[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1985. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 25___. NATIONAL STRATEGIC URANIUM RESERVE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Uranium reserve.--The term ``Uranium Reserve'' means 
     the uranium reserve operated pursuant to the program 
     established under subsection (b).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and 
     Energy.
       (b) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     program to operate a uranium reserve comprised of uranium 
     recovered in the United States in accordance with this 
     section.
       (c) Purposes.--The purposes of the Uranium Reserve are--
       (1) to address domestic nuclear supply chain issues;
       (2) to provide assurance of the availability of uranium 
     recovered in the United States in the event of a supply 
     disruption; and
       (3) to support strategic nuclear fuel cycle capabilities in 
     the United States.
       (d) Exclusion.--The Secretary shall exclude from the 
     Uranium Reserve uranium that is recovered in the United 
     States by an entity that--
       (1) is owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian 
     Federation or the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China; or
       (2) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to 
     the jurisdiction of, the Russian Federation or the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (e) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, of the amounts authorized in section 2117(a), 
     $150,000,000 is authorized for each of fiscal years 2022 
     through 2026 to carry out this section.
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