Supporting one of the largest investments focused on mining production technologies for critical minerals extraction in decades... Robustly funding small modular reactor and advanced reactor demonstration projects, as well as increasing funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to achieve the Trump Administration’s goal to expand nuclear energy capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050.
Support funding for critical minerals extraction technologies, small modular reactors, advanced reactor demonstrations, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffing to expand nuclear energy capacity.
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House Roll Call 7 recorded H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, as passed 397-28. The vote table lists Representative Fong, Republican of California, voting Yea.
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Public Law 119-74 appropriated FY2026 funds including $1.785 billion for DOE Nuclear Energy, $720 million for Fossil Energy research covering mineral extraction and processing, $150 million for loan guarantees for small modular or advanced nuclear reactors, $3.1 billion for Generation 3+ small modular reactor deployment and Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program projects, and $952.7 million for Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses.
Assessments
The enacted FY2026 appropriations law funded the specific categories in the promise: critical minerals-related extraction and processing research, small modular and advanced reactor support, advanced reactor demonstration/deployment, and NRC salaries and expenses. Fong was in federal office and voted Yea on the House passage of the same appropriations package, giving him direct same-term candidate credit for supporting the funding that became law.