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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5632
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 6, 2016
Mr. Dold (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Ribble) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electricity and that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016
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Program for payments to communities that are impacted by interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
Program
The Secretary of Energy shall establish and carry out a program to make payments to units of general local government within the jurisdictional boundaries of which an eligible civilian nuclear power plant is located.
Payments
Amount
Except as provided in paragraph (3), a payment made to a unit of general local government under the program established under subsection (a) shall be equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the eligible civilian nuclear power plant that is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of such unit of general local government.
Number and frequency
For each eligible civilian nuclear power plant, the Secretary may only make one payment to one unit of general local government per fiscal year under the program established under subsection (a).
Pro rata reduction
For any fiscal year, the Secretary shall, on a pro rata basis, reduce the amount paid to a unit of general local government under the program established under subsection (a) as necessary to ensure, to the extent possible, that a payment is made to a unit of general local government with respect to each eligible civilian nuclear power plant for that fiscal year.
Annual application
In order to be eligible to receive a payment under the program established under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, a unit of general local government shall submit an application to the Secretary.
Definitions
In this Act:
Civilian nuclear power reactor
The term civilian nuclear power reactor has the meaning given such term in section 2(6) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(6)).
Eligible civilian nuclear power plant
The term eligible civilian nuclear power plant means a site at which—
each civilian nuclear power reactor located at such site has ceased generating electricity prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and
spent nuclear fuel is being stored.
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
Spent nuclear fuel
The term spent nuclear fuel has the meaning given such term in section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)).
Unit of general local government
The term unit of general local government has the meaning given such term in section 2(28) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(28)).
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the program established under subsection (a) for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023.