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American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020

Introduced: November 16, 2020 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
Dec 2, 2020
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Dec 2, 2020
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Aug 5, 2020
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-270.
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American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020

This bill provides support and incentives for nuclear infrastructure and advanced nuclear technologies, requires licenses for exports of low-enriched uranium to be in compliance with nonproliferation standards and related requirements, allows the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to deny imports of certain enriched uranium supplies from Russia and China for national security purposes, creates a national strategic uranium reserve, and sets forth related requirements.

What's happening now December 2, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Dec 1, 2020
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 16, 2020
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Nov 16, 2020
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4897: American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4897/
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"S. 4897: American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4897/.
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S. 4897, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4897/.
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