[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6554 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6554

  To limit the period in advance of a nuclear reactor license renewal 
 that the application for such renewal may be submitted to the Nuclear 
                         Regulatory Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

Mr. Tierney (for himself and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To limit the period in advance of a nuclear reactor license renewal 
 that the application for such renewal may be submitted to the Nuclear 
                         Regulatory Commission.

    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 ``Nuclear Reactor Safety First Act''.

SEC. 2. NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSE RENEWALS.

    Section 103c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Commission may not 
approve a renewal of such a license for a reactor if the application 
for that renewal was submitted to the Commission more than 10 years 
before the expiration of the license being renewed.''.
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