I 108th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3981 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2004 Mr. Barton of Texas (by request): introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes.

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Nuclear waste fund management

Beginning on October 1, 2004, and continuing through the end of the fiscal year when construction is complete for surface facilities for the fully operating repository as described in the license application, fees collected by the Secretary of Energy and deposited into the Nuclear Waste Fund the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) shall be credited to the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections in amounts not to exceed the amounts annually appropriated during that period from the Nuclear Waste Fund.

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Apportionment controls

Section 302(e)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, is hereby rescinded.