Sec. 10. Biennial nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability summit
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The Secretary, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Assistant shall hold a biennial nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability summit (referred to in this section as a summit ), the first of which shall be held on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Each summit shall be held in— Washington, DC; or a country described in any of subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)of section 2(2). Each summit shall— be a forum in which leaders of ally or partner nations may engage with each other for the purpose of reinforcing the commitment to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability; and facilitate the development of— joint commitments and goals to improve nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability; stronger international institutions that support nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and sustainability; and a global nuclear liability regime. Each summit shall include a meeting that convenes nuclear industry leaders and leaders of government agencies with expertise relating to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability to discuss best practices relating to— the safe and secure use, storage, and transport of nuclear and radiological materials; managing the evolving cyber threat to nuclear and radiological security; and the role that the nuclear industry should play in nuclear and radiological safety, security, and safeguards, including with respect to the safe and secure use, storage, and transport of nuclear and radiological materials, including spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. Not later than 120 days after the end of each summit, the Secretary, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Assistant shall jointly submit to Congress a report highlighting— any commitments made by the United States or international partners of the United States, including an ally or partner nation, with respect to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability; and the objectives that the parties to those commitments agreed to meet. The report under paragraph
(1)shall detail— any current and continuing nuclear security threat; any progress made toward advancing nuclear security-related treaties; any steps taken or needed to be taken— to fulfill any obligations of the United States under existing nuclear security and safeguard treaties; to manage cyber threats; or to prevent the theft, sabotage, and illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, facilities, and technology, as applicable; the role of the nuclear industry in preventing nuclear proliferation; and any other topics discussed during the summit that relate to nuclear safety, security, safeguards, or sustainability.