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HR 7405 116th Congress House

Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act

Official title: To assess and improve the competitiveness of American civilian nuclear commerce, to expedite Department of Energy review of certain nuclear technology exports, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 29, 2020 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Arms control and nonproliferationCivil actions and liabilityCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsLicensing and registrations
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Life, casualty, property insuranceNuclear powerTechnology transfer and commercializationTrade restrictions
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 29, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 29, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act

This bill requires expedited consideration of certain nuclear technology exports, and it requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to author specified reports.

Specifically, DOE must establish procedures to expedite consideration of authorization requests regarding the transfer of a technology that involves specified low-proliferation-risk reactors to certain foreign countries.

DOE must also report on U.S. civil nuclear commerce, including (1) an assessment of current practices with respect to the civilian nuclear industry and the impacts of such practices on both the industry and in foreign commerce, (2) a comparison of U.S. practices to the practices of foreign countries with respect to their own civilian nuclear industry, and (3) recommendations to improve the competitiveness of U.S. civil nuclear commerce.

The GAO must report on the feasibility and implications of modifying or repealing specified restrictions on issuing licenses for certain nuclear facilities to an alien or an entity owned, controlled, or dominated by an alien, foreign corporation, or foreign government. The GAO must also report on actions by DOE with respect to the retrospective risk pooling program that requires each nuclear supplier to help cover the contingent cost resulting from certain nuclear incidents.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7405: Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7405/
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"H.R. 7405: Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7405/.
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H.R. 7405, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7405/.
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