American Enrichment Deployment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9612 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9612

    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to update the licensing
procedures for uranium enrichment facilities to enable the timely, safe
         deployment of such facilities, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

  Mr. Fry (for himself, Ms. Schrier, and Mrs. Houchin) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to update the licensing
procedures for uranium enrichment facilities to enable the timely, safe
         deployment of such facilities, 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 ``American Enrichment Deployment
Act''.

SEC. 2. LICENSING OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2243) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
        following:
    ``(a) At-Risk Construction.--Commencement of construction of a
uranium enrichment facility prior to the issuance of a license under
sections 53 and 63 for that facility shall be permitted under the same
terms and conditions applicable to other fuel cycle facilities licensed
under such sections.'';
            (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking
        ``construction and''; and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as
        subsections (b) through (e), respectively.
    (b) Regulations Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue
or revise regulations to carry out this Act and the amendments made by
this Act.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--None of the amendments made by this Act
shall be construed to affect--
            (1) the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to
        regulate construction as necessary for issuing a license under
        sections 53 and 63 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
        2073; 42 U.S.C. 2093) for a uranium enrichment facility,
        including the authority to deny an application for such a
        license for the failure of an applicant to construct such a
        facility in accordance with regulatory requirements; or
            (2) the right of any person whose interest may be affected
        by a proceeding under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
        2011 et seq.) to a hearing under section 189 of such Act.
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