American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 2, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 16, 2020 to Dec 1, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Nov 16, 2020 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Nov 16, 2020 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Nov 16, 2020 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Dec 1, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Hearings Aug 5, 2020Referred Nov 16, 2020Markup Dec 2, 2020Reported Dec 2, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Dec 2, 2020Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 2, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 598.
- Nov 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Nov 16, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Aug 5, 2020Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-270.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-399 | BUSINESS MEETING168 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Dec 2, 2020 |
| S. Hrg. 116-270 | HEARING TO EXAMINE A DISCUSSION DRAFT BILL, S. 4897, THE AMERICAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2020217 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Aug 5, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reestablish United States global leadership in nuclear energy, revitalize domestic nuclear energy supply chain infrastructure, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Alliances
- Asia
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- China
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Collective security
- Congressional oversight
- Economic performance and conditions
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Energy
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Europe
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Higher education
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- International exchange and broadcasting
- International organizations and cooperation
- Japan
- Licensing and registrations
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Pollution liability
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Research and development
- Russia
- Scientific communication
- South Korea
- Technology assessment
- Trade restrictions
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2020Reported to Senate
- Nov 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
