S.Amdt. 1438

SA 1438. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1407 submitted by Ms.
Murkowski and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 2657, to support
innovation in advanced geothermal research and development, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:

SEC. 15__. NUCLEAR LICENSE TRANSFERS.

Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2133) is amended--
(1) in subsection d., in the second sentence, by striking
``any any'' and inserting ``any'';
(2) by redesignating subsection f. as subsection e.; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``f. Public Hearing on License Transfers.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term
`applicable license' includes--
``(A) a provisional operating license;
``(B) a facility operating license;
``(C) a general license for independent spent fuel storage
installation; and
``(D) any other license covering--
``(i) the operation or decommissioning of a commercially-
owned nuclear power plant; or
``(ii) the storage of waste at an operating or
decommissioned commercially-owned nuclear power plant.
``(2) Public hearing required.--If a request for a hearing
or a petition for leave to intervene is timely filed by a
State, a political subdivision of a State, or any other party
with an interest that may be affected by a proposed transfer
of an applicable license (including an applicable license
issued under this section, section 104 b., or any other
applicable law), the Commission shall not take any action to
approve the transfer of the applicable license or the
transfer of any authority to conduct licensed activities

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before holding a public hearing on the proposed transfer.''.
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