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[S. 865 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 153
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 865

                          [Report No. 109-99]

    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-
                          Anderson provisions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2005

Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Carper) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

                              July 1, 2005

               Reported by Mr. Inhofe, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-
                          Anderson provisions.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Price-Anderson Amendments 
Act of 2005''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Indemnification of Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
Licensees.--Section 170c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2210(c)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
        ``licenses'' and inserting ``licensees'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``December 1, 2003'' and inserting 
        ``December 1, 2025''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking ``December 31, 2003'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2025''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. REPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 170p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2210(p)) is amended by striking ``August 1, 1998'' and inserting 
``August 1, 2025''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The amendments made by this Act take effect on December 1, 
2003.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF MODULAR REACTORS.

    Section 170 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) For purposes of this section only, the Commission 
        shall consider a combination of facilities described in 
        subparagraph (B) to be a single facility having a rated 
        capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more.
            ``(B) A combination of facilities referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) is 2 or more facilities located at a single 
        site, each of which has a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical 
        kilowatts or more but not more than 300,000 electrical 
        kilowatts, with a combined rated capacity of not more than 
        1,300,000 electrical kilowatts.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.

    Section 170c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Licenses'' and 
        inserting ``Licensees''; and
            (2) by striking ``December 31, 2003'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2025''.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    Section 170p. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(p)) 
is amended by striking ``August 1, 1998'' and inserting ``August 1, 
2023''.

SEC. 5. MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT.

    Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) is 
amended--
            (1) in the second proviso of the third sentence of 
        subsection b.(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$63,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$95,800,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$10,000,000 in any 1 year'' and 
                inserting ``$15,000,000 in any 1 year (subject to 
                adjustment for inflation under subsection t.)''; and
            (2) in subsection t.(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``total and annual'' after 
                ``amount of the maximum'';
                    (B) by striking ``the date of the enactment of the 
                Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988'' and inserting 
                ``August 1, 2004''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``such date of 
                enactment'' and inserting ``August 1, 2004''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 153

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 865

                          [Report No. 109-99]

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                                 A BILL

    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the Price-
                          Anderson provisions.

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                              July 1, 2005

                       Reported with an amendment