[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3483 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3483
To establish a working group to provide input on the feasibility of
establishing a program to support strategically important capital-
intensive infrastructure projects.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 18, 2023
Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To establish a working group to provide input on the feasibility of
establishing a program to support strategically important capital-
intensive infrastructure projects.
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 ``Strategic Nuclear Infrastructure
Act''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE FUND WORKING GROUP.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a working group, to be
known as the ``Strategic Infrastructure Fund Working Group'' (referred
to in this section as the ``working group'') to provide input on the
feasibility of establishing a program to support strategically
important capital-intensive infrastructure projects.
(b) Composition.--The working group shall be--
(1) led by a White House official who shall serve as the
White House focal point with respect to matters relating to the
working group; and
(2) composed of--
(A) senior-level Federal officials, selected by the
head of the applicable Federal agency or organization,
from--
(i) the Department of State;
(ii) the Department of the Treasury;
(iii) the Department of Commerce;
(iv) the Department of Energy;
(v) the Export-Import Bank of the United
States;
(vi) the United States International
Development Finance Corporation; and
(vii) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
(B) other senior-level Federal officials, selected
by the head of the applicable Federal agency or
organization, from any other Federal agency or
organization that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate; and
(C) any senior-level Federal official selected by
the White House official described in paragraph (1)
from any Federal agency or organization.
(c) Reporting.--The working group shall report to the National
Security Council.
(d) Duties.--The working group shall--
(1) provide direction and advice to the appropriate Federal
agencies, as determined by the working group, with respect to
the establishment of a Strategic Infrastructure Fund (referred
to in this subsection as the ``Fund'') to be used--
(A) to support those aspects of projects relating
to--
(i) civil nuclear technologies; and
(ii) microprocessors; and
(B) for strategic investments identified by the
working group; and
(2) address critical areas in determining the appropriate
design for the Fund, including--
(A) transfer of assets to the Fund;
(B) transfer of assets from the Fund;
(C) how assets in the Fund should be invested; and
(D) governance and implementation of the Fund.
(e) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to
the committees described in paragraph (2) a report on the
findings of the working group that includes suggested
legislative text for how to establish and structure a Strategic
Infrastructure Fund.
(2) Committees described.--The committees referred to in
paragraph (1) are--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on Science, Space, and
Technology, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
(3) Administration of the fund.--The report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall include suggested legislative language
requiring all expenditures from a Strategic Infrastructure Fund
established in accordance with this section to be administered
by the Secretary of State (or a designee of the Secretary of
State).
(f) Civil Nuclear Defined.--In this section, the term ``civil
nuclear'' means activities relating to--
(1) nuclear plant construction;
(2) nuclear fuel services;
(3) nuclear energy financing;
(4) nuclear plant operations;
(5) nuclear plant regulation;
(6) nuclear medicine;
(7) nuclear safety;
(8) community engagement in areas in reasonable proximity
to nuclear sites;
(9) infrastructure support for nuclear energy;
(10) nuclear plant decommissioning;
(11) nuclear liability;
(12) safe storage and safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel;
(13) environmental safeguards;
(14) nuclear nonproliferation and security; and
(15) technology related to the matters described in
paragraphs (1) through (14).
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