22 U.S.C. § 262o–5 — Multilateral development bank support for nuclear energy

The Secretary of the Treasury must instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and, where the Secretary finds it appropriate, any other multilateral development bank (as defined in section 262m–7(g) of this title) to use America's voice, vote, and influence to advocate for: (1) Removing bans at these banks against financial and technical help for generating, transmitting, and distributing nuclear energy, as far as those bans apply to nuclear technologies — including small modular reactors — that meet or exceed the quality and safety standards of U.S. or Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member-country technologies. (2) Building more internal capacity at these banks to assess: (A) the potential role of nuclear energy, including small modular reactors, in client countries' energy systems; and (B) delivering the financial and technical assistance described in paragraph (1) to those countries.