Sec. 104. Coordinated international engagement
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In this section: The term embarking civil nuclear energy nation means a country that— does not have a civil nuclear program; is in the process of developing or expanding a civil nuclear program, including safeguards and a legal and regulatory framework; or is in the process of selecting, developing, constructing, or utilizing an advanced nuclear reactor or advanced civil nuclear technologies; and is eligible to receive development lending from the World Bank. The term embarking civil nuclear energy nation does not include— the People’s Republic of China; the Russian Federation; the Republic of Belarus; the Islamic Republic of Iran; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; the Republic of Cuba; the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; the Syrian Arab Republic; or any other country— the property or interests in property of the government of which are blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ); or the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of— section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371(a) ); section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780(d) ); section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i) ); or any other relevant provision of law.
The term Secretaries means the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, acting— in consultation with each other; and in coordination with— the Secretary of State; the Commission; the Secretary of the Treasury; the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and officials of other Federal agencies, as the Secretary of Commerce determines to be appropriate. The Secretaries shall establish and carry out, in accordance with applicable nuclear technology export laws (including regulations), an international initiative to modernize civil nuclear outreach to embarking civil nuclear energy nations.
In carrying out the initiative described in paragraph (1)— the Secretary of Commerce shall— expand outreach by the executive branch to the private investment community to create public-private financing relationships to assist in the export of civil nuclear technology to embarking civil nuclear energy nations; seek to coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, the work carried out by each of— the Commission; the Department of Energy; the Department of State; the Nuclear Energy Agency; the International Atomic Energy Agency; and other agencies, as the Secretary of Commerce determines to be appropriate; and improve the regulatory framework to allow for the efficient and expeditious exporting and importing of items under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce; and the Secretary of Energy shall— assist nongovernmental organizations and appropriate offices, administrations, agencies, laboratories, and programs of the Federal Government in providing education and training to foreign governments in nuclear safety, security, and safeguards— through engagement with the International Atomic Energy Agency; or independently, if the applicable nongovernmental organization, office, administration, agency, laboratory, or program determines that it would be more advantageous under the circumstances to provide the applicable education and training independently; and assist the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency to expand the support provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency to embarking civil nuclear energy nations for nuclear safety, security, and safeguards.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to Congress a report describing the activities carried out under this section.
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