; (B) the Secretary of State; (C) the National Laboratories; (D) the private sector; and (E) institutions of higher education. (3) Nuclear Reactor Export and Innovation Branch The Commission may establish within the Office of International Programs of the Commission a branch, to be known as the International Nuclear Reactor Export and Innovation Branch , to carry out the nuclear reactor export and innovation activities described in paragraph (1) as the Commission determines appropriate. (4) Exclusion of international activities from the fee base (A) In general Section 102 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2215 ) is amended— (i) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (4) International nuclear reactor export and innovation activities The Commission shall identify in the annual budget justification international nuclear reactor export and innovation activities described in section 202(c)(1) of the Atomic Energy Advancement Act . ; and (ii) in subsection (b)(1)(B), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, by adding at the end the following: (vii) Costs for international nuclear reactor export and innovation activities described in section 202(c)(1) of the Atomic Energy Advancement Act . . (B) Effective date The amendments made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on October 1, 2024. (d) Denial of certain domestic licenses for national security purposes (1) Definition of covered fuel In this subsection, the term covered fuel means enriched uranium that is fabricated into fuel assemblies for nuclear reactors by an entity that— (A) is owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation or the Government of the People’s Republic of China