RESCUE Act

This bill would require the President to block the U.S.-based property of foreign companies in Russia's state-controlled nuclear energy sector, including Rosatom, starting 180 days after it becomes law. It would also sanction foreign persons who knowingly contract for, finance, or provide construction services for new nuclear reactors to be built or run by those companies. The President could waive sanctions for national security reasons or for medical and industrial isotope production, and could end them if Russia withdraws from Ukraine and meets other conditions. The bill also requires a yearly strategy for ending U.S. reliance on Russian nuclear energy and a State Department report on the 2011 U.S.-Russia nuclear cooperation agreement.

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Sponsors

• Thomas H. Kean, Jr. Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors