Advanced Nuclear Support Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3487 To expand an advanced nuclear technologies Federal financial assistance program to provide assistance to support licensing and construction of advanced nuclear reactors and associated supply chain infrastructure, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 18, 2023 Mr. DONALDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To expand an advanced nuclear technologies Federal finan- cial assistance program to provide assistance to support licensing and construction of advanced nuclear reactors and associated supply chain infrastructure, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Nuclear 4 Support Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3487 IH SEC. 2. ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES FEDERAL FI- 1 NANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 2 Section 10781 of the Public Law 117–167 is amend- 3 ed— 4 (1) by striking ‘‘RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 5 AND DEMONSTRATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAN- 6 CIAL ASSISTANCE’’; 7 (2) in subsection (b)(1)— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘to support’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘to support—’’; and 10 (B) by striking ‘‘the research, development, 11 and demonstration of advanced nuclear reac- 12 tors.’’ and inserting the following: 13 ‘‘(A) the research, development, and dem- 14 onstration of advanced nuclear reactors; and 15 ‘‘(B) the commercial planning for, and li- 16 censing and construction of, advanced nuclear 17 reactors, and supply chain infrastructure associ- 18 ated with advanced nuclear reactors, includ- 19 ing— 20 ‘‘(i) planning for, and licensing and 21 construction of, transmission and distribu- 22 tion systems; 23 ‘‘(ii) modernization of generation fa- 24 cilities; 25 ‘‘(iii) development of microgrids; 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 3487 IH ‘‘(iv) planning for, and licensing and 1 construction of, infrastructure for nonelec- 2 tric applications; and 3 ‘‘(v) acquisition of relevant rights-of- 4 way.’’; 5 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘, including 6 multi-unit facilities that are partially shut down’’ 7 and inserting ‘‘(including multi-unit facilities that 8 are partially shut down), including projects involving 9 analysis, planning, and, as appropriate, management 10 of environmental issues at such fossil fuel electric 11 generation facilities’’; 12 (4) in subsection (d)— 13 (A) in paragraph (1)— 14 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 16 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 17 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 19 lowing: 20 ‘‘(C) to reduce the cost of— 21 ‘‘(i) infrastructure requirements; 22 ‘‘(ii) transmission requirements; and 23 ‘‘(iii) licensing and permitting require- 24 ments;’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 3487 IH (B) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking 1 ‘‘and’’; 2 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘relating 3 to the research, development, and demonstra- 4 tion of advanced nuclear reactors.’’ and insert- 5 ing ‘‘described in this section;’’; and 6 (D) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(4) plan to support supply chain infrastruc- 8 ture, including manufacturing, associated with ad- 9 vanced nuclear reactors; and 10 ‘‘(5) plan to be cost competitive.’’; 11 (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 12 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 13 (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol- 14 lowing: 15 ‘‘(e) SECONDARY PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible en- 16 tities to receive Federal financial assistance under the pro- 17 gram, the Secretary shall, after giving priority to eligible 18 entities as described in subsection (d), give priority to eli- 19 gible entities that plan to— 20 ‘‘(1) develop or provide services to support— 21 ‘‘(A) market analysis, including financing 22 options within the market; 23 ‘‘(B) project structure models; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HR 3487 IH ‘‘(C) models for electricity market analysis; 1 or 2 ‘‘(D) site planning, review, testing, anal- 3 ysis, and preparation for an advanced nuclear 4 reactor; and 5 ‘‘(2) support licensing activities, permitting, 6 and environmental impact studies.’’. 7 SEC. 3. WORKFORCE CAPACITY BUILDING. 8 Section 954(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 9 U.S.C. 16274(b)) is amended— 10 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 11 ‘‘GRADUATE’’; 12 (2) by striking ‘‘graduate’’ each place it ap- 13 pears; 14 (3) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘commu- 15 nity colleges, trade schools, registered apprenticeship 16 programs, pre-apprenticeship programs,’’ after ‘‘uni- 17 versities,’’; 18 (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2021 19 through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 2027’’; 20 (5) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para- 21 graph (4); and 22 (6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- 23 lowing: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 6 •HR 3487 IH ‘‘(3) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out the sub- 1 program under this subsection, the Secretary may 2 implement traineeships in focus areas that, in the 3 determination of the Secretary, are necessary to sup- 4 port the nuclear energy sector in the United States, 5 including— 6 ‘‘(A) research and development; 7 ‘‘(B) construction and operation; 8 ‘‘(C) associated supply chains; and 9 ‘‘(D) workforce training and retraining to 10 support transitioning workforces.’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Jun 06, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3487.IH H3487 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB