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[H.R. 3343 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3343

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 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)).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.