[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2075 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2075

  To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask 
                    storage, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2011

   Mr. Engel (for himself, Mr. Markey, Ms. Berkley, and Mrs. Lowey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that spent nuclear fuel be stored in certified dry cask 
                    storage, 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 ``Dry Cask Storage Act''.

SEC. 2. DRY CASK SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission designates spent nuclear fuel contained in 
storage pools as qualified to be placed in dry cask storage certified 
by the Commission, such spent nuclear fuel shall be moved from such 
pools and placed in certified dry casks.
    (b) Costs of Compliance.--The Secretary of Energy shall determine 
the costs required for compliance with subsection (a) by the owner of 
spent nuclear fuel, and shall reduce by that amount the amount due from 
that owner pursuant to section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222).
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