitments for the
utilization of United States reactors, fuel, equipment,
services, and technology;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) the designation of 1 or more U.S.
nuclear energy companies (as defined in section 2 of
the International Nuclear Energy Act of 2022) to
implement an arrangement under subparagraph (A) if the
Secretary determines that the designation is necessary
and appropriate to achieve the objectives of this
section;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) the waiver of any provision of law
relating to competition with respect to any activity
related to an arrangement under subparagraph (A) if the
Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of Commerce, determines that a waiver
is necessary and appropriate to achieve the objectives
of this section; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) the issuance of loans, loan
guarantees, other financial assistance, or assistance
in the form of an equity interest to carry out
activities related to an arrangement under subparagraph
(A), to the extent appropriated funds are available.'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Requirements.--The program under subsection (a)
shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) with respect to the function described in
subsection (a)(3), be modeled after the International Military
Education and Training program of the Department of State;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) be carried out--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) to facilitate, to the maximum extent
practicable, workshops and expert-based exchanges to
engage industry, stakeholders, and foreign governments
with respect to international civil nuclear issues,
such as--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) training;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) financing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) safety;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iv) security;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(v) safeguards;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(vi) liability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(vii) advanced fuels;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(viii) operations; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ix) 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</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) in coordination with--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) the National Security
Council;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) the Secretary of
State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) the Secretary of Commerce;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iv) the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out subsection
(a)(3) $15,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through
2026.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 9. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUPPORT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary and the Assistant, shall launch an international initiative
(referred to in this section as the ``initiative'') to provide grants,
in accordance with this section--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to embarking civil nuclear energy nations for
activities relating to the development of civil nuclear
programs; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to ally or partner nations for the
construction of nuclear reactors and advanced nuclear
reactors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Grants.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In carrying out the initiative,
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and
the Assistant, may award not more than 1 grant to each country,
including each embarking civil nuclear energy nation, each
fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Amount.--The amount of a grant awarded under
the initiative shall be not more than $5,500,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Limitation.--The Secretary of State, in
coordination with the Secretary and the Assistant, may award
not more than a total of 5 grants under the initiative to a
single country, including each embarking civil nuclear energy
nation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Senior Advisors.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In carrying out the initiative,
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and
the Assistant, shall provide a grant to an embarking civil
nuclear energy nation with the option for a U.S. nuclear energy
company to hire 1 or more senior advisors to assist the
embarking civil nuclear energy nation in establishing a civil
nuclear program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Requirement.--A senior advisor described in
paragraph (1) shall seek to advise the embarking civil nuclear
energy nation on, and facilitate on behalf of the embarking
civil nuclear energy nation, 1 or more of the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) The development of financing
relationships.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) The development of a standardized
financing and project management framework for the
construction of nuclear power plants.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) The development of a standardized
licensing framework for--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) light water civil nuclear
technologies; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) non-light water civil nuclear
technologies and advanced nuclear
reactors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) The identification of qualified
organizations and service providers.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) The identification of funds to support
payment for services required to develop a civil
nuclear program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) Market analysis.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) The identification of the safety,
security, safeguards, and nuclear governance required
for a civil nuclear program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) Risk allocation, risk management, and
nuclear liability.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) Technical assessments of nuclear
reactors and technologies.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (J) The identification of actions
necessary to participate in a global nuclear liability
regime based on the Convention on Supplementary
Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done at
Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15-415).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (K) Stakeholder engagement.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and
nuclear waste.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (M) Any other major activities to support
the establishment of a civil nuclear program, such as
the establishment of export, financing, construction,
training, operations, and education
requirements.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out the
initiative $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through
2027.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 10. BIENNIAL NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY, SAFEGUARDS, AND
SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary, the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and the Assistant shall hold a biennial nuclear
safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability summit (referred to in
this section as a ``summit''), the first of which shall be held on the
date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Location.--Each summit shall be held in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Washington, DC; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a country described in any of subparagraphs
(A) through (H) of section 2(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Requirement.--Each summit shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) be a forum in which leaders of ally or partner
nations may engage with each other for the purpose of
reinforcing the commitment to nuclear safety, security,
safeguards, and sustainability; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) facilitate the development of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) joint commitments and goals to improve
nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and
sustainability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) stronger international institutions
that support nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and
sustainability; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) a global nuclear liability
regime.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Input From Industry and Government.--Each summit shall
include a meeting that convenes nuclear industry leaders and leaders of
government agencies with expertise relating to nuclear safety,
security, safeguards, or sustainability to discuss best practices
relating to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the safe and secure use, storage, and
transport of nuclear and radiological materials;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nuclear
and radiological security; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the role that the nuclear industry should play
in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and safeguards,
including with respect to the safe and secure use, storage, and
transport of nuclear and radiological materials, including
spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Report.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the
end of each summit, the Secretary, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and the Assistant shall jointly submit
to Congress a report highlighting--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any commitments made by the United
States or international partners of the United States,
including an ally or partner nation, with respect to
nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or
sustainability; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the objectives that the parties to
those commitments agreed to meet.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Requirement.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall detail--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any current and continuing nuclear
security threat;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) any progress made toward advancing
nuclear security-related treaties;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any steps taken or needed to be
taken--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) to fulfill any obligations of
the United States under existing nuclear
security and safeguard treaties;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) to manage cyber threats;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) to prevent the theft,
sabotage, and illicit trafficking of nuclear
materials, facilities, and technology, as
applicable;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the role of the nuclear industry in
preventing nuclear proliferation; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) any other topics discussed during the
summit that relate to nuclear safety, security,
safeguards, or sustainability.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 11. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RESOURCE
CENTER.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the
United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation, shall establish a
center, to be known as the ``Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource
Center'', for the purposes of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) identifying qualified organizations and
service providers--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) for embarking civil nuclear energy
nations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to develop and assemble documents,
contracts, and related items required to establish a
civil nuclear program; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) to develop a standardized model for
the establishment of a civil nuclear program that can
be used by the International Atomic Energy
Agency;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) coordinating with countries participating in
the Center and with the Nuclear Exports Working Group
established under section 3(b)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to identify funds to support payment
for services required to develop a civil nuclear
program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to provide market analysis;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) to create--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) project structure
models;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) models for electricity market
analysis;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) models for nonelectric
applications market analysis; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) financial models;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) identifying and developing the safety,
security, safeguards, and nuclear governance required for a
civil nuclear program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) supporting multinational regulatory standards
to be developed by countries with civil nuclear programs and
experience;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) developing and strengthening communications,
engagement, and consensus-building;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) carrying out any other major activities to
support export, financing, education, construction, training,
and education requirements relating to the establishment of a
civil nuclear program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and
staff the Center; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) determining mechanisms for the selection of
the location or locations of the Center.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 12. BIENNIAL CIVIL NUCLEAR VENDOR SUMMIT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The Secretary, the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Commerce, the President of the Export-Import Bank of
the United States, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States
International Development Finance Corporation, and the Assistant shall
hold a biennial civil nuclear vendor summit (referred to in this
section as a ``summit''), the first of which shall be held on the date
that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Location.--Each summit shall be held in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Washington, DC; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a country described in any of subparagraphs
(A) through (H) of section 2(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Requirement.--Each summit shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) be a forum in which leaders of ally or partner
nations may engage with each other for the purpose of promoting
the peaceful, responsible, and safe use of civil nuclear
technologies; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) facilitate--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the development of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) cooperative financing
relationships to promote competitive
alternatives to Chinese and Russian
financing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) a standardized financing and
project management framework for the
construction of nuclear power plants;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) a standardized licensing
framework for civil nuclear
technologies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) a strategy to change internal
policies of multinational development banks,
such as the World Bank, to support the
financing of civil nuclear projects;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) a document containing any
lessons learned from countries that have
partnered with the Russian Federation or the
People's Republic of China with respect to
nuclear power, including any detrimental
outcomes resulting from that partnership;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) a global nuclear liability
regime;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) cooperation for enhancing the overall
aspects of civil nuclear power, such as--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) nuclear safety, security, and
safeguards;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) nuclear laws (including
regulations);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) waste management;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) quality management
systems;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) technology transfer;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) human resources
development;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) localization;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) reactor
operations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) nuclear liability;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (x) decommissioning; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the development and determination of
the mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of
section 11.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Report.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the
end of each summit, the Secretary, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Commerce, the President of the Export-Import Bank
of the United States, the Chief Executive Officer of the United
States International Development Finance Corporation, and the
Assistant shall jointly submit to Congress a report
highlighting--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any commitments made by the United
States or international partners of the United States,
including an ally or partner nation, with respect to
international civil nuclear export practices;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the objectives that the parties to
those commitments agreed to meet.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Requirement.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall detail--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) any steps taken to establish common
financing relationships;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) any progress made toward establishing
a standardized financing, project management, and
licensing framework;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any changes to the internal policies
of multinational development banks, such as the World
Bank, to support civil nuclear projects;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) any steps taken or needed to be
taken--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) to rectify any obstacles that
were identified after the applicable civil
nuclear vendor summit but were unforeseen at
the time of, and not discussed at, that
summit;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) to enable early-stage day-to-
day support of embarking civil nuclear energy
nations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) to address any gaps in the
whole-of-government approach to international
civil nuclear cooperation, exports, and
investment developed by the Assistant;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) to improve the role of the
Assistant in international outreach;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) the role of the nuclear industry in
establishing cooperative relationships; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) the competitiveness of available
United States financing packages for civil nuclear
exports, relative to international
competitors.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 13. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING
GROUP.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Establishment.--There is established a working group,
to be known as the ``Strategic Infrastructure Fund Working Group''
(referred to in this section as the ``working group'').</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Composition.--The working group shall be--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) led by the Assistant; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) composed of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) senior-level Federal officials,
selected by the head of the applicable Federal agency
or organization, from--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the Department of
State;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) the Department of the
Treasury;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) the Department of
Commerce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) the Department of
Energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) the Export-Import Bank of the
United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) the United States
International Development Finance Corporation;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) other senior-level Federal officials,
selected by the head of the applicable Federal agency
or organization, from any other Federal agency or
organization that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) any senior-level Federal official
selected by the Assistant from any Federal agency or
organization.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Reporting.--The working group shall report to the
National Security Council.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Duties.--The working group shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) provide direction and advice to the Assistant
with respect to the establishment of a Strategic Infrastructure
Fund (referred to in this subsection as the ``Fund'') to be
used--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to support those aspects of projects
relating to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) civil nuclear
technologies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) rare earth elements and
critical minerals (as defined in section
7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C.
1606(a))); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) microprocessors;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) for strategic investments identified
by the working group; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) address critical areas in determining the
appropriate design for the Fund, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) transfer of assets to the
Fund;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) transfer of assets from the
Fund;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) how assets in the Fund should be
invested; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) governance and implementation of the
Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Report Required.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the working group shall
submit to the committees described in paragraph (2) a report on
the findings of the working group that includes suggested
legislative text for how to establish and structure a Strategic
Infrastructure Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Committees described.--The committees referred
to in paragraph (1) are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations,
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on
Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on
Finance of the Senate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on
Armed Services, the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 14. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE UNITED
STATES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Commercial Licenses.--Section 103 d. of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is amended, in the second
sentence--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by inserting ``for a production facility''
after ``No license''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by striking ``any any'' and inserting
``any''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Medical Therapy and Research Development Licenses.--
Section 104 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) is
amended, in the second sentence, by inserting ``for a production
facility'' after ``No license''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 15. MODIFICATION OF POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE EXPORT-
IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Modification of Prohibition on Financing.--Section
2(b)(5) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(5)) is
amended, in the first sentence, by striking ``any liquid metal fast
breeder nuclear reactor or''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Expansion of Program on Transformational Exports.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Section 2(l) of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(l)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``China and'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) by striking ``The Bank
shall establish a Program on China
and'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding
the Arrangement, the Bank shall
establish a Program on'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) by striking
``conditions,'' and inserting
``conditions that, in the judgement of
the Board of Directors of the Bank,
offer sufficient likelihood of
repayment to justify the loan,
guarantee, or insurance, as
applicable,''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) by striking ``by the
People's Republic of China
or'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``by the People's Republic of China
or''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) in subparagraph (B)--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking ``the
People's Republic of China'' and
inserting ``covered
countries'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) by redesignating
clauses (viii) through (xi) as clauses
(ix) through (xii), respectively;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) by inserting after
clause (vii) the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(viii) Civil nuclear facilities,
material, technologies, and related goods and
services that support the development of an
effective nuclear energy sector.'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) by striking paragraph (2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``China and'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) in the matter
preceding clause (i), by striking ``the
People's Republic of China is'' and
inserting ``the People's Republic of
China and the Russian Federation are'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) in clause (i), by
striking ``; and'' and inserting ``;
or'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) in the subparagraph
heading, by striking ``Sunset
and'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) by striking the first
sentence; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) by striking ``4
years after enactment of this
subsection'' and inserting ``December
20, 2023''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) in subparagraph (D), by
striking ``China and''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Sunset.--The Program on Transformational
Exports shall expire on December 31, 2026.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) Arrangement.--The term `Arrangement'
means the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export
Credits of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) Covered country.--The term `covered
country' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) the People's Republic of
China;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) the Russian Federation;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) any country that--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(I) the Secretary of the
Treasury designates as a covered
country in a report to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Development
of the Senate and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of
Representatives;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(II) is not a
participant in the Arrangement;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(III) is not in
substantial compliance with the
financial terms and conditions of the
Arrangement.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 8(l) of the
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635g(l)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
``Under the'' and all that follows through ``Exports''
and inserting ``Under the Program on Transformational
Exports''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) by striking ``China and''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Reporting on Financing Related to People's Republic of
China and Russian Federation.--Section 408 of title IV of division I of
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94;
12 U.S.C. 635 note) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in the section heading, by striking ``china''
and inserting ``the people's republic of china and the russian
federation'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ``the government of China'' and
inserting ``the Government of the People's Republic of China or
the Government of the Russian Federation'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``the
government of China'' and inserting ``the Government of the
People's Republic of China or the Government of the Russian
Federation'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Government of the people's republic of
china.--The term `Government of the People's Republic of China'
means any person that the Bank has reason to believe is--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) the state and the Government of the
People's Republic of China, as well as any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality
thereof;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) any entity controlled, directly or
indirectly, by any of the foregoing, including any
partnership, association, or other entity in which any
of the foregoing owns a 50 percent or greater interest
or a controlling interest, and any entity which is
otherwise controlled by any of the foregoing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) any person that is or has been
acting or purporting to act, directly or indirectly,
for or on behalf of any of the foregoing; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) any other person which the Secretary
of the Treasury has notified the Bank is included in
any of the foregoing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Government of the russian federation.--The
term `Government of the Russian Federation' means any person
that the Bank has reason to believe is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) the state and the Government of the
Russian Federation, as well as any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality
thereof;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) any entity controlled, directly or
indirectly, by any of the foregoing, including any
partnership, association, or other entity in which any
of the foregoing owns a 50 percent or greater interest
or a controlling interest, and any entity which is
otherwise controlled by any of the foregoing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) any person that is or has been
acting or purporting to act, directly or indirectly,
for or on behalf of any of the foregoing; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) any other person which the Secretary
of the Treasury has notified the Bank is included in
any of the foregoing.''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) in subsection (e)(2), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``China is'' and inserting ``the
People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
are''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 16. U.S. NUCLEAR FUELS SECURITY INITIATIVE TO REDUCE
RELIANCE ON NUCLEAR FUELS FROM RUSSIA AND
CHINA.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Objectives.--The objectives of this section are--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) to expeditiously increase domestic production
of low-enriched uranium (referred to in this section as
``LEU'') by an annual amount determined by the Secretary to be
appropriate to reduce the reliance of the United States and
ally or partner nations on nuclear fuels from--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Russian Federation; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the People's Republic of
China;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) to expeditiously increase domestic production
of high-assay low-enriched uranium (referred to in this section
as ``HALEU'') by an annual amount determined by the Secretary
to be sufficient to meet the needs of the consortium
established under section 2001(a)(2)(F) of the Energy Policy
Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) to ensure the availability of domestically
produced and converted uranium in an amount determined by the
Secretary to be sufficient to address a reasonably anticipated
supply disruption;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) to promote the domestic production,
conversion, and enrichment of uranium; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) to promote the deployment of United States
uranium enrichment technology.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Definition of Programs.--In this section, the term
``Programs'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Nuclear Fuel Security Program established
under subsection (c)(1);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the National Strategic Uranium Reserve Program
established under subsection (c)(2); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the American Assured Fuel Supply Program of
the Department of Energy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Establishment.--The Secretary, consistent with the
objectives described in subsection (a), shall establish--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) a program, to be known as the ``Nuclear Fuel
Security Program'', to reduce the reliance of the United States
and ally or partner nations on nuclear fuels from the Russian
Federation and the People's Republic of China by increasing the
amounts of LEU and HALEU produced by U.S. nuclear energy
companies; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) a program, to be known as the ``National
Strategic Uranium Reserve Program'', to ensure the availability
of domestically produced and converted uranium in the event of
a supply disruption.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Nuclear Fuel Security Program.--In carrying out the
Nuclear Fuel Security Program, the Secretary shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, select 1 or more U.S. nuclear energy
companies to produce LEU in amounts and timeframes specified by
the Secretary;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, select 1 or more U.S. nuclear energy
companies to produce HALEU in amounts and timeframes specified
by the Secretary;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) utilize only uranium produced and converted in
the United States or a country described in any of
subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 2(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) coordinate the operations of the Nuclear Fuel
Security Program and the National Strategic Uranium Reserve
Program as the Secretary determines to be appropriate;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) take other actions that the Secretary
determines to be necessary or appropriate to reduce the
reliance of the United States and ally or partner nations on
nuclear fuels from the Russian Federation and the People's
Republic of China.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) National Strategic Uranium Reserve Program.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In carrying out the National
Strategic Uranium Reserve Program, the Secretary shall--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) immediately on enactment of this Act,
use the funds reallocated by paragraph (2) to initiate
the establishment of a National Strategic Uranium
Reserve;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) make the National Strategic Uranium
Reserve operational by acquiring uranium in amounts and
timeframes specified by the Secretary;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) maintain, replenish, or increase the
amount of uranium in the National Strategic Uranium
Reserve in a manner determined by the Secretary to be
consistent with the objectives described in subsection
(a);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) utilize only uranium produced and
converted in the United States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) make uranium available from the
National Strategic Uranium Reserve, subject to terms
and conditions determined by the Secretary to be
reasonable and appropriate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) coordinate the operations of the
Nuclear Fuel Security Program and the National
Strategic Uranium Reserve Program as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) take other actions that the Secretary
determines to be necessary or appropriate to address a
uranium supply disruption.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Reallocation.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, amounts made available to the National
Nuclear Security Administration for the Uranium Reserve Program
by, and described in the first proviso in, the matter under the
heading ``Weapons Activities'' under the heading ``NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'' under the heading ``ATOMIC
ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES'' in title III of division D of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260; 134
Stat. 1369), that remain available as of the date of enactment
of this Act shall be reallocated, as directed by the Secretary,
for the purpose of establishing and initiating operation of the
National Strategic Uranium Reserve by--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) continuing the activities initiated by
the National Nuclear Security Administration using the
amounts described in that proviso;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) carrying out other activities
consistent with the purposes for which those amounts
were made available under that Act; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) carrying out activities in accordance
with the objectives described in subsection
(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Continuation of the American Assured Fuel Supply
Program.--In carrying out the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, the
Secretary shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) maintain, replenish, or increase the amount of
uranium in the National Strategic Uranium Reserve in a manner
determined by the Secretary to be consistent with the purposes
of that program and the objectives described in subsection
(a);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) make uranium available from the American
Assured Fuel Supply, subject to terms and conditions determined
by the Secretary to be reasonable and appropriate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) coordinate the operations of the National
Strategic Uranium Reserve Program and the American Assured Fuel
Supply Program as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) if determined by the Secretary to be
appropriate and consistent with the objectives described in
subsection (a), merge the operations of the National Strategic
Uranium Reserve Program and the American Assured Fuel Supply
Program; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) take other actions that the Secretary
determines to be necessary or appropriate to address the
purposes of the American Assured Fuel Supply Program and the
objectives described in subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (g) Authority.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In carrying out the Programs, the
Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in addition to exercising the
authority granted to the Secretary under any other
provision of law, enter into transactions (other than
contracts, cooperative agreements, financial assistance
agreements, or the provision of any other financial
assistance) with an ally or partner nation, a U.S.
energy company, or any other domestic or foreign entity
for any activity to carry out the Programs, including
the acquisition or provision of uranium, conversion
services, enrichment services, LEU, HALEU, and related
goods and services, in the same manner as the Secretary
of Defense under section 4021 of title 10, United
States Code (other than subsections (b) and (f) of that
section);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) make acquisitions for the Programs
through the use of competitive selection processes that
the Secretary determines to be appropriate to achieve
the objectives described in subsection (a) in an
expeditious manner;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C)(i) establish milestones for achieving
specified objectives, including the production of LEU
and HALEU in amounts and timeframes specified by the
Secretary; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) provide awards and other forms of
incentives for meeting those milestones;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) provide loan guarantees, other
financial assistance, or assistance in the form of
revenue guarantees or similar mechanisms;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) charge an amount for the provision of
uranium, conversion services, enrichment services, LEU,
HALEU, and other goods and services that, in the
opinion of the Secretary, provides reasonable
compensation, taking into account fair market value and
the objectives described in subsection (a);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) notwithstanding section 3302 of title
31, United States Code--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) receive and retain revenues
from the sale or transfer of uranium, LEU, or
HALEU and from other activities related to the
Programs; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) expend those revenues for
purposes related to the program from which the
revenues are derived.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Availability of funds.--The revenues described
in paragraph (1)(F) shall remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (h) Domestic Sourcing Considerations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the Secretary may only carry out an activity in connection
with 1 or more of the Programs if--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the activity promotes manufacturing in
the United States; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the activity relies on resources,
materials, or equipment developed or produced--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) in the United States;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) in a country described in any
of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section
2(2) by--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) a U.S. nuclear energy
company;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) an ally or partner
nation; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (III) an associated
entity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the
requirements of paragraph (1) with respect to an activity if
the Secretary determines a waiver to be necessary to achieve 1
or more of the objectives described in subsection
(a).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) Exclusions.--The Secretary may not carry out an
activity in connection with the Programs with an entity that is--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) owned or controlled by the Government of the
Russian Federation or the Government of the People's Republic
of China; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) organized under the laws of, or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation or the
People's Republic of China.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (j) Nuclear Regulatory Commission.--The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission shall prioritize and expedite consideration of any action
related to the Programs to the extent permitted under the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) and related statutes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (k) USEC Privatization Act.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--The requirements of section 3112
of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-10) shall not
apply to activities related to the Programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Amendment.--Section 3112A(c)(2)(A) of the USEC
Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h-10a(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in clause (xii), by inserting ``and''
after the semicolon at the end;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) by striking clauses (xiii) through
(xxvii); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(xiii) in calendar year 2026 and
each calendar year thereafter, 0
kilograms.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (l) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts otherwise available, there are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) for the Nuclear Fuel Security Program,
$3,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, to remain available until
September 30, 2031; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) for the National Strategic Uranium Reserve
Program and the American Assured Fuel Supply Program, such sums
as are necessary for the period of fiscal years 2023 through
2030, to remain available until September 30, 2031.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Nuclear Energy Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Advanced nuclear reactor.--The term ``advanced nuclear
reactor'' has the meaning given the term in section 951(b) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271(b)).
(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 designated as an
ally or partner nation by the Secretary of State for
purposes of this Act.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committees on Foreign Relations and Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
(4) Assistant.--The term ``Assistant'' means the Assistant
to the President and Director for International Nuclear Energy
Policy described in section 3(a)(1)(D).
(5) Associated entity.--The term ``associated 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 otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of, a country described in
paragraph (2), including a corporation that is
incorporated in a country described in that paragraph.
(6) Associated individual.--The term ``associated
individual'' means a foreign national who is a national of a
country described in paragraph (2).
(7) 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;
(G) nuclear safety;
(H) community engagement in areas in reasonable
proximity to nuclear sites;
(I) infrastructure support for nuclear energy;
(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 described in
subparagraphs (A) through (N).
(8) Embarking civil nuclear energy nation.--
(A) In general.--The term ``embarking civil nuclear
energy nation'' means a country that--
(i) does not have a civil nuclear program;
(ii) is in the process of developing or
expanding a civil nuclear program, including
safeguards and a legal and regulatory
framework, for--
(I) nuclear safety;
(II) nuclear security;
(III) radioactive waste management;
(IV) civil nuclear energy;
(V) environmental safeguards;
(VI) community engagement in areas
in reasonable proximity to nuclear
sites;
(VII) nuclear liability; or
(VIII) advanced nuclear reactor
licensing;
(iii) is in the process of selecting,
developing, constructing, or utilizing advanced
light water reactors, advanced nuclear
reactors, or advanced civil nuclear
technologies; and
(iv) is eligible to receive development
lending from the World Bank.
(B) Exclusions.--The term ``embarking civil nuclear
energy 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;
(v) the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea;
(vi) the Republic of Cuba;
(vii) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;
(viii) the Syrian Arab Republic; or
(ix) any other country--
(I) the property or interests in
property of the government of which are
blocked pursuant to the International
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));
(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
provision of law.
(9) Nuclear safety.--The term ``nuclear safety'' means
issues relating to the design, construction, operation, or
decommissioning of nuclear facilities in a manner that ensures
adequate protection of 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 materials.
(10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(11) Spent nuclear fuel.--The term ``spent nuclear fuel''
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
(12) U.S. nuclear energy company.--The term ``U.S. nuclear
energy company'' means a company that--
(A) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise
subject to the jurisdiction of, the United States; and
(B) is involved in the nuclear energy industry.
SEC. 3. CIVIL NUCLEAR COORDINATION AND STRATEGY.
(a) White House Focal Point on Coordination.--
(1) Sense of congress.--Given the critical importance of
developing and implementing, with input from various agencies
throughout the executive branch, a cohesive policy with respect
to international efforts related to civil nuclear energy, it is
the sense of Congress that--
(A) there should be a focal point within the White
House, which may, if determined to be appropriate,
report to the National Security Council, for
coordination on issues relating to those efforts;
(B) to provide that focal point, the President
should establish, within the Executive Office of the
President, an office, to be known as the ``Office of
the Assistant to the President and Director for
International Nuclear Energy Policy'' (referred to in
this subsection as the ``Office'');
(C) the Office should act as a coordinating office
for--
(i) international civil nuclear
cooperation; and
(ii) civil nuclear export strategy;
(D) the Office should be headed by an individual
appointed as an Assistant to the President with the
title of ``Director for International Nuclear Energy
Policy''; and
(E) the Office should--
(i) coordinate civil nuclear export
policies for the United States;
(ii) develop, in coordination with the
officials described in paragraph (2), a
cohesive Federal strategy for engagement with
foreign governments (including ally or partner
nations and the governments of embarking civil
nuclear energy nations), associated entities,
and associated individuals with respect to
civil nuclear exports;
(iii) coordinate with the officials
described in paragraph (2) to ensure that
necessary framework agreements and trade
controls relating to civil nuclear materials
and technologies are in place for key markets;
and
(iv) develop--
(I) a whole-of-government
coordinating strategy for civil nuclear
cooperation;
(II) a whole-of-government strategy
for civil nuclear exports; and
(III) a whole-of-government
approach to support appropriate foreign
investment in civil nuclear energy
projects supported by the United States
in embarking civil nuclear energy
nations.
(2) Officials described.--The officials referred to in
paragraph (1)(E) are--
(A) the appropriate officials of--
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of Energy;
(iii) the Department of Commerce;
(iv) the Department of Transportation;
(v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(vi) the Department of Defense;
(vii) the National Security Council;
(viii) the National Economic Council;
(ix) the Office of the United States Trade
Representative;
(x) the Office of Management and Budget;
(xi) the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence;
(xii) the Export-Import Bank of the United
States;
(xiii) the United States International
Development Finance Corporation;
(xiv) the United States Agency for
International Development;
(xv) the United States Trade and
Development Agency;
(xvi) the Office of Science and Technology
Policy; and
(xvii) any other Federal agency that the
President determines to be appropriate; and
(B) appropriate officials representing foreign
countries and governments, including--
(i) ally or partner nations;
(ii) embarking civil nuclear energy
nations; and
(iii) any other country or government that
the Assistant (if appointed) and the officials
described in subparagraph (A) jointly determine
to be appropriate.
(b) Nuclear Exports Working Group.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established a working group,
to be known as the ``Nuclear Exports Working Group'' (referred
to in this subsection as the ``working group'').
(2) Composition.--The working group shall be composed of--
(A) senior-level Federal officials, selected
internally by the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from--
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of Commerce;
(iii) the Department of Energy;
(iv) the Department of the Treasury;
(v) the Export-Import Bank of the United
States;
(vi) the United States International
Development Finance Corporation;
(vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(viii) the Office of the United States
Trade Representative; and
(ix) the United States Trade and
Development Agency; and
(B) other senior-level Federal officials, selected
internally by the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from any other Federal agency or
organization that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
(3) Reporting.--The working group shall report to the
appropriate White House official, which may be the Assistant
(if appointed).
(4) Duties.--The working group shall coordinate, not less
frequently than quarterly, with the Civil Nuclear Trade
Advisory Committee of the Department of Commerce, the Nuclear
Energy Advisory Committee of the Department of Energy, and
other advisory or stakeholder groups, as necessary, to maintain
an accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the standing of civil
nuclear exports from the United States, including with respect
to meeting the targets established as part of the 10-year civil
nuclear trade strategy described in paragraph (5)(A).
(5) Strategy.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall
establish a 10-year civil nuclear trade strategy,
including biennial targets for the export of civil
nuclear technologies, including light water and non-
light water reactors and associated equipment and
technologies, civil nuclear materials, and nuclear fuel
that align with meeting international energy demand
while seeking to avoid or reduce emissions.
(B) Collaboration required.--In establishing the
strategy under subparagraph (A), the working group
shall collaborate with--
(i) the Secretary;
(ii) the Secretary of Commerce;
(iii) the Secretary of State;
(iv) the Secretary of the Treasury;
(v) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(vi) the President of the Export-Import
Bank of the United States;
(vii) the Chief Executive Officer of the
United States International Development Finance
Corporation;
(viii) the United States Trade
Representative; and
(ix) representatives of private industry.
SEC. 4. ENGAGEMENT WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS.
(a) In General.--The President shall launch, in accordance with
applicable nuclear technology export laws (including regulations), an
international initiative to modernize the civil nuclear outreach to
embarking civil nuclear energy nations.
(b) Financing.--In carrying out the initiative described in
subsection (a), the President, acting through an appropriate Federal
official, who may be the Assistant (if appointed) or the Chief
Executive Officer of the International Development Finance Corporation,
if determined to be appropriate, and in coordination with the officials
described in section 3(a)(2), may, if the President determines to be
appropriate, seek to establish cooperative financing relationships for
the export of civil nuclear technology, components, materials, and
infrastructure to embarking civil nuclear energy nations.
(c) Activities.--In carrying out the initiative described in
subsection (a), the President shall--
(1) assist nongovernmental organizations and appropriate
offices, administrations, agencies, laboratories, and programs
of the Department of Energy and other relevant Federal agencies
and offices in providing education and training to foreign
governments in nuclear safety, security, and safeguards--
(A) through engagement with the International
Atomic Energy Agency; or
(B) independently, if the applicable entity
determines that it would be more advantageous under the
circumstances to provide the applicable education and
training independently;
(2) assist the efforts of the International Atomic Energy
Agency to expand the support provided by the International
Atomic Energy Agency to embarking civil nuclear energy nations
for nuclear safety, security, and safeguards;
(3) coordinate the work of the Chief Executive Officer of
the United States International Development Finance Corporation
to expand outreach to the private investment community to
create public-private financing relationships to assist in the
export of civil nuclear technology to embarking civil nuclear
energy nations;
(4) seek to better coordinate, to the maximum extent
practicable, the work carried out by each of--
(A) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(B) the Department of Energy;
(C) the Department of Commerce;
(D) the Nuclear Energy Agency;
(E) the International Atomic Energy Agency; and
(F) the nuclear regulatory agencies and
organizations of embarking civil nuclear energy nations
and ally or partner nations; and
(5) improve the efficient and effective exporting and
importing of civil nuclear technologies and materials.
SEC. 5. COOPERATIVE FINANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALLY OR PARTNER
NATIONS AND EMBARKING CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY NATIONS.
(a) In General.--The President shall designate an appropriate White
House official, who may be the Assistant (if appointed), and the Chief
Executive Officer of the United States International Development
Finance Corporation to coordinate with the officials described in
section 3(a)(2) to develop, as the President determines to be
appropriate, financing relationships with ally or partner nations to
advance civil nuclear exports from the United States or ally or partner
nations to embarking civil nuclear energy nations.
(b) United States Competitiveness Clauses.--
(1) Definition of united states competitiveness clause.--In
this subsection, the term ``United States competitiveness
clause'' means any United States competitiveness provision in
any agreement entered into by the Department of Energy,
including--
(A) a cooperative agreement;
(B) a cooperative research and development
agreement; and
(C) a patent waiver.
(2) Consideration.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
relevant officials described in that subsection shall consider
the impact of United States competitiveness clauses on any
financing relationships 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. 6. COOPERATION WITH ALLY OR PARTNER NATIONS ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR
REACTOR DEMONSTRATION 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 Commerce, 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 purpose of developing
collaborative relationships with respect to research, development,
licensing, and deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies for
civil nuclear energy.
(b) Requirement.--The meetings described in subsection (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
climate change by 2050; and
(2) a focus on developing a memorandum of understanding or
any other appropriate agreement between 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 research
facilities.
(c) Financing Arrangements.--In conducting the meetings described
in subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce, shall seek to develop
financing arrangements to share the costs of the demonstration and
deployment of advanced nuclear reactors and the development 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 arrangements
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. 7. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION.
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 following:
``(a) In General.--The Secretary'';
(2) in subsection (a) (as so designated)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``financing,''; and
(ii) by striking ``and'' after the
semicolon at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
``preparations for''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(v), by striking
the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) to support, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, the safe, secure, and peaceful use of civil nuclear
technology in countries developing nuclear 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 reactors,
fuel, equipment, services, and technology of U.S. nuclear
energy companies (as defined in section 2 of the International
Nuclear Energy Act) in civil nuclear energy programs outside
the United States through--
``(A) bilateral and multilateral arrangements
developed and executed in coordination with the
Secretary of State that contain commitments 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. nuclear
energy companies (as defined in that section) to
implement an arrangement under subparagraph (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 relating
to competition with respect to any activity related to
an arrangement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary,
in consultation with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Commerce, determines that a waiver is
necessary and appropriate to achieve the objectives of
this section; and
``(D) the issuance of loans, loan guarantees, other
financial assistance, or assistance in the form of an
equity interest to carry out activities related to an
arrangement under subparagraph (A), to the extent
appropriated funds are available.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Requirements.--The program under subsection (a) shall--
``(1) with respect to the function described in subsection
(a)(3), be modeled after the International Military Education
and Training program of the Department of State; and
``(2) be authorized and directed by the Secretary of State
and implemented by the Secretary--
``(A) to facilitate, to the maximum extent
practicable, workshops and expert-based exchanges to
engage industry, stakeholders, and foreign governments
with respect to international civil nuclear issues,
such as--
``(i) training;
``(ii) financing;
``(iii) safety;
``(iv) security;
``(v) safeguards;
``(vi) liability;
``(vii) advanced fuels;
``(viii) operations; and
``(ix) 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
``(B) in coordination with--
``(i) the National Security Council;
``(ii) the Secretary of State;
``(iii) the Secretary of Commerce; and
``(iv) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out subsection (a)(3)
$15,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.''.
SEC. 8. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), shall launch an
international initiative (referred to in this section as the
``initiative'') to provide financial assistance to, and facilitate the
building of technical capacities by, in accordance with this section,
embarking civil nuclear energy nations for activities relating to the
development of civil nuclear energy programs.
(b) Financial Assistance.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the initiative, the
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the
Assistant (if appointed), may award grants of financial
assistance to embarking civil nuclear energy nations in
accordance with this subsection--
(A) for activities relating to the development of
civil nuclear energy programs; and
(B) to facilitate the building of technical
capacities for those activities.
(2) Amount.--The amount of a grant of financial assistance
under paragraph (1) shall be not more than $5,500,000.
(3) Limitations.--The Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary and the Assistant (if appointed), may
award--
(A) not more than 1 grant of financial assistance
under paragraph (1) to any 1 embarking civil nuclear
energy nation each fiscal year; and
(B) not more than a total of 5 grants of financial
assistance under paragraph (1) to any 1 embarking civil
nuclear energy nation.
(c) Senior Advisors.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the initiative, the
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary and the
Assistant (if appointed), may provide financial assistance to
an embarking civil nuclear energy nation for the purpose of
contracting with a U.S. nuclear energy company to hire 1 or
more senior advisors to assist the embarking civil nuclear
energy nation in establishing a civil nuclear program.
(2) Requirement.--A senior advisor described in paragraph
(1) shall have relevant experience and qualifications to advise
the embarking civil nuclear energy nation on, and facilitate on
behalf of the embarking civil nuclear energy nation, 1 or more
of the following activities:
(A) The development of financing relationships.
(B) The development of a standardized financing and
project management framework for the construction of
nuclear power plants.
(C) The development of a standardized licensing
framework for--
(i) light water civil nuclear technologies;
and
(ii) non-light water civil nuclear
technologies and advanced nuclear reactors.
(D) The identification of qualified organizations
and service providers.
(E) The identification of funds to support payment
for services required to develop a civil nuclear
program.
(F) Market analysis.
(G) The identification of the safety, security,
safeguards, and nuclear governance required for a civil
nuclear program.
(H) Risk allocation, risk management, and nuclear
liability.
(I) Technical assessments of nuclear reactors and
technologies.
(J) The identification of actions necessary to
participate in a global nuclear liability regime based
on the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for
Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done at Vienna September
12, 1997 (TIAS 15-415).
(K) Stakeholder engagement.
(L) Management of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear
waste.
(M) Any other major activities to support the
establishment of a civil nuclear program, such as the
establishment of export, financing, construction,
training, operations, and education requirements.
(3) Clarification.--Financial assistance under this
subsection may be provided to an embarking civil nuclear energy
nation in addition to any financial assistance provided to that
embarking civil nuclear energy nation under subsection (b).
(d) Limitation on Assistance to Embarking Civil Nuclear Energy
Nations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Offices of the Inspectors General for the Department of State
and the Department of Energy shall coordinate--
(1) to establish and submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a joint strategic plan to conduct comprehensive
oversight of activities authorized under this section to
prevent fraud, waste, and abuse; and
(2) to engage in independent and effective oversight of
activities authorized under this section through joint or
individual audits, inspections, investigations, or evaluations.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out the initiative
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
SEC. 9. BIENNIAL CABINET-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR
SAFETY, SECURITY, SAFEGUARDS, AND SUSTAINABILITY.
(a) In General.--The President, in coordination with international
partners, as determined by the President, and industry, shall hold a
biennial conference on civil nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and
sustainability (referred to in this section as a ``conference'').
(b) Conference Functions.--It is the sense of Congress that each
conference should--
(1) be a forum in which ally or partner nations may engage
with each other for the purpose of reinforcing the commitment
to--
(A) nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and
sustainability;
(B) environmental safeguards; and
(C) local community engagement in areas in
reasonable proximity to nuclear sites; and
(2) facilitate--
(A) the development of--
(i) joint commitments and goals to
improve--
(I) nuclear safety, security,
safeguards, and sustainability;
(II) environmental safeguards; and
(III) local community engagement in
areas in reasonable proximity to
nuclear sites;
(ii) stronger international institutions
that support nuclear safety, security,
safeguards, and sustainability;
(iii) cooperative financing relationships
to promote competitive alternatives to Chinese
and Russian financing;
(iv) a standardized financing and project
management framework for the construction of
civil nuclear power plants;
(v) a standardized licensing framework for
civil nuclear technologies;
(vi) a strategy to change internal policies
of multinational development banks, such as the
World Bank, to support the financing of civil
nuclear projects;
(vii) a document containing any lessons
learned from countries that have partnered with
the Russian Federation or the People's Republic
of China with respect to civil nuclear power,
including any detrimental outcomes resulting
from that partnership; and
(viii) a global civil nuclear liability
regime;
(B) cooperation for enhancing the overall aspects
of civil nuclear power, such as--
(i) nuclear safety, security, safeguards,
and sustainability;
(ii) nuclear laws (including regulations);
(iii) waste management;
(iv) quality management systems;
(v) technology transfer;
(vi) human resources development;
(vii) localization;
(viii) reactor operations;
(ix) nuclear liability; and
(x) decommissioning; and
(C) the development and determination of the
mechanisms described in paragraphs (7) and (8) of
section 10(a), if the President intends to establish an
Advanced Reactor Coordination and Resource Center as
described in that section.
(c) Input From Industry and Government.--It is the sense of
Congress that each conference should include a meeting that convenes
nuclear industry leaders and leaders of government agencies with
expertise relating to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or
sustainability to discuss best practices relating to--
(1) the safe and secure use, storage, and transport of
nuclear and radiological materials;
(2) managing the evolving cyber threat to nuclear and
radiological security; and
(3) the role that the nuclear industry should play in
nuclear and radiological safety, security, and safeguards,
including with respect to the safe and secure use, storage, and
transport of nuclear and radiological materials, including
spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.
SEC. 10. ADVANCED REACTOR COORDINATION AND RESOURCE CENTER.
(a) In General.--The President shall consider the feasibility of
leveraging existing activities or frameworks or, as necessary,
establishing a center, to be known as the ``Advanced Reactor
Coordination and Resource Center'' (referred to in this section as the
``Center''), for the purposes of--
(1) identifying qualified organizations and service
providers--
(A) for embarking civil nuclear energy nations;
(B) to develop and assemble documents, contracts,
and related items required to establish a civil nuclear
program; and
(C) to develop a standardized model for the
establishment of a civil nuclear program that can be
used by the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(2) coordinating with countries participating in the Center
and with the Nuclear Exports Working Group established under
section 3(b)--
(A) to identify funds to support payment for
services required to develop a civil nuclear program;
(B) to provide market analysis; and
(C) to create--
(i) project structure models;
(ii) models for electricity market
analysis;
(iii) models for nonelectric applications
market analysis; and
(iv) financial models;
(3) identifying and developing the safety, security,
safeguards, and nuclear governance required for a civil nuclear
program;
(4) supporting multinational regulatory standards to be
developed by countries with civil nuclear programs and
experience;
(5) developing and strengthening communications,
engagement, and consensus-building;
(6) carrying out any other major activities to support
export, financing, education, construction, training, and
education requirements relating to the establishment of a civil
nuclear program;
(7) developing mechanisms for how to fund and staff the
Center; and
(8) determining mechanisms for the selection of the
location or locations of the Center.
(b) Objective.--The President shall carry out subsection (a) with
the objective of establishing the Center if the President determines
that it is feasible to do so.
SEC. 11. INVESTMENT BY ALLIES AND PARTNERS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Commercial Licenses.--Section 103 d. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(d)) is amended, in the second sentence--
(1) by inserting ``for a production facility'' after ``No
license''; and
(2) by striking ``any any'' and inserting ``any''.
(b) Medical Therapy and Research Development Licenses.--Section 104
d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2134(d)) is amended, in
the second sentence, by inserting ``for a production facility'' after
``No license''.
SEC. 12. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING GROUP.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a working group, to be
known as the ``Strategic Infrastructure Fund Working Group'' (referred
to in this section as the ``working group'').
(b) Composition.--The working group shall be--
(1) led by a White House official, who may be the Assistant
(if appointed), who shall serve as the White House focal point
with respect to matters relating to the working group; and
(2) composed of--
(A) senior-level Federal officials, selected by the
head of the applicable Federal agency or organization,
from--
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of the Treasury;
(iii) the Department of Commerce;
(iv) the Department of Energy;
(v) the Export-Import Bank of the United
States;
(vi) the United States International
Development Finance Corporation; and
(vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(B) other senior-level Federal officials, selected
by the head of the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from any other Federal agency or
organization that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate; and
(C) any senior-level Federal official selected by
the White House official described in paragraph (1)
from any Federal agency or organization.
(c) Reporting.--The working group shall report to the National
Security Council.
(d) Duties.--The working group shall--
(1) provide direction and advice to the officials described
in section 3(a)(2)(A) and appropriate Federal agencies, as
determined by the working group, with respect to the
establishment of a Strategic Infrastructure Fund (referred to
in this subsection as the ``Fund'') to be used--
(A) to support those aspects of projects relating
to--
(i) civil nuclear technologies;
(ii) rare earth elements and critical
minerals (as defined in section 7002(a) of the
Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a))); and
(iii) microprocessors; and
(B) for strategic investments identified by the
working group; and
(2) address critical areas in determining the appropriate
design for the Fund, including--
(A) transfer of assets to the Fund;
(B) transfer of assets from the Fund;
(C) how assets in the Fund should be invested; and
(D) governance and implementation of the Fund.
(e) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to
the committees described in paragraph (2) a report on the
findings of the working group that includes suggested
legislative text for how to establish and structure a Strategic
Infrastructure Fund.
(2) Committees described.--The committees referred to in
paragraph (1) are--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
(3) Administration of the fund.--The report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall include suggested legislative language
requiring all expenditures from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund
established in accordance with this section to be administered
by the Secretary of State (or a designee of the Secretary of
State).
SEC. 13. BRIEFINGS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY OF NEW EXPORTS OF ADVANCED
NUCLEAR REACTORS.
Before the United States may export an advanced nuclear reactor to
a country that has not previously received an advanced nuclear reactor
from the United States, the Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, shall provide a briefing to the appropriate
committees of Congress that addresses whether the country--
(1) is technically equipped to safely operate and maintain
the advanced nuclear reactor; and
(2) has a transparency plan in place for oversight of any
assistance received from the United States Government for the
purpose of purchasing the advanced nuclear reactor.
SEC. 14. ENSURING CONTINUED SAFETY AND SECURITY OVERSIGHT OF ENHANCED
ENERGY COOPERATION.
(a) Briefing Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary shall jointly brief the
committees of Congress described in paragraph (2) on the
procedures being used to mitigate any nuclear proliferation
risks of--
(A) any recommendations for enhanced energy
cooperation that may emerge from the meetings described
in section 6(a); or
(B) any new exports of advanced nuclear reactors.
(2) Committees of congress described.--The committees of
Congress referred to in paragraph (1) are--
(A) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Energy and
Natural Resources, and Armed Services of the Senate;
and
(B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and
Commerce, and Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(b) Prohibition on Exports of Nuclear Reactors to Certain
Countries.--On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, an
advanced nuclear reactor may not be exported from the United States to
a country unless that country--
(1) has signed an additional protocol to its comprehensive
safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy
Agency; or
(2) has put in place a comprehensive safeguards agreement
and is working toward signing an additional protocol with the
International Atomic Energy Agency.
SEC. 15. JOINT ASSESSMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA ON
NUCLEAR LIABILITY RULES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall
establish and maintain within the U.S.-India Strategic Security
Dialogue a joint consultative mechanism with the Government of the
Republic of India that convenes on a recurring basis--
(1) to assess the implementation of the Agreement for
Cooperation between the Government of the United States of
America and the Government of India Concerning Peaceful Uses of
Nuclear Energy, signed at Washington October 10, 2008 (TIAS 08-
1206);
(2) to discuss opportunities for the Republic of India to
align domestic nuclear liability rules with international
norms; and
(3) to develop a strategy for the United States and the
Republic of India to pursue bilateral and multilateral
diplomatic engagements related to analyzing and implementing
those opportunities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other relevant
Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report that describes the joint assessment
developed pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
SEC. 16. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
(a) Briefing.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a
briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress regarding
the capture of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian
armed forces.
(2) Requirements.--The briefing required by paragraph (1)
shall focus on--
(A) events leading up to the capture of the
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian armed
forces;
(B) ongoing efforts to ensure the continued
operation of the reactor and the safety and security of
the plant;
(C) efforts to mitigate potential risks to the
surrounding civilian population; and
(D) any safety and security measures implemented
since the capture.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report outlining
lessons learned from attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
plant, including--
(A) the efforts to ensure the safety and security
of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant;
(B) how those lessons can be applied to other
nuclear sites in Ukraine while there is an ongoing
threat of armed conflict in Ukraine; and
(C) how those lessons could apply to other nuclear
power plants in the event of armed conflict.
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
Calendar No. 604
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4064
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A BILL
To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for
nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports.
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December 7, 2022
Reported with an amendment