[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3343 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 3343

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                                 AN ACT

   To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other 
                               purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3343

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THORIUM REIMBURSEMENT.

    (a) Payments to Licensees.--Section 1001(b)(2)(C) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$140,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$365,000,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Such payments 
        shall not exceed the following amounts:
                            ``(i) $90,000,000 in fiscal year 2002.
                            ``(ii) $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2003.
                            ``(iii) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.
                            ``(iv) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2005.
                            ``(v) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.
                            ``(vi) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2007.
                Any amounts authorized to be paid in a fiscal year 
                under this subparagraph that are not paid in that 
                fiscal year may be paid in subsequent fiscal years.''.
    (b) Authorization.--Section 1003(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2296a-
2(a)) is amended by striking ``$490,000,000'' and inserting 
``$715,000,000''.
    (c) Deposits.--Section 1802(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2297g-1(a)) is amended by striking ``$488,333,333'' and 
inserting ``$518,233,333'' and by inserting after ``inflation'' the 
phrase ``beginning on the date of the enactment of the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992''.
    (d) Portsmouth.--(1) Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2015 and following) is amended by inserting the following 
after section 241:

``SEC. 242. COLD STANDBY.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to expend such funds as may be 
necessary for the purposes of maintaining enrichment capability at the 
Portsmouth, Ohio, facility.''.
    (2) The table of contents for such chapter is amended by inserting 
the following new item after the item relating to section 241:

``Sec. 242. Cold standby.''.

SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT.

    The Comptroller General shall conduct an audit on the Uranium 
Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund established under 
section 1801 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g). Not 
later than March 1, 2003, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the 
Congress a report on the results of the audit. Such report shall assess 
whether the Fund as currently authorized will be of sufficient size and 
duration for carrying out decontamination and decommissioning and 
remedial action activities anticipated to be paid for from the fund, 
and shall include recommendations for minimizing increases in such 
activities. In conducting the audit, the Comptroller General shall 
specifically address whether the deposits collected under sections 
1802(c) and 1802(d) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g-
1(c) and 2297g-1(d)) are sufficient to--
            (1) pay for decontamination and decommissioning activities 
        pursuant to section 1803(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
        (42 U.S.C. 2297g-2(b));
            (2) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant to section 
        1803(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2297g-2(c)); and
            (3) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant to section 
        1001(b)(2)(C) and (D) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
        U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C) and (D)).

            Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.