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42 U.S.C. § 2155b — International nuclear export and innovation activities

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42 U.S.C. § 2155b — International nuclear export and innovation activities

**(a) Commission coordination** (1) **In general** — The Commission shall— (A) coordinate all work of the Commission relating to— (i) import and export licensing for nuclear reactors and radioactive materials; and (ii) international regulatory cooperation and assistance relating to nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, including with countries that are members of— (I) the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; or (II) the Nuclear Energy Agency; and (B) support interagency and international coordination with respect to— (i) the consideration of international technical standards to establish the licensing and regulatory basis to assist the design, construction, and operation of nuclear reactors and use of radioactive materials; (ii) efforts to help build competent nuclear regulatory organizations and legal frameworks in foreign countries that are seeking to develop civil nuclear industries; and (iii) exchange programs and training provided, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to foreign countries relating to civil nuclear licensing and oversight to improve the regulation of nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) **Exchange programs and training** — With respect to the exchange programs and training described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), the Commission shall coordinate, as applicable, with— (A) the Secretary of Energy; (B) the Secretary of State; (C) the National Laboratories; (D) the private sector; and (E) institutions of higher education. **(b) Authority to establish branch** The Commission may establish within the Office of International Programs a branch, to be known as the “International Nuclear Export and Innovation Branch”, to carry

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**(a) Commission coordination** (1) **In general** — The Commission shall— (A) coordinate all work of the Commission relating to— (i) import and export licensing for nuclear reactors and radioactive materials; and (ii) international regulatory cooperation and assistance relating to nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, including with countries that are members of— (I) the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; or (II) the Nuclear Energy Agency; and (B) support interagency and international coordination with respect to— (i) the consideration of international technical standards to establish the licensing and regulatory basis to assist the design, construction, and operation of nuclear reactors and use of radioactive materials; (ii) efforts to help build competent nuclear regulatory organizations and legal frameworks in foreign countries that are seeking to develop civil nuclear industries; and (iii) exchange programs and training provided, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to foreign countries relating to civil nuclear licensing and oversight to improve the regulation of nuclear reactors and radioactive materials, in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) **Exchange programs and training** — With respect to the exchange programs and training described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), the Commission shall coordinate, as applicable, with— (A) the Secretary of Energy; (B) the Secretary of State; (C) the National Laboratories; (D) the private sector; and (E) institutions of higher education. **(b) Authority to establish branch** The Commission may establish within the Office of International Programs a branch, to be known as the “International Nuclear Export and Innovation Branch”, to carry out the international nuclear export and innovation activities described in subsection (a) as the Commission determines to be appropriate and within the mission of the Commission. **(c) Omitted** **(d) Interagency coordination** The Commission shall coordinate all international activities under this section with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and other applicable agencies, as appropriate. **(e) Savings clause** Nothing in this section alters the authority of the Commission to license and regulate the civilian use of radioactive materials.

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42 U.S.C. § 2011 — Congressional declaration of policy

Atomic energy is capable of application for peaceful as well as military purposes. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that— **(a)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security; and **(b)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.

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42 U.S.C. § 2215 — Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees and annual charges for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter

**(a) Annual budget justification** (1) **In general** — In the annual budget justification submitted by the Commission to Congress, the Commission shall expressly identify anticipated expenditures necessary for completion of the requested activities of the Commission anticipated to occur during the applicable fiscal year. (2) **Restriction** — Budget authority granted to the Commission for purposes of the requested activities of the Commission shall be used, to the maximum extent practicable, solely for conducting requested activities of the Commission. (3) **Limitation on corporate support costs** — With respect to the annual budget justification submitted to Congress, corporate support costs, to the maximum extent practicable, shall not exceed the following percentages of the total budget authority of the Commission requested in the annual budget justification: (A) 30 percent for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022. (B) 30 percent for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. (4) **International nuclear export and innovation activities** — The Commission shall identify in the annual budget justification international nuclear export and innovation activities described in [section 2155b(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2155b/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Fees and charges** (1) **Annual assessment** (A) *In general* — Each fiscal year, the Commission shall assess and collect fees and charges in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) in a manner that ensures that, to the maximum extent practicable, the amount assessed and collected is equal to an amount that approximates— (i) the total budget authority of the Commission for that fiscal year; less (ii) the budget authority of the

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42 U.S.C. § 2155b — International nuclear export and innova-

Page 5449 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2155b This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register. JIMMY CARTER. § 2155a. Regulations establishing Commission procedures covering grant, suspension, rev- ocation, or amendment of nuclear export li- censes or exemptions (a) Omitted (b) Within one hundred and twenty days of March 10, 1978, the Commission shall, after con- sultations with the Secretary of State, promul- gate regulations establishing procedures (1) for the granting, suspending, revoking, or amending of any nuclear export license or exemption pur- suant to its statutory authority; (2) for public participation in nuclear export licensing pro- ceedings when the Commission finds that such participation will be in the public interest and will assist the Commission in making the statu- tory determinations required by the 1954 Act, in- cluding such public hearings and access to infor- mation as the Commission deems appropriate: Provided, That judicial review as to any such finding shall be limited to the determination of whether such finding was arbitrary and capri- cious; (3) for a public written Commission opin- ion accompanied by the dissenting or separate views of any Commissioner, in those proceedings where one or more Commissioners have dis- senting or separate views on the issuance of an export license; and (4) for public notice of Com- mission proceedings and decisions, and for re- cording of minutes and votes of the Commission: Provided further, That until the regulations re- quired by this subsection have been promul- gated, the Commission shall implement the pro- visions of this Act under temporary procedures established by the Commission. (c) The procedures to be established pursuant to subsection (b) shall constit

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