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Calendar No. 153
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 865
[Report No. 109–99]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 20, 2005
Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
July 1, 2005
Reported by Mr. Inhofe, with an amendment
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
A BILL
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-Anderson provisions.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of
2005
.
Extension of indemnification authority
Indemnification of nuclear regulatory commission licensees
Section 170c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended—
in the subsection heading, by striking
Licenses
and inserting
Licensees
;
by striking December 1, 2003
and inserting December 1, 2025
; and
by striking December 31,
2003
each place it appears and inserting December 31,
2025
.
Reports
Section 170p. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2210(p)) is amended by striking August 1, 1998
and inserting
August 1, 2025
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act take effect on December 1, 2003.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of
2005
.
Treatment of modular reactors
Section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
For purposes of this section only, the Commission shall consider a combination of facilities described in subparagraph (B) to be a single facility having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more.
A combination of facilities referred to in subparagraph (A) is 2 or more facilities located at a single site, each of which has a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more but not more than 300,000 electrical kilowatts, with a combined rated capacity of not more than 1,300,000 electrical kilowatts.
.
Extension of indemnification authority
Section 170c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended—
in the subsection heading, by striking
Licenses
and inserting
Licensees
; and
by striking December 31,
2003
each place it appears and inserting December 31,
2025
.
Reports
Section 170p. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2210(p)) is amended by striking August 1, 1998
and inserting
August 1, 2023
.
Maximum assessment
Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) is amended—
in the second proviso of the third sentence of subsection b.(1)—
by striking
$63,000,000
and inserting $95,800,000
; and
by striking
$10,000,000 in any 1 year
and inserting $15,000,000 in
any 1 year (subject to adjustment for inflation under subsection t.)
;
and
in subsection t.(1)—
by inserting total
and annual
after amount of the maximum
;
by striking the
date of the enactment of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988
and
inserting August 1, 2004
; and
in subparagraph (A), by
striking such date of enactment
and inserting August 1,
2004
.
Effective date
The amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
July 1, 2005
Reported with an amendment