# 119-s-1739: International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025

119-s-1739, International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1739
- Congress: 119
- Title: International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Sponsor: Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expands multilateral development bank financing for nuclear energy.** It would create Nuclear Energy Assistance Trust Funds at international development banks and direct U.S. officials to push those banks to fund nuclear projects that meet U.S. or allied quality standards. - Borrowing countries would gain access to financial and technical help for nuclear generation and distribution. The trust funds aim to provide competitive financing and to counter state-backed export credit from non-OECD exporters. - Multilateral development banks would host new Nuclear Energy Assistance Trust Funds and face U.S. advocacy to remove prohibitions on financing nuclear technologies that meet U.S. or allied standards. They would also be pushed to build internal capacity to assess and implement nuclear projects. - U.S. oversight would include Treasury instructions to U.S. executive directors at these banks and annual reporting on progress for 7 years. Key program provisions and the advocacy authority include 10-year sunset rules.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More international financing for nuclear projects: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create Nuclear Energy Assistance Trust Funds at multilateral development banks. The funds would provide loans and technical help for building and operating nuclear power in borrowing countries. They would only support nuclear technologies that meet or exceed U.S. or allie…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1739 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1739)

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- [119-s-4610: Pacific POWER Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4610)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-938: Joint Task Force to Counter Illicit Synthetic Narcotics Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-938)
- [119-s-2904: SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2904)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1739 (as of 2025-12-21).