[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2203 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2203

       To reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
             Decommissioning Fund, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2007

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
       To reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
             Decommissioning Fund, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
              DECOMMISSIONING FUND.

    (a) Amounts in Fund.--Section 1802 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2297g-1) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``$518,233,333'' and inserting 
                ``$700,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Energy Policy Act of 1992'' 
                and inserting ``the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
                and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after ``adjusted for 
        inflation'' the following: ``beginning 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``15 years after the 
        date of the enactment of this title'' and inserting ``10 years 
        after the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment 
        Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 
        2007''; and
            (4) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``15 years after 
                the date of the enactment of this title'' and inserting 
                ``10 years after the date of enactment of the Uranium 
                Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 
                Reauthorization Act of 2007''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under such 
                subsection'' and inserting ``during the 10-year period 
                beginning on the date of enactment of the Uranium 
                Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 
                Reauthorization Act of 2007''.
    (b) Reports.--Section 1805 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2297g-4) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``the date of the 
        enactment of this title'' and inserting ``the date of enactment 
        of the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
        Fund Reauthorization Act of 2007''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``5th report 
        submitted under this section'' and inserting ``third report 
        submitted after the date of enactment of the Uranium Enrichment 
        Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund Reauthorization Act of 
        2007''.

SEC. 3. STUDY OF THE USE OF PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE PRODUCT OF 
              THE ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM TAILINGS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall--
            (1) complete a study to determine the manner in which 
        proceeds from the sale of the product of the enrichment of 
        cylinders of uranium tailings in the United States may be used 
        to reduce or supplement the amount of appropriations 
        necessary--
                    (A) to fund the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
                and Decommissioning Fund established under section 
                1801(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
                2297g(a)); and
                    (B) to provide assistance to units of local 
                government and community reuse organizations at sites 
                eligible for assistance from the Uranium Enrichment 
                Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; and
            (2) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
        report that describes the results of the study conducted under 
        paragraph (1).
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