1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act . 2. Program (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish and carry out, through the Office of Nuclear Energy, a program to support the availability of HA–LEU for domestic commercial use. (b) Program elements In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary— (1) may provide financial assistance to assist commercial entities to design and license transportation packages for HA–LEU, including canisters for metal, gas, and other HA–LEU compositions; (2) shall, to the extent practicable— (A) by January 1, 2021, have commercial entities submit such transportation package designs to the Commission for certification by the Commission under part 71 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; and (B) encourage the Commission to have such transportation package designs so certified by the Commission by January 1, 2023; (3) not later than January 1, 2020, shall submit to Congress a report on the Department’s uranium inventory that may be available to be processed to HA–LEU for purposes of such program; (4) not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter through September 30, 2025, shall conduct a survey of stakeholders to estimate the quantity of HA–LEU necessary for domestic commercial use for each of the five subsequent years; (5) shall assess options available for the Secretary to acquire HA–LEU for such program, including an assessment, for each such option, of the cost and amount of time required; (6) shall establish a consortium, which may include entities involved in any stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, to partner with the Department to support the availability of HA–LEU for domestic commercial use, including by— (A) providing information to the Secretary for purposes of surveys conducted under paragraph (4); and (B) purchasing HA–LEU made available to members of the consortium by the Secretary under the program