US·Bill·118th Congress
HR 1009
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
Introduced 2026-01-20Last action 2026-01-21 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.Committees House Committee on Armed Services, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Died in committee
The 118th Congress ended on 2025-01-03. This bill was in committee when the session adjourned and did not advance to enactment.
Legislative Progress
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Introduced
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In Committee
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Passed Chamber
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Enacted / Signed
Action History
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2023-02-14 · House floor actions
Introduced in House
2023-02-14 · Library of Congress
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
2023-02-24 · House committee actions
Summary
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act
This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor with at most 20 megawatts of thermal energy generating capacity.
Specifically, such strategy must include
- an assessment of the effectiveness of utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural disaster response efforts;
- a comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist with such efforts;
- a Department of Defense analysis regarding the use of such microreactors to assist with such efforts;
- recommendations on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can work with other federal agencies to expedite the approval of designs for microreactors and issuing licenses;
- an assessment of the challenges and barriers to deploying microreactors to assist with such efforts and solutions; and
- recommendations on how to utilize microreactors as charging stations for electric vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting from a natural disaster.
Full Bill Text
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/hr/1009