Bill lets companies build uranium plants before getting federal OK.
H.R. 9612 — American Enrichment Deployment Act · Filed by Russell Fry (R-SC) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Markup held
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What it does
The bill changes the law. Companies can now start building uranium plants before the NRC gives them a permit. The NRC must write new rules within 180 days. The NRC can still stop work and deny permits. People can still have public hearings.
Who it affects
Companies that want to build uranium plants can start sooner. The NRC keeps power to deny permits and watch work. People may see faster uranium made at home.
One thing to notice
The bill lets work start before the NRC finishes its rules. If the NRC later says no after much work, the bill does not say who pays.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
- Jul 9, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 9, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
- Jul 14, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
4 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $1,670,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 26 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 72% of bills with any report.
Russell Fry, who sponsored the bill, received $816,999 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Americans for Prosperity — $660,000 in 1 report
- Entergy Services LLC — $610,000 in 1 report
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation — $270,000 in 1 report
- Orano USA LLC (formerly Known As Areva Nuclear Materials Llc) — $130,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- NRC — The federal agency that approves and watches nuclear plants to keep them safe.
- permit — Official permission from the government to build and run a plant.
- uranium plants — Facilities that process uranium to make it more useful for nuclear power.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,582 characters) on Jul 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-22.
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