To express the sense of the Senate on the extension of limitations on the importation of uranium from the Russian Federation.

SA 2220. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3168. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON
IMPORTATION OF URANIUM FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) a secure nuclear fuel supply chain is essential to the
economic and national security of the United States;
(2) the United States should--
(A) expeditiously complete negotiation of an extension of
the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on
Uranium from the Russian Federation (commonly referred to as
the ``Russian Suspension Agreement''); or
(B) if an agreement to extend the Russian Suspension
Agreement cannot be reached, complete the antidumping
investigation under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) with respect to imports of uranium from
the Russian Federation--
(i) to avoid unfair trade in uranium and maintain a nuclear
fuel supply chain in the United States, consistent with the
national security and nonproliferation goals of the United
States; and
(ii) to protect the United States nuclear fuel supply chain
from the continued manipulation of the global and United
States uranium markets by the Russian Federation and Russian-
influenced competitors;
(3) a renegotiated, long-term extension of the Russian
Suspension Agreement can prevent adversaries of the United
States from monopolizing the nuclear fuel supply chain;
(4) as was done in 2008, upon completion of a new
negotiated long-term extension of the Russian Suspension
Agreement, Congress should enact legislation to codify the
terms of extension into law to ensure long-term stability for
the domestic nuclear fuel supply chain; and
(5) if the negotiations to extend the Russian Suspension
Agreement prove unsuccessful, Congress should be prepared to
enact legislation to prevent the manipulation by the Russian
Federation of global uranium markets and potential domination
by the Russian Federation of the United States uranium
market.
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