118th Congress Foreign Trade and International Finance
S. 1928: Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023
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Summary
This bill provides the Export-Import Bank with certain authorities to finance nuclear exports.
Specifically, the bill allows the Export-Import Bank to provide financing for liquid metal fast breeder nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities if they are otherwise permitted by law.
Additionally, the bill expands the China and Transformational Exports Program (CTEP) by making nuclear facilities eligible for financing under the program. Currently, the bank may extend loans, guarantees, and insurance to advance the comparative leadership of the United States with respect to China in specified export areas (e.g., artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and wireless communications equipment). This bill expands those areas to include civil nuclear facilities, materials, technologies and related goods and services that support the development of an effective nuclear energy sector.
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The bill also revises the financial limitation on the outstanding aggregate amount of all of the bank's loans, guarantees, and insurance. In particular, the bill exempts those amounts attributed by the bank to CTEP, as long as that financing does not exceed a specified amount.
The bill also increases from 2% to 4% the bank's default rate cap. Further, the bill allows the bank to exclude financing under CTEP from this default rate, subject to approval of the bank's board of directors.
The bill establishes liability limits for damages that are caused by nuclear projects financed by the bank.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- James Risch R-IDOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Joe Manchin SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Joe Manchin.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.