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RepublicanAmendment · S.Amdt. 3453· Senate(119-SAMDT-3453)

S.Amdt. 3453

Rep. Lee
Age: 55 years
Utah
Introduced
8/1/2025
Sponsored by
Mike Lee
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-S-2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 3453, submitted by Mr. LEE, aims to add a section to bill S. 2296 to create the Surplus Defense Plutonium for Commercial Reactors Program within the Office of Nuclear Energy.

The purpose of this amendment is to:

  • Establish a milestone-based program headed by the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy to work with industry to provide surplus defense plutonium to qualified commercial nuclear fuel fabricators for use in advanced nuclear reactors.

  • Require the Assistant Secretary to enter into agreements with participants using Other Transaction Agreement authority and distribute material based on technical milestones.

  • Terminate the surplus plutonium dilute and dispose program within 90 days of the Act's enactment, while maintaining legal obligations to the State of South Carolina.

  • Transfer any unobligated funds from the terminated dilute and dispose program to the Office of Nuclear Energy to fund this new program.

  • Mandate annual briefings on the program's progress for specific Senate and House committees starting one year after enactment.