HR1042-118

Reported

To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 14, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Energy, Trade.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H5961E91CC14E44FEAA99238A8C749AC1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act.
  • Section H216EC15960E7423F8D5DBB5A79C126AE: 2. Prohibition on imports of low-enriched uranium from the Russian Federation Section 3112A of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10a) is amended by...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Energy, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit the importation into the United States of unirradiated low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Energy Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 1, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Lesko, Mrs. Spartz, …

Dec 1, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Feb 14, 2023

Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself and Mr. Latta) introduced …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Nuclear Energy
5 mentions across 2 clauses
+3 positive -2 negative

Allied uranium suppliers (France, UK, Netherlands), Russian uranium exporters (Rosatom/TENEX), U.S. nuclear utilities

Positive-direction: Allied uranium suppliers (France, UK, Netherlands), U.S. uranium enrichment companies, U.S. uranium enrichment industry

Negative-direction: Russian uranium exporters (Rosatom/TENEX), U.S. nuclear utilities

Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Department of Energy

3/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Energy Trade
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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