Crawford will support creating an expedited review process for the permitting and approval of new nuclear power plants.

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford · Arkansas · Republican

policy impact 0.84 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

I support the creation of an expedited review process for the permitting and approval of new nuclear power plants.

Commits to speeding federal review of new nuclear plant permits.

ENERGY – Affordable Fuel & Domestic Security – Rick Crawford for Congress
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Evidence

Crawford's 2010 campaign energy page says he supported creating an expedited review process for the permitting and approval of new nuclear power plants, arguing that similar applications should move much faster once designs and plans are approved.

Direct campaign-era statement matching the promise language.

partial same_term

ENERGY – Affordable Fuel & Domestic Security – Rick Crawford for Congress
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Congress.gov's summary of H.R. 6544 says the bill directs the NRC to efficiently license and regulate nuclear energy activities, facilitate efficient and timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactor applications, and expedite certain licensing decisions for new nuclear reactors using previously licensed designs at existing or former reactor sites. The bill passed the House on February 28, 2024, but did not become law.

Crawford later supported a concrete House bill advancing faster nuclear licensing and environmental review, but the effort stalled in the Senate and was not enacted.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.6544 - Atomic Energy Advancement Act
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The House Clerk's roll call page for H.R. 6544 shows the bill passed the House on February 28, 2024, and records Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (AR-1) voting Yea.

Crawford backed the House measure that included expedited nuclear licensing provisions.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 55 | H.R. 6544
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Public Law 118-67 enacted the ADVANCE Act of 2024 and required the NRC to establish an expedited combined-license procedure for qualifying new reactors and to modernize environmental reviews so they are efficient, timely, and predictable.

Official enactment of the later-term law that implemented the kind of faster nuclear licensing process Crawford said he would support.

delivered later_term

Public Law 118-67, Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023 / ADVANCE Act of 2024
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The House Clerk records H.R. 6544 passing the House on February 28, 2024, and shows Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (AR-1) voting Yea on the bill containing expedited NRC licensing and environmental review provisions.

Crawford took a concrete pro-expedited-licensing vote on the House measure that became part of the enacted ADVANCE Act package.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 55 | H.R. 6544
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Assessments

delivered later_term

The promise was to support an expedited permitting and approval process for new nuclear plants, not necessarily to author or single-handedly enact it. Crawford’s 2010 campaign position matched that policy, and in 2024 he cast a recorded Yea vote for House legislation containing expedited NRC licensing and environmental review provisions for new reactors. Congress later enacted the ADVANCE Act in Public Law 118-67, which implemented substantially the kind of faster review process described in the promise. Because Crawford clearly backed the relevant legislative effort and the policy goal was later enacted while he remained in office, this is best scored as delivered with later_term timing.

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delivered later_term

Crawford promised in his 2010 House campaign to support an expedited permitting and approval process for new nuclear power plants. While not completed in his first term, he later voted for H.R. 6544 in February 2024, a House bill that included expedited and more predictable NRC licensing and environmental review provisions for new reactors. The relevant House-passed nuclear licensing language was incorporated into the ADVANCE Act, which was signed into law in July 2024 and required NRC actions including expedited procedures for qualifying new reactor applications. Because Crawford remained in federal office and supported the materially related House legislation that contributed to the enacted federal outcome, the promise is best counted as delivered with later-term timing.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%