[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1801 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 98
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1801
To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for
nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 19, 2025
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Heinrich)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
June 18, 2025
Reported by Mr. Risch, 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, and for other purposes.
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 2025''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Advanced nuclear reactor.--The term ``advanced
nuclear reactor'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) a nuclear fission reactor, including a
prototype plant (as defined in sections 50.2 and 52.1
of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor
regulations)), with significant improvements compared
to reactors operating on October 19, 2016, including
improvements such as--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) additional inherent safety
features;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) lower waste yields;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) improved fuel and material
performance;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) increased tolerance to loss
of fuel cooling;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) enhanced reliability or
improved resilience;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) increased proliferation
resistance;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) increased thermal
efficiency;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) reduced consumption of
cooling water and other environmental
impacts;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) the ability to integrate into
electric applications and nonelectric
applications;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (x) modular sizes to allow for
deployment that corresponds with the demand for
electricity or process heat; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (xi) operational flexibility to
respond to changes in demand for electricity or
process heat and to complement integration with
intermittent renewable energy or energy
storage;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) a fusion reactor; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) a radioisotope power system that
utilizes heat from radioactive decay to generate
energy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Ally or partner nation.--The term ``ally or
partner nation'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Government of any country that is
a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Government of the Republic of
India; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Government of any country
designated as an ally or partner nation by the
Secretary of State for purposes of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs and
Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Assistant.--The term ``Assistant'' means the
Assistant to the President and Director for International
Nuclear Energy Export Policy described in section
3(a)(1)(D).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Associated entity.--The term ``associated
entity'' means an entity that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is owned, controlled, or operated 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 paragraph (2), including a corporation
that is incorporated in a country described in that
paragraph.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Associated individual.--The term ``associated
individual'' means a foreign national who is a national of a
country described in paragraph (2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) Civil nuclear.--The term ``civil nuclear''
means activities relating to--</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) nuclear safety;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) community engagement in areas in
reasonable proximity to nuclear sites;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (I) infrastructure support for nuclear
energy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (J) nuclear plant
decommissioning;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (K) nuclear liability;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (L) safe storage and safe disposal of
spent nuclear fuel;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (M) environmental safeguards;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (N) nuclear nonproliferation and security;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (O) technology related to the matters
described in subparagraphs (A) through (N).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) Embarking civil nuclear nation.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--The term ``embarking
civil nuclear nation'' means a country that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) does not have a civil nuclear
energy program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) is in the process of
developing or expanding a civil nuclear energy
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) environmental
safeguards;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VI) community engagement
in areas in reasonable proximity to
nuclear sites;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VII) nuclear liability;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (VIII) advanced nuclear
reactor licensing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) is in the process of
selecting, developing, constructing, or
utilizing advanced light water reactors,
advanced nuclear reactors, or advanced civil
nuclear technologies; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) is eligible to receive
development lending from the World
Bank.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Exclusions.--The term ``embarking
civil nuclear nation'' does not include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the People's Republic of
China;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) the Russian
Federation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) the Republic of
Belarus;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) the Islamic Republic of
Iran;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vi) the Republic of
Cuba;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (vii) the Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (viii) the Syrian Arab
Republic;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ix) Burma; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (x) any other country--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (II) the government of
which the Secretary of State has
determined has repeatedly provided
support for acts of international
terrorism for purposes of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (aa) section
620A(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2371(a));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (bb) section 40(d)
of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2780(d));</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</DELETED>
<DELETED> (dd) any other
relevant provision of
law.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) National energy dominance council.--The term
``National Energy Dominance Council'' means the National Energy
Dominance Council established within the Executive Office of
the President under Executive Order 14213 (90 Fed. Reg. 9945;
relating to establishing the National Energy Dominance
Council).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Energy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) 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) White House Focal Point on Civil Nuclear
Coordination.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) to provide that focal point, the
President should designate, within the National Energy
Dominance Council, an office, to be known as the
``Office of the Assistant to the President and Director
for International Nuclear Energy Export Policy''
(referred to in this subsection as the
``Office'');</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the Office should act as a
coordinating office for--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) international civil nuclear
cooperation; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) civil nuclear export
strategy;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 Export Policy'' who is also a member of the
National Energy Dominance Council; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) the Office should--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) coordinate civil nuclear
export policies for the United
States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 nations), associated entities, and
associated individuals with respect to civil
nuclear exports;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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</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
appropriate foreign investment in civil
nuclear energy projects supported by
the United States in embarking civil
nuclear nations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Officials described.--The officials referred
to in paragraph (1)(E) are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) appropriate officials of any Federal
agency that the President determines to be appropriate;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) appropriate officials representing
foreign countries and governments, including--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) ally or partner
nations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) embarking civil nuclear
nations; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) any other country or
government that the Assistant (if appointed)
and the officials described in subparagraph (A)
jointly determine to be appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Nuclear Exports Working Group.--</DELETED