S. 1111 · 118th Congress

ADVANCE Act of 2023

Introduced on Mar 30, 2023 by Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). 19 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 17, 2024): By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 118-182.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Mar 30, 2023
Cosponsors
19
10 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to enhance United States civil nuclear leadership, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, strengthen the domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply chain, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Asia
  • Belarus
  • Burma
  • Canada
  • Chemistry
  • China
  • Congressional oversight
  • Cuba
  • Department of Energy
  • Education programs funding
  • Employee hiring
  • Employee performance
  • Employment and training programs
  • Energy research
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Europe
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Great Lakes
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Higher education
  • Housing and community development funding
  • India
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Industrial facilities
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • International exchange and broadcasting
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • International scientific cooperation
  • Iran
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Mining
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  • Nuclear power
  • Oil and gas
  • Performance measurement
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Radioactive wastes and releases
  • Russia
  • Science and engineering education
  • Scientific communication
  • South Asia
  • Syria
  • Technology assessment
  • Trade restrictions
  • User charges and fees
  • Venezuela
  • Vocational and technical education
  • Wages and earnings

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Shelley Moore CapitoR-WVSponsor

Democrats · 9

Independents · 2

Republicans · 8

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 30, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 30, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. May 31, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jul 10, 2023Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. Jul 10, 2023 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. Jul 10, 2023 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.
  7. Jun 17, 2024By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 118-182.
  8. Jun 17, 2024 · SenateBy Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 118-182.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Entergy Services, LLC12 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  2. NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE8 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  3. CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION, LLC6 reports
    $4.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC.$60.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  4. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.5 reports
    $93.5M reported (all issues)
  5. Clean Air Task Force, Inc.5 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  6. DTE ENERGY COMPANY5 reports
    $750K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DTE ENERGY COMPANY$2.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION5 reports
    $7.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. Decommissioning Plant Coalition5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  9. Energy Northwest5 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  10. Framatome, Inc. (formely known as Areva, Inc.)5 reports
    $225K reported (all issues)
  11. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)5 reports
    $4.7M reported (all issues)
  12. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  13. Orano USA LLC5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  14. Orano USA LLC (formerly known as AREVA Nuclear Materials LLC)5 reports
    $780K reported (all issues)
  15. PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  16. SOUTHERN COMPANY5 reports
    $14M reported (all issues)
  17. TERRAPOWER, LLC5 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  18. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow5 reports
    $6.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  19. XCEL ENERGY5 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  20. BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC4 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)
  21. CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.4 reports
    $910K reported (all issues)
  22. COMMONWEALTH FUSION SYSTEMS4 reports
  23. FUSION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  24. The Nature Conservancy4 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  25. Urenco USA Inc.4 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  26. Citizens' Climate Lobby3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  27. Clean Energy Buyers Association (formerly RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)3 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  28. SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SIEMENS ENERGY INC$3.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  29. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC3 reports
    $490K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC$296.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  30. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE2 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$313.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  31. Louisiana Energy Services, LLC2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLCAI match · 100%
  32. Northeast Public Power Association2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  33. OKLO INC.2 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  34. Helion Energy, Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  35. Mechanical Contractors Association of America1 report
  36. SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN1 report
  37. Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ULTRA SAFE NUCLEAR CORPORATION - TECHNOLOGIESAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.