119-hr4263

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4263 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4263

 To enhance the competitiveness of the nuclear sector of the United 
 States in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 30, 2025

 Mr. Self (for himself, Mr. Burchett, and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Energy 
 and Commerce, Financial Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 
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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 A BILL

 To enhance the competitiveness of the nuclear sector of the United 
 States in foreign countries, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``123 GO Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that Executive Order 14299 (90 Fed. 
Reg. 22581; relating to deploying advanced nuclear reactor technologies 
for national security) reflects the interests of the United States.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATION OF 123 AGREEMENTS.

 The Secretary of State shall--

    (1) lead diplomatic engagement and negotiations for 
 agreements for cooperation pursuant to 

section 123 of the 
 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) (hereafter referred 
 to as ``123 agreements'');

    (2) seek to enter into not fewer than 20 new 123 agreements 
 before January 3, 2029; and

    (3) seek to renegotiate or renew 123 agreements that are 
 scheduled to expire before the date that is 10 years after the 
 date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS.

 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, and after review by the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy, shall implement a program to enhance the 
global competitiveness of United States persons (as such term is 
defined in 

section 1637
            (d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 
U.S.C. 1708
            (d) ) who are nuclear suppliers, investors, or lenders to 
compete for nuclear projects in foreign countries, including--

    (1) expediting the conclusion of intergovernmental 
 agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with 
 potential export countries;

    (2) promoting broad adherence to the Convention on 
 Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done 
 at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15-415);

    (3) identifying statutory and regulatory burdens on exports 
 of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services 
 from the United States and recommending action to relieve such 
 burdens; and

    (4) encouraging favorable decisions by potential import 
 countries on the use of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, 
 equipment, and services from the United States.
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