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FIRST ON FOX: A Republican Florida congressman is looking to codify several of President Donald Trump’s executive actions pertaining to domestic energy production through legislative action he took Monday.
Rep. Byron Donalds, who has been endorsed by Trump to replace term-limited Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, introduced the “Strengthening American Nuclear Energy Act” in an effort to codify four of the president’s executive actions related to boosting nuclear energy production and use in the United States. Trump signed the orders late last-month.
“In November, the American people granted us an unprecedented mandate to implement President Trump’s America First Agenda. Now more than ever, it’s up to Congress to hold up our end of the bargain,” Donalds told Fox News Digital. “Energy security is national security, and it’s imperative that our nation re-asserts our dominance in the nuclear space.”
On May 23, Trump signed four executive orders aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of nuclear energy in the United States.
NUCLEAR ENERGY IS ONE OF THE ‘MOST IMPORTANT THINGS’ TRUMP HAS FOCUSED ON: RICK PERRY
President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on May 23, aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of nuclear energy in the United States. (GETTY IMAGES/FOX NEWS)
One of those orders, the “Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security,” directs the Army to build a nuclear reactor “at a domestic military base or installation” by September 30, 2028. The order also directs the Secretary of Energy to establish artificial intelligence data centers that run on nuclear energy at Department of Energy facilities across the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia, with the goal of having the first one completed within the next 30-months. Finally, in addition to these measures and others, the wide-ranging executive order directs the country to pursue at least…
