US Congress Senate Bill 4694 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-09-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Extends limits on the importation of Russian low-enriched uranium, a fuel for nuclear reactors, and contains other related provisions. (These limits stem from a 1992 agreement with Russia to end a Department of Commerce antidumping investigation into Russian uranium imports.) The bill extends these limits, which are currently set to expire in 2020, to 2040. The bill also specifies the maximum amounts of qualifying uranium that may be imported each year for 2021-2040. The Department of Commerce shall (1) administer these import limitations, and (2) periodically review U.S. demand for uranium for nuclear reactors and adjust the limits accordingly. Currently, qualifying uranium imported for the Department of Energy inventory do not count against these limits. The bill eliminates this exception but maintains two other exceptions for uranium imported for use in the initial core of a new reactor or for reprocessing and reexportation.

Russian Suspension Agreement Extension Act of 2020

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-09-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB4447 (Related) 2020-10-19 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4694/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4694/BILLS-116s4694is.pdf