119-s2389

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2389 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2389

 To require the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to 
provide resilient energy to critical infrastructure of installations of 
 the Army through the use of advanced nuclear reactors, to authorize 
 multi-year contracts for such reactors, and to include nuclear energy 
 and technology as a covered technology category for the Office of 
Strategic Capital of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 23, 2025

 Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot program to 
provide resilient energy to critical infrastructure of installations of 
 the Army through the use of advanced nuclear reactors, to authorize 
 multi-year contracts for such reactors, and to include nuclear energy 
 and technology as a covered technology category for the Office of 
Strategic Capital of the Department of Defense, 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 ``Advanced Reactor Modernization for 
Operational Resilience Act of 2025'' or the ``ARMOR Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE RESILIENT ENERGY TO CRITICAL 
 INFRASTRUCTURE OF INSTALLATIONS OF THE ARMY.

    (a) Pilot Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army (in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary''), in conjunction with the 
Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, shall carry out a pilot 
program to provide resilient energy to critical infrastructure of 
installations of the Department of the Army through the deployment of a 
fixed facility advanced nuclear micro-reactor or small modular reactor 
(in this section referred to as the pilot program).

    (b) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program at 
installations in the United States under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary that are identified by the Secretary for purposes of the 
pilot program.
            (c) Objectives.--The objective of the pilot program is to develop 
and provide a source of resilient energy for critical infrastructure of 
installations of the Department of the Army selected under subsection

    (b) by not later than December 31, 2030, utilizing a fixed facility 
advanced nuclear reactor.
            (d) Considerations.--In carrying out the pilot program, the 
Secretary shall consider whether a fixed facility advanced nuclear 
reactor under the pilot program--

    (1) should be owned and operated by a contractor;

    (2) should be licensed as a commercial reactor by the 
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with advice and consent of the 
 Secretary; or

    (3) as feasible and consistent with military requirements, 
 should be co-located with artificial intelligence 
 infrastructure and data centers.

    (e) Capabilities.--In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary 
shall ensure that a fixed facility advanced nuclear reactor under the 
pilot program--

    (1) is capable of power generation output of up to 300 
 megawatts; and

    (2) as feasible and consistent with military requirements, 
 is capable of connecting to the commercial grid in order to 
 sell excess energy pursuant to 

section 2916 of title 10, United 
 States Code.

    (f) Licensing Priority.--Licensing of advanced reactors covered 
under the pilot program shall, consistent with the Accelerating 
Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of 2024 
(division B of Public Law 118-67; 138 Stat. 1448), be prioritized by 
the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.

    (g) Expansion of Pilot Program.--Upon request to the Secretary of 
Defense, and with notice to the congressional defense committees (as 
defined in 

section 101

    (a) of title 10, United States Code), the 
Secretary of another military department may participate in the pilot 
program to provide resilient energy to critical infrastructure at 
installations under the jurisdiction of that Secretary through the 
deployment of a fixed facility advanced nuclear micro-reactor or small 
modular reactor.

    (h) Funding.--All costs of the pilot program may be paid from any 
appropriation available for the purposes of the pilot program.
            (i) Termination Date.--The authority to develop and construct a 
fixed facility advance nuclear micro-reactor or small modular reactor 
under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2035.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS FOR ENERGY FROM ADVANCED 
 NUCLEAR REACTORS.

 Subchapter II of chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``

Sec. 2922K. Multi-year contracts for energy from advanced nuclear 
 reactors
 ``

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection

    (b) , the Secretary of a 
military department may enter into a contract or contracts for a 
duration of not more than 50 years for the operation of an energy 
production facility through the use of an advanced nuclear reactor, as 
that term is defined in 

section 951

    (b)

    (1) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16271

    (b)

    (1) ).
 ``

    (b) Funding.--The costs of any contract under this section may be 
paid from any appropriation available for that purpose.
 ``
            (c) Consideration.--As part of any consideration under a contract 
made under this section for the operation of an energy production 
facility, the Secretary of a military department may include the value 
of land leased for the siting of the energy production facility.''.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF COVERED TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY FOR OFFICE OF 
 STRATEGIC CAPITAL.

 

Section 149

    (e)

    (2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (HH) Nuclear energy.
 ``
            (II) Nuclear technologies.''.
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