1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Nuclear Fees Reauthorization
Act of 2005
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—NRC User Fees
Sec. 101. Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees and annual
charges.
TITLE II—NRC Reform
Sec. 201. Treatment of nuclear reactor financial
obligations.
Sec. 202. Period of combined license.
Sec. 203. Elimination of NRC antitrust reviews.
Sec. 204. Scope of environmental review.
Sec. 205. Medical isotope production.
Sec. 206. Cost recovery from government agencies.
Sec. 207. Conflicts of interest relating to contracts and other
arrangements.
Sec. 208. Hearing procedures.
Sec. 209. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—NRC Human Capital Provisions
Sec. 301. Provision of support to university nuclear safety,
security, and environmental protection programs.
Sec. 302. Promotional items.
Sec. 303. Expenses authorized to be paid by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
Sec. 304. Nuclear Regulatory Commission scholarship and
fellowship program.
Sec. 305. Partnership program with institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 306. Elimination of pension offset for certain rehired
Federal retirees.
Sec. 307. Authorization of appropriations.
<enum>I</enum><header>NRC User
Fees</header>
<section changed="deleted" id="id3541279BFC7641B2A49A534448D4BC8E" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>101.</enum><header>Nuclear
Regulatory Commission user fees and annual charges</header>
<subsection changed="deleted" id="IDe63842b44b7b4eb9a59161da48c16b60" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID328402e63ead4bb18e275ec8818355f2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idAA0685EE41604E6CB38DF0B779C94CE0" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the</quote> and
inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID0ee028ce663e40f3a679d62f2e091cc2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID244405fc692d40afaf7f064da6a19b85" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="id04F9AAE966DD4202BB4989BC12B35156" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="id3C5EAF22D3484AB2928F0AB6CCA4EEF5" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID51b8c23cd5344b88b9ec3f368fc98e0d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID28c30a4685eb47568cfbfd8b13418749" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<clause changed="deleted" id="IDd941412b0e674647afe7e82b314328af" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>amounts
appropriated to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the fiscal year for
implementation of section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (118 Stat. 2162; 50 U.S.C. 2601
note)</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDaa5d4f55745e4709a90513024865e509" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(v), by inserting <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> after
<quote>2005</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="ID27c8b71f70c748a8a84d8e9ef2245a8f" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nuclear
Regulatory Commission annual charges</header><text>Section 7601 of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 2213) is
repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>NRC
Reform</header>
<section changed="deleted" id="ID5cd289c0d13040b2abc09ab187821b07" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>201.</enum><header>Treatment of
nuclear reactor financial obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 523 of title 11, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="deleted" id="IDb8a6ceb6cceb4f9b89448174649be5f5" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of
nuclear reactor financial obligations</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID99417c3286a142bc9cfd6dbbd796b1ef" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any funds or other
assets held by a licensee or former licensee of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, or by any other person, to satisfy the responsibility of the
licensee, former licensee, or any other person to comply with a regulation or
order of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission governing the decontamination and
decommissioning of a nuclear power reactor licensed under section 103 or 104 b.
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134(b)) shall not be used to
satisfy the claim of any creditor in any proceeding under this title, other
than a claim resulting from an activity undertaken to satisfy that
responsibility, until the decontamination and decommissioning of the nuclear
power reactor is completed to the satisfaction of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID5caf07fdb9dc4deba8554203855519f2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>obligations of
licensees, former licensees, or any other person to use funds or other assets
to satisfy a responsibility described in paragraph (1) may not be rejected,
avoided, or discharged in any proceeding under this title or in any
liquidation, reorganization, receivership, or other insolvency proceeding under
Federal or State law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID1b7599390c6643b29763ff5fbfd6ec10" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>private insurance
premiums and standard deferred premiums held and maintained in accordance with
section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(b)) shall not
be used to satisfy the claim of any creditor in any proceeding under this
title, until the indemnification agreement executed in accordance with section
170 c. of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is
terminated.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="ID4bfac3e3de1e4618aab83fe524455d9d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>202.</enum><header>Period of
combined license</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103
c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(c)) is amended by striking
<quote>forty years</quote> and inserting <quote>40 years from the authorization
to commence operations</quote>.</text>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="IDa93b43d780ff4c4a91da818483d0e9db" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>203.</enum><header>Elimination of
NRC antitrust reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
105 c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135(c)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf81ba0c593ad48d49f0a8d88c289c917" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection does not apply to an application for a license to construct or
operate a utilization facility or production facility under section 103 or 104
b., if the application is filed on or after, or is pending on, the date of
enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="id9EFA4972C4D14B44ADE2D7F4114E6172" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>204.</enum><header>Scope of
environmental review</header>
<subsection changed="deleted" id="idE7853EB0EDB24AAAAB448D109AE5AA42" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 10 of title I
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID9903d73dba514a7796eb631d4fd43d83" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
sections 110 and 111 as section 111 and 112, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID55c576de24a54c25b598183e71360c41" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 109 the following:</text>
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<section changed="deleted" id="IDb6bb040b643347b3a8931135923c822a" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>110.</enum><header>Scope of
environmental review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
conducting any environmental review (including any activity conducted under
section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332))
in connection with an application for a license or a renewed license under this
chapter, the Commission shall not give any consideration to the need for, or
any alternative to, the facility to be
licensed.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="id21DC8B2C64024DA28A989C6670346A97" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID048ff110ea39487da6cf388367165ec6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of
contents of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. prec. 2011) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 110 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 110. Scope of environmental
review.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 111. Exclusions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 112. Licensing by Nuclear Regulatory
Commission of distribution of certain materials by Department of
Energy.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="id5B1586F793CC4C34A15D65D91C3B643D" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 57 b. of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2077(b)) is amended in the last
sentence by striking <quote>section 111 b.</quote> and inserting <quote>section
112 b.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idAB963A0C1D744F63848149F95AA33AA2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 131
a.(2)(C) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C 2160(a)(2)(C), by striking
<quote>section 111 b.</quote> and inserting <quote>section 112
b.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDe0b2437a071b4957b89986e175f1c18f" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 202 of the
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5842) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID6c2c315f2aeb42e08fc61a494aa35979" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 110 a.</quote> and inserting <quote>section 111 a.</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID30f937196f884a3ab2e0fd0c7e0a4db8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 110 b.</quote> and inserting <quote>section 111
b.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="deleted" id="ID8d49b2bd4dcc49e39fa24fc9cf5fd841" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>205.</enum><header>Medical isotope
production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="idC9DA0CCBB63846F58AC4BBC8B7180A4D" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections a. and b. as subsections b. and a., respectively, and by moving
subsection b. (as so redesignated) to the end of the section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID72b4814035714574a938da919d9ea370" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection b.
(as so redesignated), by striking <quote>b. The Commission</quote> and
inserting <quote>b. <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Restrictions</header-in-text>.—Except as provided in subsection c.,
the Commission</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID7d8fd37df29a43328b50355816394369" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
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<subsection changed="deleted" id="ID05414c48b8ae4bc9a01b74326c900dd9" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>c.<?LEXA-Enum c.?></enum><header>Medical isotope production</header>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDec116ea8f4a640c584c75c142adbca3e" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID163d5d4bec33482e978988451d728b22" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Medical
isotope</header><text>The term <term>medical isotope</term> includes Molybdenum
99, Iodine 131, Xenon 133, and other radioactive materials used to produce a
radiopharmaceutical for diagnostic, therapeutic procedures or for research and
development.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID18111f2d57bb43718db292a3397c10e9" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Radiopharmaceutical</header><text>The
term <term>radiopharmaceutical</term> means a radioactive isotope that—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="IDb585909730a4416b9b34f30df9b51e4a" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains byproduct
material combined with chemical or biological material; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID7891e09ca046499b8d395ed1fd8b1943" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is designed to
accumulate temporarily in a part of the body for therapeutic purposes or for
enabling the production of a useful image for use in a diagnosis of a medical
condition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDb7a30bb4802848368a203298a910fdd0" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Recipient
country</header><text>The term <term>recipient country</term> means Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID2ae1a0ffae3d4c49bf8ad2a94f96e74a" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Licenses</header><text>The
Commission may issue a license authorizing the export (including shipment to
and use at intermediate and ultimate consignees specified in the license) to a
recipient country of highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production if,
in addition to any other requirements of this Act (except subsection b.), the
Commission determines that—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID859363fbbbd44f90a137e262f03fc231" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a recipient
country that supplies an assurance letter to the United States Government in
connection with the consideration by the Commission of the export license
application has informed the United States Government that any intermediate
consignees and the ultimate consignee specified in the application are required
to use the highly enriched uranium solely to produce medical isotopes;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID587f6e78990747ab96688587c36b2039" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the highly
enriched uranium for medical isotope production will be irradiated only in a
reactor in a recipient country that—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="IDf5fc0cf1770749dbabd5261b6eda5f5b" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uses an
alternative nuclear reactor fuel; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="IDafd89c54d0094272b7bb43aa5efda982" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the subject of
an agreement with the United States Government to convert to an alternative
nuclear reactor fuel when alternative nuclear reactor fuel can be used in the
reactor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID6801cc18df384b6a85a89bfc97df743b" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of
physical protection requirements</header>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID38de703e317b4be28c9786de24dac513" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall review the adequacy of physical
protection requirements that, as of the date of an application under paragraph
(2), are applicable to the transportation and storage of highly enriched
uranium for medical isotope production or control of residual material after
irradiation and extraction of medical isotopes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID8c2a630e794b4513967c07f283400950" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Imposition of
additional requirements</header><text>If the Commission determines that
additional physical protection requirements are necessary (including a limit on
the quantity of highly enriched uranium that may be contained in a single
shipment), the Commission shall impose such requirements as license conditions
or through other appropriate means.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID01c177ad0643409fab56a655ed48e094" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(4)</enum><header>First report to
congress</header>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID2006c102bb6c4aeea423f72843dbdf40" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National Academy
of Sciences study</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement
with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to determine—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="ID1feafc65639a45eb8b69ac06bb49a106" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the feasibility of
procuring supplies of medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use
highly enriched uranium;</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID4d66953064e0469d8151f3eac83c17c1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the current and
projected demand and availability of medical isotopes in regular current
domestic use;</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID00acaa8ceaf4494aaeea1722069f8851" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the progress
that is being made by the Department of Energy and others to eliminate all use
of highly enriched uranium in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical
isotope production facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="IDe742bd43fccf4ee4b64bb90b7241598d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the potential
cost differential in medical isotope production in the reactors and target
processing facilities if the products were derived from production systems that
do not involve fuels and targets with highly enriched uranium.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID64ab1b9173fd4fc48112b577a541062d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Feasibility</header><text>For
the purpose of this subsection, the use of low enriched uranium to produce
medical isotopes shall be determined to be feasible if—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="ID01fb6f7d90d84da1b82e603b39bc9cb0" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>low enriched
uranium targets have been developed and demonstrated for use in the reactors
and target processing facilities that produce significant quantities of medical
isotopes to serve United States needs for such isotopes;</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="ID919d3e5065234f379b183f2fa6e56bcf" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sufficient
quantities of medical isotopes are available from low enriched uranium targets
and fuel to meet United States domestic needs; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="IDbf3cd68ed2e341ab9e903dc009eab2a6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average
anticipated total cost increase from production of medical isotopes in such
facilities without use of highly enriched uranium is less than 10
percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDfb21828b7cae4305869cde4253864d17" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report by the
secretary</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>Nuclear Fees Reauthorization Act of
2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
that—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="ID4cc29c3da16048698c0443b9a4ce3683" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains the
findings of the National Academy of Sciences made in the study under
subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="IDcae2c62cfe6e40b882ad1d3c4e1c7ff2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>discloses the
existence of any commitments from commercial producers to provide domestic
requirements for medical isotopes without use of highly enriched uranium
consistent with the feasibility criteria described in subparagraph (B) not
later than the date that is 4 years after the date of submission of the
report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDe8510fdd0dae481985443045b96676b5" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Second report to
congress</header><text>If the study of the National Academy of Sciences
determines under paragraph (4)(A)(i) that the procurement of supplies of
medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use highly enriched
uranium is feasible, but the Secretary is unable to report the existence of
commitments under paragraph (4)(C)(ii), not later than the date that is 6 years
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Nuclear
Fees Reauthorization Act of 2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that describes options for developing domestic supplies of
medical isotopes in quantities that are adequate to meet domestic demand
without the use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the cost increase
described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDa18332f5a2fe4b98a5f21fbefda5099e" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>At
such time as commercial facilities that do not use highly enriched uranium are
capable of meeting domestic requirements for medical isotopes, within the cost
increase described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) and without impairing the reliable
supply of medical isotopes for domestic utilization, the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a certification to that effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID05acb00d4ac34215a2105fb9c2a36ab1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Sunset
provision</header><text>After the Secretary submits a certification under
paragraph (6), the Commission shall, by rule, terminate the review of the
Commission of export license applications under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" id="IDf4b98d8113124b0d9ff0860ea74dfa62" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>206.</enum><header>Cost recovery
from government agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 161 w. of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(w)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID81f948792ef142a99132e9a7e5eb3871" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for or is issued</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>1702</quote> and inserting <quote>to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
for, or is issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a license or
certificate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID8490d4294a334923a0c9a493d5b2e2fa" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>483a</quote> and inserting <quote>9701</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CDAAC90C77041598BA0C97707F5F31A" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, of applicants for, or holders of, such licenses or
certificates</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" id="ID195d34b7eaa94f0d82dadd73d89208f3" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>207.</enum><header>Conflicts of
interest relating to contracts and other arrangements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 170A b. of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="idB5FE852FEBD5406380ABC45E7BDA10E4" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idE8233CD0A52745E28113CB28E0583C84" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>b. The
Commission</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7503E9751E64C8B88688BCE11363A39" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection changed="deleted" id="idC8B901CF19434AE5BB31E7685375D5B6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>b.<?LEXA-Enum b.?></enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id87E12705A67343CA9EA3A6B9E9863835" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the Commission</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idD3263ABBA63C450B81C925B929F932BD" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60CF75A8B376474982B9837B84DE225C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id7DE384E1DC32468F8761A0411B9665E3" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nuclear
Regulatory Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any conflict of interest,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may enter into a contract, agreement, or
arrangement with the Department of Energy or the operator of a Department of
Energy facility, if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines that—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idAC276357B9D14311BBA01D3915977819" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conflict of interest cannot be
mitigated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idBF407AA8753A4C768E058A841D3B4498" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate justification exists to proceed
without mitigation of the conflict of
interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" id="id49E1532E39FA405D900D10458600BE03" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>208.</enum><header>Hearing
procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 189 a. (1)
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2239(a)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB885A6320AC1437BAC2A9EF035E15AEC" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idB2299A14568A4A4AB6914AA5BF121FC8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>A
hearing under this section shall be conducted using informal adjudicatory
procedures unless the Commission determines that formal adjudicatory procedures
are necessary—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="idBF55BDAE3F5C4A449EFC23DC7F521094" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to develop a
sufficient record; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="id7C393A9B45E24456BB1E3B605CAF3161" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to achieve
fairness.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9CC1365A2BF4C449D9A0F8294970B93" reported-display-style="strikethrough" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title and the amendments made
by this title such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2006 and each
subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>NRC Human
Capital Provisions</header>
<section changed="deleted" id="IDb4d6c8c5f7004c79b05521994c2e4241" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>301.</enum><header>Provision of
support to university nuclear safety, security, and environmental protection
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31 b. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID1c93274eb4d24583a752d07b8052e11c" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>b. The Commission is further authorized to make</quote> and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id532A0B0414694A2687E7409223BEEB55" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection changed="deleted" id="idB24C89E03122413A84F3E5D72295204F" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>b.<?LEXA-Enum b.?></enum><header>Grants and contributions</header><text>The
Commission is authorized—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="idFD6825CD22E447219F0448C25E71F001" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to
make</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID120ec0c689534f19886f925bf547fd1c" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
(as designated by paragraph (1)) by striking the period at the end and
inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idF06E229E3FFB4FD5BCF9A00AE1C12968" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F2AD4463CD4427294B887A8F7B100E7" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id944162C2C39441D299C2BE112ED59B74" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide grants,
loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, and equipment to institutions of
higher education (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/102">section
102</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)) to support
courses, studies, training, curricula, and disciplines pertaining to nuclear
safety, security, or environmental protection, or any other field that the
Commission determines to be critical to the regulatory mission of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="deleted" id="ID8a31186e5abd42b9898fc16c749efe77" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>302.</enum><header>Promotional
items</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id747BAA6FFAB246A6B8913B4985DE3529" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section changed="deleted" id="IDbcf5b3e0ef4f4c81a91672c876408e49" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>170C.</enum><header>Promotional
items</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission may
purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in the recruitment of
individuals for
employment.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="IDa7e6434ad3594f8380b4df5f616636ea" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>303.</enum><header>Expenses
authorized to be paid by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by section 302) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1C59C91AAE54D0AAE97BE046477A84D" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section changed="deleted" id="IDe44cef07d83c465fad0a3bddcd558aa7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>170D.</enum><header>Expenses
authorized to be paid by the Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission may—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDd2d842e474f9482ba5142854568ebb81" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay
transportation, lodging, and subsistence expenses of employees who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idA9CCD02B12574C92A9ED779B790FAC25" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist scientific,
professional, administrative, or technical employees of the Commission;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idEC93029CBBC247C7920CBE0E22DE7FCE" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are students in
good standing at an institution of higher education (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/102">section
102</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)) pursuing courses
related to the field in which the students are employed by the Commission;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID13afa2bc604a46a3b8ef8ac8faa4618f" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pay the costs of
health and medical services furnished, pursuant to an agreement between the
Commission and the Department of State, to employees of the Commission and
dependents of the employees serving in foreign
countries.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="ID6f99fc473ae74bb5a133efbff4d75d0d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>304.</enum><header>Nuclear
Regulatory Commission scholarship and fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
is amended by inserting after section 242 (42 U.S.C. 2015a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B026CB4553C499F9B4D50C80EE703FE" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section changed="deleted" id="IDf7eda87c79ea4991acfff6f60aee4806" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>243.</enum><header>Scholarship and
fellowship program</header>
<subsection changed="deleted" id="ID10c1029b86374d658ce23a7b6726e446" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Scholarship
program</header><text>To enable students to study, for at least 1 academic
semester or equivalent term, science, engineering, or another field of study
that the Commission determines is in a critical skill area related to the
regulatory mission of the Commission, the Commission may carry out a program
to—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDf15997c11a07401b8fadd5bb8beccecb" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>award scholarships
to undergraduate students who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID531ec0fe984b469d99373951d8115713" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are United States
citizens; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID2fda5874dba54dfeabf16f806db3e972" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an
agreement under subsection (c) to be employed by the Commission in the area of
study for which the scholarship is awarded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="idFDE334664EFB449E8BB9F161A6D03A59" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fellowship
program</header><text>To enable students to pursue education in science,
engineering, or another field of study that the Commission determines is in a
critical skill area related to its regulatory mission, in a graduate or
professional degree program offered by an institution of higher education in
the United States, the Commission may carry out a program to—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="IDee3c8e9602054fb381e4babcb7f10867" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>award fellowships
to graduate students who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDc5157ebd6a3140d280bf891cea2e688f" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are United States
citizens; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDfc6cf32eef2c4d2c90f71c890f7a80b8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an
agreement under subsection (c) to be employed by the Commission in the area of
study for which the fellowship is awarded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="IDda2cd3f0376e4fe0ab81980e9e8163d8" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id13679C48EDD84A82B6F2F0A64F2AEAAA" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of
receiving a scholarship or fellowship under subsection (a) or (b), a recipient
of the scholarship or fellowship shall enter into an agreement with the
Commission under which, in return for the assistance, the recipient
shall—</text>
<subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID95643640eec14f19b7a86443594786d7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain
satisfactory academic progress in the studies of the recipient, as determined
by criteria established by the Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="id5808A94F5D78417FACB544142EFD6A83" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agree that failure
to maintain satisfactory academic progress shall constitute grounds on which
the Commission may terminate the assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="IDf476d630b55841c886485015e082ba9e" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on completion of
the academic course of study in connection with which the assistance was
provided, and in accordance with criteria established by the Commission, engage
in employment by the Commission for a period specified by the Commission, that
shall be not less than 1 time and not more than 3 times the period for which
the assistance was provided; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" id="ID2d8085747bd446bcb987e8dac18d7aff" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if the recipient
fails to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), reimburse the
United States Government for—</text>
<clause changed="deleted" id="id5D788EBBD03A4937A2EFB677879FC6FA" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the entire amount
of the assistance provided the recipient under the scholarship or fellowship;
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="deleted" id="idEC023531CE394A4EB49029E8BAB09728" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interest at a
rate determined by the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="id8A8CD272E8164E0BBE6061D6B18E4306" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver or
suspension</header><text>The Commission may establish criteria for the partial
or total waiver or suspension of any obligation of service or payment incurred
by a recipient of a scholarship or fellowship under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="ID48ab06142ec742b9bad06e56e0077a82" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Competitive
process</header><text>Recipients of scholarships or fellowships under this
section shall be selected through a competitive process primarily on the basis
of academic merit and such other criteria as the Commission may establish, with
consideration given to financial need and the goal of promoting the
participation of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and
Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a, 1885b).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="IDfa74ccb1deb54dc2927fe13a442bef5c" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Direct
appointment</header><text>The Commission may appoint directly, with no further
competition, public notice, or consideration of any other potential candidate,
an individual who has completed the academic program for which a scholarship or
fellowship was awarded by the Commission under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="ID32fc01e6617b4989a3979aa3c92e35c6" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>305.</enum><header>Partnership
program with institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2015 et seq.) (as amended by section 304) is amended by inserting
after section 243 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24932FF2E427497C9A5B40EF5B3A47C6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section changed="deleted" id="IDae003ee71b67458bb737cde4fb433462" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>244.</enum><header>Partnership
program with institutions of higher education</header>
<subsection changed="deleted" id="IDc104cc4185d54398972a391b3f1c7524" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID56d9f4bc84b74c9eaab7bd92aa45a5da" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving
institution</header><text>The term <term>Hispanic-serving institution</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID10931964901d4edb85641a147825292d" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Historically
Black college and university</header><text>The term <term>historically Black
college or university</term> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B
institution</quote> in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1061).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="ID72480fade18b436c86e0afc17e0fe63f" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal
college</header><text>The term <term>Tribal college</term> has the meaning
given the term <quote>tribally controlled college or university</quote> in
section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="IDd7ed8e8a6c9144edabd0facf019b0ef2" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Partnership
program</header><text>The Commission may establish and participate in
activities relating to research, mentoring, instruction, and training with
institutions of higher education, including Hispanic-serving institutions,
historically Black colleges or universities, and Tribal colleges, to strengthen
the capacity of the institutions—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id17CB6AC7355541608291168BDD0C8022" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to educate and
train students (including present or potential employees of the Commission);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idD72C9864BBE0420DACF62D46DE9306A9" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conduct
research in the field of science, engineering, or law, or any other field that
the Commission determines is important to the work of the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" id="ID4eca4fc4062c4813ae3f9f7071ab5fdb" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>306.</enum><header>Elimination of
pension offset for certain rehired Federal retirees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by sections 302 and 303) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EF4566E895344E786219E66C3D0804E" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<section changed="deleted" id="ID94089937d931474289d117d48152279c" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>170E.</enum><header>Elimination of
pension offset for certain rehired Federal retirees</header>
<subsection changed="deleted" id="IDcb117095587f40058052df129e548fc7" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may waive the application of section 8344
or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, on a case-by-case basis for employment
of an annuitant—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="idC412701946054290894942B0C413D988" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in a position of
the Commission for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting or
retaining a qualified employee; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="id18EB6847D99446D9AE1E673C3FF60B7D" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when a temporary
emergency hiring need exists.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="ID901efaa873004d549636ebedc8499c08" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Commission shall prescribe procedures for the exercise of authority under this
section, including—</text>
<paragraph changed="deleted" id="id4AFD73B6061543D8A24EC644CB1E9448" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(1)</enum><text>criteria for any
exercise of authority; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="deleted" id="idEBF531700BF042BF83F053A5D66D15DD" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procedures for a
delegation of authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="deleted" id="ID7bd16fe0750d47639017259c1e88de5c" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of
waiver</header><text>An employee as to whom a waiver under this section is in
effect shall not be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter II of
chapter 83, or chapter 84, of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="deleted" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfa119cabbf6c4129aa8b14ae8ac9a7fa" reported-display-style="strikethrough" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title and amendments made by
this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal
year thereafter.</text>
</section>
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Nuclear Fees Reauthorization
Act of 2005
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—NRC User Fees
Sec. 101. Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees and annual
charges.
TITLE II—NRC Reform
Sec. 201. Treatment of nuclear reactor financial
obligations.
Sec. 202. Period of combined license.
Sec. 203. Elimination of NRC antitrust reviews.
Sec. 204. Medical isotope production.
Sec. 205. Cost recovery from government agencies.
Sec. 206. Conflicts of interest relating to contracts and other
arrangements.
Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—NRC Human Capital Provisions
Sec. 301. Provision of support to university nuclear safety,
security, and environmental protection programs.
Sec. 302. Recruitment tools.
Sec. 303. Expenses authorized to be paid by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
Sec. 304. Nuclear Regulatory Commission scholarship and
fellowship program.
Sec. 305. Partnership program with institutions of higher
education.
Sec. 306. Elimination of pension offset for certain rehired
Federal retirees.
Sec. 307. Authorization of appropriations.
<enum>I</enum><header>NRC User Fees</header>
<section changed="added" id="id8736b3d8-44eb-4676-af03-0f026eb8ae54" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>101.</enum><header>Nuclear Regulatory
Commission user fees and annual charges</header>
<subsection changed="added" id="id345a969a-12c9-4445-8a29-cf98583f2d09" reported-display-style="italic"><enum></enum><text>Section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id5c336e99-56ee-4ff7-9b84-c4664ef8a290" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by
striking <quote>2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2011</quote> ; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idaab58c80-4d3c-48a7-a69c-6ba1146ea58c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id2928f7d0-da67-4f4b-88da-bf2da59369fd" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="idd9a62ca9-5ea1-4e7b-8897-26ae79db204c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="id69997354-ec0e-411a-99dd-07e4b560ac86" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="ida45c0db8-9ab0-4aac-a2ff-e765c6714188" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5a2390e-127d-4833-9dee-ebc4e633e1c9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause changed="added" id="id91ffe89e-e8a7-4e89-bd80-aef61ee51e81" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>amounts appropriated to
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the fiscal year for implementation of
section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2005 (118 Stat. 2162; 50 U.S.C. 2601 note); and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="idBAE15FE1E5E84050B08DC0AC52E4E217" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>amounts appropriated to
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for homeland security activities of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the fiscal year, except for the costs of
fingerprinting and background checks required by section 149 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2169) and the costs of conducting security
inspections.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id55b35f28-4f87-41d5-be2e-19902cd80224" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(v),
by striking <quote>fiscal year 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2011</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>NRC Reform</header>
<section changed="added" id="id7b72e70e-67e6-4751-a916-9a9fbc69db5b" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>201.</enum><header>Treatment of nuclear
reactor financial obligations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 541(b) of title 11, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="ID82fafba71ad54e47a0297c6d5e971cdb" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ID5b6543b9c20a4e65ac27819e74cc6b6f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="IDd44d7d13264449afacca1ccc429ea59c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52BD4EBC7F7842ECAD53F31807748BC1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="added" id="ID6303706c7f5f4f53a63a362cfb477d78" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><text>funds accumulated or
otherwise designated for decontamination and decommissioning pursuant to a
regulation or order of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a nuclear power
reactor licensed under section 103 or 104 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2133,
2134(b)).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" id="id3d5a3ad1-45b9-4027-abf7-6bdf52e50f5e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>202.</enum><header>Period of combined
license</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 c. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(c)) is amended by striking
<quote>forty years</quote> and inserting <quote>40 years from the authorization
to commence operations</quote>.</text>
</section><section changed="added" id="id0be9104a-b043-49e8-8d5a-faa78bcfc5fe" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>203.</enum><header>Elimination of NRC
antitrust reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 105
c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135(c)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id835dd39c-f6c0-4cac-8ea9-29b2f27d5315" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f09647d-46ba-443e-81fc-49de8641a222" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection does not apply to an application for a license to construct or
operate a utilization facility or production facility under section 103 or 104
b., if the application is filed on or after, or is pending on, the date of
enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" id="id2cef88f5-b852-48a1-b12e-bc2171e08ffd" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>204.</enum><header>Medical isotope
production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 134 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id3e9bcc71-2a8b-4aca-aba7-2a389bd18102" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections a. and b. as subsections b. and a., respectively, and by moving
subsection b. (as so redesignated) to the end of the section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idb7a4e685-9e36-44fb-bfb1-5f05c28b42bf" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection b. (as so
redesignated), by striking <quote>b. The Commission</quote> and inserting
<quote>b. <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Restrictions</header-in-text>.—Except as provided in subsection c.,
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id70c88ea2-38c5-4bcb-9a6b-cf443de5736c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5773983-d5a3-4cb1-9a92-c759c13a05c4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection changed="added" id="idcf64fb48-48d9-4179-88c5-bf018a73e668" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>c.<?LEXA-Enum c.?></enum><header>Medical
isotope production</header>
<paragraph changed="added" id="ida88c4d12-c716-4b4b-8ab0-86611a3815ba" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="idb1af2905-f534-4f12-87b9-5e55fd95fb8e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Medical
isotope</header><text>The term <term>medical isotope</term> includes Molybdenum
99, Iodine 131, Xenon 133, and other radioactive materials used to produce a
radiopharmaceutical for diagnostic, therapeutic procedures or for research and
development.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id6d130f88-15ea-4318-9665-0234de2a4332" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Radiopharmaceutical</header><text>The
term <term>radiopharmaceutical</term> means a radioactive isotope that—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="idd3da893e-d234-4e5f-b55d-6fde548e625d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains byproduct
material combined with chemical or biological material; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="idf2cde7fe-1669-41c9-867d-9b1bf17d2996" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is designed to
accumulate temporarily in a part of the body for therapeutic purposes or for
enabling the production of a useful image for use in a diagnosis of a medical
condition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="ide30c84bd-7b19-4adc-a094-8f43afb55801" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Recipient
country</header><text>The term <term>recipient country</term> means Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id8a8e321b-affa-4cac-a2cc-30a5a899d8ce" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Licenses</header><text>The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission may issue a license authorizing the export
(including shipment to and use at intermediate and ultimate consignees
specified in the license) to a recipient country of highly enriched uranium for
medical isotope production if, in addition to any other requirements of this
Act (except subsection b.), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines
that—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id460855f0-902b-44b9-8e54-b60aa2ac7a21" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a recipient country that
supplies an assurance letter to the United States Government in connection with
the consideration by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the export license
application has informed the United States Government that any intermediate
consignees and the ultimate consignee specified in the application are required
to use the highly enriched uranium solely to produce medical isotopes;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="ida97cba71-7103-4bd7-8c98-7beb6962aa04" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the highly enriched
uranium for medical isotope production will be irradiated only in a reactor in
a recipient country that—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="ide4665f48-2fde-4305-b59e-01d9acf11642" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uses an alternative
nuclear reactor fuel; or</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="idf07806ba-3781-49f6-9466-4b14a3b167c5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is the subject of an
agreement with the United States Government to convert to an alternative
nuclear reactor fuel when alternative nuclear reactor fuel can be used in the
reactor.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id9077c206-4c4e-4f21-b334-1519b319df03" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of physical
protection requirements</header>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id653258a8-b157-4483-9ba2-dc85de12ca41" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall review the
adequacy of physical protection requirements that, as of the date of an
application under paragraph (2), are applicable to the transportation and
storage of highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production or control of
residual material after irradiation and extraction of medical isotopes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id9c74e98b-3497-44cd-b2cf-cdda2e9af60a" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Imposition of
additional requirements</header><text>If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
determines that additional physical protection requirements are necessary
(including a limit on the quantity of highly enriched uranium that may be
contained in a single shipment), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall impose
such requirements as license conditions or through other appropriate
means.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idb3ab4736-aa4a-435c-a6bc-07efccb5dbba" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><header>First report to
congress</header>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id586a6edd-4684-4f28-9501-a446baba1b79" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><header>National Academy of
Sciences study</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with
the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study to determine—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="id549b9c28-2595-4183-8745-2fd6ceebe351" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the feasibility of
procuring supplies of medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use
highly enriched uranium;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="id0feb285a-34b8-4f32-b18b-f8bc3541c369" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the current and
projected demand and availability of medical isotopes in regular current
domestic use;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="idaadb4f33-a9c0-4ff9-9503-0723350b1bd0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the progress that is
being made by the Department of Energy and others to eliminate all use of
highly enriched uranium in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope
production facilities; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="idf9f66d38-918d-4adf-8048-36c520b2b882" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the potential cost
differential in medical isotope production in the reactors and target
processing facilities if the products were derived from production systems that
do not involve fuels and targets with highly enriched uranium.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id4550daf4-568b-480b-86f8-2818735afbb2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Feasibility</header><text>For
the purpose of this subsection, the use of low enriched uranium to produce
medical isotopes shall be determined to be feasible if—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="id4e55175e-21de-46d1-bdf8-5b4b92162de3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>low enriched uranium
targets have been developed and demonstrated for use in the reactors and target
processing facilities that produce significant quantities of medical isotopes
to serve United States needs for such isotopes;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="id438e77d1-1ca2-45d9-8502-d4ef696bfa49" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sufficient quantities of
medical isotopes are available from low enriched uranium targets and fuel to
meet United States domestic needs; and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="ide267caad-9837-4d2e-b154-211eb6f3b6d3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the average anticipated
total cost increase from production of medical isotopes in such facilities
without use of highly enriched uranium is less than 10 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id160b110a-41ed-4bc6-801c-9c6d117d429f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report by the
secretary</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>Nuclear Fees Reauthorization Act of
2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
that—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="id763588c4-1e9b-4a82-b4b1-99aacf074c88" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contains the findings of
the National Academy of Sciences made in the study under subparagraph (A);
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="id8143b0cf-10a7-4e74-9f16-0e2500f7721b" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>discloses the existence
of any commitments from commercial producers to provide domestic requirements
for medical isotopes without use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the
feasibility criteria described in subparagraph (B) not later than the date that
is 4 years after the date of submission of the report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idb0a0740e-b57a-4ec4-9e19-77c3d74a6c65" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Second report to
congress</header><text>If the study of the National Academy of Sciences
determines under paragraph (4)(A)(i) that the procurement of supplies of
medical isotopes from commercial sources that do not use highly enriched
uranium is feasible, but the Secretary is unable to report the existence of
commitments under paragraph (4)(C)(ii), not later than the date that is 6 years
after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Nuclear
Fees Reauthorization Act of 2005</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that describes options for developing domestic supplies of
medical isotopes in quantities that are adequate to meet domestic demand
without the use of highly enriched uranium consistent with the cost increase
described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id4981f12e-1c2a-400d-9741-c139d793a808" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>At
such time as commercial facilities that do not use highly enriched uranium are
capable of meeting domestic requirements for medical isotopes, within the cost
increase described in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) and without impairing the reliable
supply of medical isotopes for domestic utilization, the Secretary shall submit
to Congress a certification to that effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idef32b072-4a63-40f4-bc84-beba62ad21e7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Sunset
provision</header><text>After the Secretary submits a certification under
paragraph (6), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall, by rule, terminate the
review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of export license applications
under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" id="id445b516c-bebf-45e2-ac47-71f1f425d974" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>205.</enum><header>Cost recovery from
government agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
161 w. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(w)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id7b015a41-1c0f-4d01-834f-32ef9ebe566e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for or
is issued</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1702</quote> and
inserting <quote>to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for, or is issued by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a license or certificate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id5810fc96-f1e8-44e9-8a4b-2788ac8f941d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>483a</quote> and inserting <quote>9701</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff93b1f0-daa0-4525-a393-c498291adee8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, of
applicants for, or holders of, such licenses or certificates</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" id="id9d7d276b-fe42-4999-9567-1b209258e3c7" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>206.</enum><header>Conflicts of interest
relating to contracts and other arrangements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 170A b. of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id18ce1262-73bb-41f5-924e-7c2e7241966e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id1ab963b0-928c-4c71-b8fd-3e49de6feea1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>b. The
Commission</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cff61c6-9670-4369-a6dd-879ba9a9e744" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection changed="added" id="id5c359432-2d30-4fc2-a0be-fbdfef136ada" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>b.<?LEXA-Enum b.?></enum><header>Evaluation</header>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id69723bd7-f0ea-445e-a185-457af6713cc3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id20db1e76-f49b-45cd-bc9a-f4b4bdc53d25" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4adf9e4f-e38f-4d22-9970-312d9ba8ef84" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="added" id="idb18e41ad-3eb2-496c-9e98-74352af538c8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nuclear Regulatory
Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any conflict of interest, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may enter into a
contract, agreement, or arrangement with the Department of Energy or the
operator of a Department of Energy facility, if the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission determines that—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id04be112e-3410-4d53-b177-46c564644e60" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conflict of interest cannot be
mitigated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id450495a6-81dc-48e2-baa3-2f16df37d0ee" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adequate justification exists to proceed
without mitigation of the conflict of
interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25dff88d-ad29-43f6-bf2b-9a975d5e90f5" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title and the amendments made
by this title such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2006 and each
subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>NRC Human Capital
Provisions</header>
<section changed="added" id="idf32dba53-8eff-48ff-bcbb-f7f25e4f5488" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>301.</enum><header>Provision of support
to university nuclear safety, security, and environmental protection
programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 31 b. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2051(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id382974a4-6f55-43ab-abeb-96e9b319eca4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>b. The
Commission is further authorized to make</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a0a64d2-d65a-46f0-ad58-e5bc895324be" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection changed="added" id="idbd8d6220-99fb-46ae-8903-11bdac93bdaf" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>b.<?LEXA-Enum b.?></enum><header>Grants and
contributions</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is
authorized—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id6a65cd2e-7ae2-45b3-ad68-25bd55ba827f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to
make</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ida2dca54f-baa7-4cca-a28c-5258091bfba6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as
designated by paragraph (1)) by striking the period at the end and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id1a94acf0-e0cc-4372-8f2c-0cd66d2e32c2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eb8d747-da2b-4ed8-84f0-f25935fb53ac" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph changed="added" id="id3bef9295-e393-440d-9e8b-bc4f49b2b6df" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide grants, loans,
cooperative agreements, contracts, and equipment to institutions of higher
education (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/102">section
102</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)) to support
courses, studies, training, curricula, and disciplines pertaining to nuclear
safety, security, or environmental protection, or any other field that the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines to be critical to the regulatory
mission of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" id="id0c59313f-f767-4749-aaf1-c88626087f0e" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>302.</enum><header>Recruitment
tools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8051fee-86a3-413e-8d7e-54b0aaa2e233" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section changed="added" id="ida5e017a7-d8e8-471e-b615-3481e03a4f66" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>170C.</enum><header>Recruitment
tools</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission may purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in the
recruitment of individuals for
employment.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" id="id7e1bdae8-e838-4889-8f8a-246727505369" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>303.</enum><header>Expenses authorized to
be paid by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by section 302) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ffe0ff8-809a-4a78-9b07-d60e66886b1b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section changed="added" id="id7e695f89-02e4-4fdc-a19e-061c59bffd79" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>170D.</enum><header>Expenses authorized
to be paid by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
may—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id069936b9-ade2-4163-9491-511dac1e6f7f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>pay transportation,
lodging, and subsistence expenses of employees who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id73d2550b-8736-4504-b717-9620edc89f5c" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist scientific,
professional, administrative, or technical employees of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="idc945085d-e9d2-4ebb-841b-f4ba2a6942d2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are students in good
standing at an institution of higher education (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/102">section
102</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002</external-xref>)) pursuing courses
related to the field in which the students are employed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idde14b62b-69aa-4854-8d3a-e9f9c78eb856" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pay the costs of health
and medical services furnished, pursuant to an agreement between the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and the Department of State, to employees of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and dependents of the employees serving in foreign
countries.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" id="id50f3135b-c5dc-4463-b28f-54c5bbe083e0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>304.</enum><header>Nuclear Regulatory
Commission scholarship and fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
is amended by inserting after section 242 (42 U.S.C. 2015a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9079ed8-856e-4ae2-970f-e7921567b9ce" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section changed="added" id="id297aa319-e6ea-4324-b4e3-e9a0c4e38d68" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>243.</enum><header>Scholarship and
fellowship program</header>
<subsection changed="added" id="id8d31d8c8-c589-4fc6-9817-f3fabd886ad3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>a.</enum><header>Scholarship
program</header><text>To enable students to study, for at least 1 academic
semester or equivalent term, science, engineering, or another field of study
that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission determines is in a critical skill area
related to the regulatory mission of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission may carry out a program to—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id8d2fed9f-5d2f-4b08-b0a5-174b361b1c8d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>award scholarships to
undergraduate students who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id2e44dc18-2788-4e47-a401-81c2b2acd225" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are United States
citizens; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id2d83dbc1-d3b1-4f73-8be0-d1be7f477158" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an agreement
under subsection c. to be employed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the
area of study for which the scholarship is awarded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="idbf9ff3e4-ff8f-4318-b2ac-fe5d66326111" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>b.</enum><header>Fellowship
program</header><text>To enable students to pursue education in science,
engineering, or another field of study that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
determines is in a critical skill area related to its regulatory mission, in a
graduate or professional degree program offered by an institution of higher
education in the United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may carry out
a program to—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="idefbc9e9c-8594-4be3-9757-6e17616c4a50" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>award fellowships to
graduate students who—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="ida84c4a69-6140-4112-aeb0-816a8df19500" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are United States
citizens; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id47660f00-1965-495f-8df5-a99023ca6c70" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enter into an agreement
under subsection c. to be employed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the
area of study for which the fellowship is awarded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id5a579e9d-60ca-40e2-85fa-2e1eda025b5f" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>c.</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id7b840af6-91f7-44f9-80d4-081ab81a66a6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of
receiving a scholarship or fellowship under subsection a. or b., a recipient of
the scholarship or fellowship shall enter into an agreement with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission under which, in return for the assistance, the recipient
shall—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="idd0ec27f6-b568-4ddc-baa8-949e3982e1de" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>maintain satisfactory
academic progress in the studies of the recipient, as determined by criteria
established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id16cfd498-c5b1-42b8-bc44-43285d81609d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agree that failure to
maintain satisfactory academic progress shall constitute grounds on which the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission may terminate the assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="iddb05e3b2-6973-456b-8383-b6519228abe1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on completion of the
academic course of study in connection with which the assistance was provided,
and in accordance with criteria established by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, engage in employment by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a
period specified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that shall be not less
than 1 time and not more than 3 times the period for which the assistance was
provided; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" id="id4f803167-5938-452a-b2d0-77edffc6ca11" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>if the recipient fails to
meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), reimburse the United
States Government for—</text>
<clause changed="added" id="idab308ba6-82cd-4444-b3a8-affbc531c6a5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the entire amount of the
assistance provided the recipient under the scholarship or fellowship;
and</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" id="id6bd2b026-9d38-442e-b3f4-fa4bce16e084" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>interest at a rate
determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="ide0d58075-2af8-41fd-8c99-d1c6b0fefcd0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver or
suspension</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may establish
criteria for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any obligation of
service or payment incurred by a recipient of a scholarship or fellowship under
this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id336a2811-1060-4e77-9207-baee2155f605" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>d.</enum><header>Competitive
process</header><text>Recipients of scholarships or fellowships under this
section shall be selected through a competitive process primarily on the basis
of academic merit and such other criteria as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
may establish, with consideration given to financial need and the goal of
promoting the participation of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of
the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a,
1885b).</text>
</subsection><subsection changed="added" id="ida7fde1e6-751b-403e-bf4b-3d08a56c8202" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>e.</enum><header>Direct
appointment</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may appoint
directly, with no further competition, public notice, or consideration of any
other potential candidate, an individual who has—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id996F140C873E40C4AD58D915EC9977CE" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>received a scholarship or
fellowship awarded by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under this section;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="idA1F41E62580D4F6FB24DA8F64098D153" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>completed the academic
program for which the scholarship or fellowship was
awarded.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" id="id30da9edd-e289-4834-af41-0ff807099fca" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>305.</enum><header>Partnership program
with institutions of higher education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2015 et seq.) (as amended by section 304) is amended by inserting
after section 243 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34c803e0-f6a9-4b4e-a5eb-74ca4a265654" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section changed="added" id="ide227facd-5f97-4a78-acfc-8d2d8b827f51" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>244.</enum><header>Partnership program
with institutions of higher education</header>
<subsection changed="added" id="idf3f58089-996d-4ef7-a631-894f0c98570d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>a.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="idd61cc6c6-68bb-4f2a-b2a9-b2a490fdec00" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving
institution</header><text>The term <term>Hispanic-serving institution</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id4b750687-752f-472e-913d-444b399cf637" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Historically Black
college and university</header><text>The term <term>historically Black college
or university</term> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B
institution</quote> in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1061).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id5b78d3d9-a443-40bd-8800-0fcc37c583e5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal
college</header><text>The term <term>Tribal college</term> has the meaning
given the term <quote>tribally controlled college or university</quote> in
section 2(a) of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of
1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="id4e4ab8db-f2ef-40c0-85b9-e2542f1683e6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>b.</enum><header>Partnership
program</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may establish and
participate in activities relating to research, mentoring, instruction, and
training with institutions of higher education, including Hispanic-serving
institutions, historically Black colleges or universities, and Tribal colleges,
to strengthen the capacity of the institutions—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id962f5867-4c7e-4f75-9c0b-026c8806c404" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to educate and train
students (including present or potential employees of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id8f41d0ce-45d4-49c3-a0f8-db1817b6c768" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to conduct research in
the field of science, engineering, or law, or any other field that the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission determines is important to the work of the Nuclear
Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" id="id874041e5-90d9-4167-9611-f322e028d482" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>306.</enum><header>Elimination of pension
offset for certain rehired Federal retirees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 14 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) (as amended by sections 302 and 303) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb32ce2f6-2161-4a64-92c3-bf7a6d78c3eb" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section changed="added" id="id0144ea67-1579-4a0c-91c8-410a6aaebf09" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>170E.</enum><header>Elimination of
pension offset for certain rehired Federal retirees</header>
<subsection changed="added" id="idb1c4d137-34ea-4cea-acc8-6f0285dbbb69" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>a.</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the
application of section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, on a
case-by-case basis for employment of an annuitant—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="id932a25d9-d791-4160-a679-1d9bd28bccb0" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in a position of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for which there is exceptional difficulty in
recruiting or retaining a qualified employee; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id10e67aa5-c80d-4eff-9bb3-959a5caa5dc8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when a temporary
emergency hiring need exists.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="idd985877a-349a-4303-ad62-ac29868340ba" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>b.</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall prescribe procedures for the exercise of
authority under this section, including—</text>
<paragraph changed="added" id="idf049f245-96c2-430c-bd70-9cbb62d7f40d" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(1)</enum><text>criteria for any exercise
of authority; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" id="id2e41179c-358c-4a0c-9ecf-169f5d5f0163" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>procedures for a
delegation of authority.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection changed="added" id="idd88a5070-1e8a-4795-9e98-161f9a954366" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>c.</enum><header>Effect of
waiver</header><text>An employee as to whom a waiver under this section is in
effect shall not be considered an employee for purposes of subchapter II of
chapter 83, or chapter 84, of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C18341FABC1474BA9C1D4FFBE585BF1" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title and amendments made by
this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal
year thereafter.</text>
</section>
July 1, 2005
Reported with an amendment