American Enrichment Deployment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9612 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9612 To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to update the licensing procedures for uranium enrichment facilities to enable the timely, safe deployment of such facilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2026 Mr. Fry (for himself, Ms. Schrier, and Mrs. Houchin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to update the licensing procedures for uranium enrichment facilities to enable the timely, safe deployment of such facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``American Enrichment Deployment Act''. SEC. 2. LICENSING OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITIES. (a) In General.--Section 193 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2243) is amended-- (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: ``(a) At-Risk Construction.--Commencement of construction of a uranium enrichment facility prior to the issuance of a license under sections 53 and 63 for that facility shall be permitted under the same terms and conditions applicable to other fuel cycle facilities licensed under such sections.''; (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by striking ``construction and''; and (3) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. (b) Regulations Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue or revise regulations to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. (c) R