Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6544) to advance the benefits of nuclear energy by enabling efficient, timely, and predictable licensing, regulation, and deployment of nuclear energy technologies, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6544 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Atomic Energy Advancement Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Subtitle A--Efficiency, Performance, and Preparation for the Future Sec. 101. NRC mission alignment. Sec. 102. Nuclear licensing efficiency. Sec. 103. Strengthening the NRC workforce. Subtitle B--Fee Reduction Sec. 111. Advanced reactor fee reduction. Sec. 112. Advanced nuclear reactor prize. Subtitle C--Siting, Licensing, and Oversight Reviews Sec. 121. Modernization of nuclear reactor environmental reviews. Sec. 122. Nuclear for Brownfield sites. Sec. 123. Advancement of nuclear regulatory oversight. TITLE II--NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT Sec. 201. Advanced nuclear deployment. Sec. 202. Global nuclear cooperation. Sec. 203. American nuclear competitiveness.…
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