House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nuclear REFUEL (Recycling Efficient Fuels Utilizing Expedited Licensing) Act
Official title: To amend the definition of "production facility" in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exclude an equipment or device capable of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in a manner that does not separate plutonium from other transuranic elements, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3978.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):This resolution is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3978, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3978
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
28 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 28 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), John McGuire (R-VA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Robert Onder (R-MO), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Marie Perez (D-WA), Scott Peters (D-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Latta.
Related bills
- S. 2082 (119th) Nuclear REFUEL Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.