[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3385 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3385

 To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote 
      the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2008

 Mr. Barton of Texas (for himself, Mr. Upton, Mr. Terry, Mr. Shimkus, 
Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Whitfield, 
 Mr. Poe of Texas, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Gallegly, and Mr. 
    Pitts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote 
      the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, 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. USE OF FUNDS FOR RECYCLING.

    Section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10222) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``The Secretary may'' 
        and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (f), the 
        Secretary may''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Recycling.--
            ``(1) In general.--Amounts in the Waste Fund may be used by 
        the Secretary of Energy to make grants to or enter into long-
        term contracts with private sector entities for the recycling 
        of spent nuclear fuel.
            ``(2) Competitive selection.--Grants and contracts 
        authorized under paragraph (1) shall be awarded on the basis of 
        a competitive bidding process that--
                    ``(A) maximizes the competitive efficiency of the 
                projects funded;
                    ``(B) best serves the goal of reducing the amount 
                of waste requiring disposal under this Act; and
                    ``(C) ensures adequate protection against the 
                proliferation of nuclear materials that could be used 
                in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.''.

SEC. 2. RULEMAKING FOR LICENSING OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RECYCLING 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) Requirement.--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall, as 
expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, complete a rulemaking establishing a 
process for the licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of facilities for the recycling of spent 
nuclear fuel.
    (b) Funding.--Amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund established under 
section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222) 
shall be made available to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cover 
the costs of carrying out subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 3. NUCLEAR WASTE FUND BUDGET STATUS.

    Section 302(e) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10222(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(7) The receipts and disbursements of the Waste Fund shall not be 
counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficits or 
surplus for purposes of--
            ``(A) the budget of the United States Government as 
        submitted by the President;
            ``(B) the congressional budget; or
            ``(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985.''.
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