123 GO Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4263 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4263

  To enhance the competitiveness of the nuclear sector of the United 
          States in foreign countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2025

 Mr. Self (for himself, Mr. Burchett, and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Energy 
 and Commerce, Financial Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To enhance the competitiveness of the nuclear sector of the United 
          States in foreign countries, 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 ``123 GO Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that Executive Order 14299 (90 Fed. 
Reg. 22581; relating to deploying advanced nuclear reactor technologies 
for national security) reflects the interests of the United States.

SEC. 3. NEGOTIATION OF 123 AGREEMENTS.

    The Secretary of State shall--
            (1) lead diplomatic engagement and negotiations for 
        agreements for cooperation pursuant to section 123 of the 
        Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) (hereafter referred 
        to as ``123 agreements'');
            (2) seek to enter into not fewer than 20 new 123 agreements 
        before January 3, 2029; and
            (3) seek to renegotiate or renew 123 agreements that are 
        scheduled to expire before the date that is 10 years after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM TO ENHANCE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS.

    The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, and after review by the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy, shall implement a program to enhance the 
global competitiveness of United States persons (as such term is 
defined in section 1637(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 
U.S.C. 1708(d)) who are nuclear suppliers, investors, or lenders to 
compete for nuclear projects in foreign countries, including--
            (1) expediting the conclusion of intergovernmental 
        agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with 
        potential export countries;
            (2) promoting broad adherence to the Convention on 
        Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done 
        at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15-415);
            (3) identifying statutory and regulatory burdens on exports 
        of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services 
        from the United States and recommending action to relieve such 
        burdens; and
            (4) encouraging favorable decisions by potential import 
        countries on the use of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, 
        equipment, and services from the United States.
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