[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6113. Mr. HUSTED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION FROM DEFINITION OF PRODUCTION FACILITY.

       Section 11 v. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
     2014(v)) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking 
     ``separating the isotopes of uranium or enriching uranium in 
     the isotope 235'' and inserting ``(A) separating isotopes of 
     uranium or enriching uranium in the isotope 235; or (B) 
     reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not 
     separate plutonium from other transuranic elements''.
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