Program to enhance global competitiveness

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy, and after review by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, shall implement a program to enhance the global competitiveness of United States persons (as such term is defined in section 1637(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 1708(d)) who are nuclear suppliers, investors, or lenders to compete for nuclear projects in foreign countries, including— (1) expediting the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with potential export countries; (2) promoting broad adherence to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15–415); (3) identifying statutory and regulatory burdens on exports of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services from the United States and recommending action to relieve such burdens; and (4) encouraging favorable decisions by potential import countries on the use of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services from the United States.