1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of
2012
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Findings, purposes, and definitions
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
TITLE II—Nuclear Waste Administration
Sec. 201. Establishment.
Sec. 202. Principal officers.
Sec. 203. Other officers.
Sec. 204. Inspector General.
Sec. 205. Nuclear Waste Oversight Board.
Sec. 206. Conforming amendments.
TITLE III—Functions
Sec. 301. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 302. Transfer of contracts.
Sec. 303. Additional functions.
Sec. 304. Siting nuclear waste facilities.
Sec. 305. Licensing nuclear waste facilities.
Sec. 306. Limitation on storage.
Sec. 307. Defense waste.
Sec. 308. Transportation.
TITLE IV—Funding and legal proceedings
Sec. 401. Working Capital Fund.
Sec. 402. Nuclear Waste Fund.
Sec. 403. Full cost recovery.
Sec. 404. Judicial review.
Sec. 405. Litigation authority.
Sec. 406. Liabilities.
TITLE V—Administrative and savings provisions
Sec. 501. Administrative powers of Administrator.
Sec. 502. Personnel.
Sec. 503. Offices.
Sec. 504. Mission plan.
Sec. 505. Annual reports.
Sec. 506. Savings provisions; terminations.
Sec. 507. Technical assistance in the field of spent fuel
storage and disposal.
Sec. 508. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
Sec. 509. Repeal of volume limitation.
<enum>I</enum><header>Findings,
purposes, and definitions</header>
<section id="id5031694B32E04814B963745899FA90CA"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="id75cb2810279448e88bb6876966d46427"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id61eaf28809ac4c1eb4473cecf3b5d2ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>made the Federal
Government responsible for providing for the permanent disposal of nuclear
waste;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2f1bfd7b04e449e8665581249f1cec4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>vested the
responsibility for siting, constructing, and operating a permanent geologic
repository for the disposal of nuclear waste in the Secretary of Energy;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3593c41ae13b492cb2aa7360da5bd003"><enum>(C)</enum><text>required the
Secretary to enter into binding contracts with the generators and owners of
nuclear waste pursuant to which the Secretary is obligated to have begun
disposing of the nuclear waste in a repository not later than January 31,
1998;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id27bd21b6772b4b9bbd63cf82fa0e51e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in 1987, Congress
designated the Yucca Mountain site as the site for the repository and precluded
consideration of other sites;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9decae3fc31249dfbe3c097d2ee27543"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in 2002, the
Secretary found the Yucca Mountain site to be suitable for the development of
the repository, the President recommended the site to Congress, and Congress
enacted a joint resolution approving the Yucca Mountain site for the
repository;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2b0348f021494d7bac2bda1d9c19927d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in 2008, the
Secretary applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to
construct a repository at the Yucca Mountain site;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb797a9dd212e4461905e7706f39833ca"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in 2009, the
Secretary found the Yucca Mountain site to be unworkable and abandoned efforts
to construct a repository;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3142a17ff53c467192100cc2f7c2a677"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in 2010, the
Secretary, at the request of the President, established the Blue Ribbon
Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to conduct a comprehensive review of the
nuclear waste management policies of the United States and recommend a new
strategy for managing the nuclear waste of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f4fe35fb5914127b389bdd83c53fa6e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Blue Ribbon
Commission has recommended that Congress establish a new nuclear waste
management organization and adopt a new consensual approach to siting nuclear
waste management facilities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1e03def38dcd453ebf671a12b2b06880"><enum>102.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this Act are—</text>
<paragraph id="idcb21a876a76948e6aba5db97f148e129"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to establish a
new nuclear waste management organization;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id82d5a82b5540431a97e8479667619a4b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to transfer to
the new organization the functions of the Secretary relating to the siting,
licensing, construction, and operation of nuclear waste management
facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3c4a29727fac47cfbd00c5d5ab233eda"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to establish a
new consensual process for the siting of nuclear waste management
facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4c7e8e692f2544719dfaabf1a6d1c4f8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to provide for
centralized storage of nuclear waste pending completion of a repository;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida9ab3a5df51c445a9aa5d343880d9684"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to ensure
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4699990f3edb48bd897cc4faace0c9de"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the generators
and owners of nuclear waste pay the full cost of the program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2eef0f973494e40b9e5ea21e968f998"><enum>(B)</enum><text>funds collected
for the program are used for that purpose.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idf1c3ae47f3f044378090c5254f8f251d"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text>
<paragraph id="ida344b6bfcc444642be9bbcb677cd407b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>The
term <term>Administration</term> means the Nuclear Waste Administration
established by section 201.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b845d96aa194dd88275a1bceefd0479"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0be1bfe676e7443c8a967b2efcf62866"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Affected Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>affected Indian tribe</term> means any
Indian tribe—</text>
<subparagraph id="id377e68fc18d24c5a87ac0927b8464454"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the
reservation boundaries of which a repository or storage facility is proposed to
be located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ef4a3f7ca7f4832bdccd92413bff39a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that has
federally defined possessory or usage rights to other land outside of the
reservation boundaries that—</text>
<clause id="idc9306e357de446d592e833e96b014454"><enum>(i)</enum><text>arise out of a
congressionally ratified treaty; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6aa21e11ffa748068a1b8f7a7fa02797"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Interior finds, on petition of an appropriate governmental official of the
Indian tribe, may be substantially and adversely affected by the repository or
storage facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id76f846f454ed48fc88c78dcb1f55b827"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Affected unit
of general local government</header>
<subparagraph id="idBEAD44A7EDD2458C80675430307354D8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>affected unit of general local
government</term> means the unit of general local government that has
jurisdiction over the site of a repository or storage facility.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id957a3cdb60ca407da94678179539012a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The
term <term>affected unit of general local government</term> may include, at the
discretion of the Administrator, units of general local government that are
contiguous with the unit that has jurisdiction over the site of a repository or
storage facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8a310365d5b430996798aba0e1aee6d"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Civilian
nuclear power reactor</header><text>The term <term>civilian nuclear power
reactor</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5bee43b1e17943c292d36ce1bd4bc9b6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>Commission</term> means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id023fa17ecf524d7c97f3fc12d541ebbf"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Contract
holder</header><text>The term <term>contract holder</term> means any person
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbf18c64949424bbbbcc0dd695ed3c0f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>generates or
holds title to nuclear waste generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a88d5952b83404daddf0026d1d26a55"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has entered into
a contract for the disposal of nuclear waste under section 302(a) of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) or this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id111ca7b469f945419bd6280300f046fc"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Defense
waste</header><text>The term <term>defense waste</term> means nuclear waste
generated by an atomic energy defense activity (as defined in section 2 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd0c5c55922bf4f16a74934ef084635db"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Disposal</header><text>The
term <term>disposal</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd4331d2178c6422bbc4822fd0b1ce61d"><enum>(10)</enum><header>High-level
radioactive waste</header><text>The term <term>high-level radioactive
waste</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5535fb4351c047e78968e0112b3293ac"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Indian
tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given
the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5f412133192f43078e34b65255218075"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Nuclear
waste</header><text>The term <term>nuclear waste</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id93bc298428634b08a03f5c6e6bb37def"><enum>(A)</enum><text>spent nuclear
fuel; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d0d2151a1a34517b9c83e1d87388a0c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>high-level
radioactive waste.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1c48c90b3e5497b8e714d7392d95ccd"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Nuclear waste
activities</header><text>The term <term>nuclear waste activities</term> has the
meaning given the term in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2014).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida2199bc9f3bc432b86f3796be1382ff1"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Nuclear waste
facility</header><text>The term <term>nuclear waste facility</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1e11e40490744139b57093c617f8d063"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a repository;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7a661c1ada7442f91a375613feceb3c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a storage
facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d758f71e90b4a13b7019fa1ea8279c0"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Nuclear Waste
Fund</header><text>The term <term>Nuclear Waste Fund</term> means the separate
fund in the Treasury established by section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc0f3adf0b1654806ac3c22018ea63a26"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Oversight
Board</header><text>The term <term>Oversight Board</term> means the Nuclear
Waste Oversight Board established by section 205.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5f271636d0df467da3d58bc43baa408a"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Public
liability</header><text>The term <term>public liability</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 11 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2014).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1a1de0c574cb4ca0bea7725252560275"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Repository</header><text>The
term <term>repository</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id716a13b926b84e04a8dbf890d3442ef6"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>The
term <term>reservation</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb1866c20c7349a89a9bffc7e6939a78"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb1b3dfcd1589463387297ff82b833d30"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Site
characterization</header>
<subparagraph id="id4652565f45eb433f9eeee3b848f9ab72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>site characterization</term> means the
site-specific activities that the Administrator determines necessary to support
an application to the Commission for a license to construct a repository or
storage facility under section 305(c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71f1674fe3d94e31aaa369867c069c96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Repository site
characterization</header><text>In the case of a site for a repository, the term
<term>site characterization</term> may include borings, surface excavations,
excavations of exploratory shafts, limited subsurface lateral excavations and
borings, and in situ testing needed to evaluate the suitability of a candidate
site for the location of a repository.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A75AE1F5F5B4585B2FFB4B1EA5CF83D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Storage site
characterization</header><text>In the case of a site for an above-ground
storage facility, the term <term>site characterization</term> does not include
subsurface borings and excavations that the Administrator determines are
uniquely associated with underground disposal and unnecessary to evaluate the
suitability of a candidate site for the location of an above-ground storage
facility.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida81f95d235d14580985c978c67c33e65"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Preliminary
activities</header><text>The term <term>site characterization</term> does not
include preliminary borings and geophysical testing needed to assess whether
site characterization should be undertaken.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa37d0fa19b2459ea4064f73e3ab4000"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Spent nuclear
fuel</header><text>The term <term>spent nuclear fuel</term> has the meaning
given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3546b9005f584adca604105148ba440d"><enum>(23)</enum><header>Storage</header><text>The
term <term>storage</term> means the temporary retention of nuclear waste
pending the disposal of the nuclear waste in a repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4e402e81565b43f59dff6c4df2f4e5c0"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Storage
facility</header><text>The term <term>storage facility</term> means a facility
for the storage of nuclear waste from multiple contract holders or the
Secretary pending the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel in a
repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide614e265486c488ea950541cefd90f3e"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Test and
evaluation facility</header><text>The term <term>test and evaluation
facility</term> means an at-depth, prototypic underground cavity used to
develop data and experience for the safe handling and disposal of nuclear waste
in a repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0e9674633f3e42df9457567a6ce461f4"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Unit of
general local government</header><text>The term <term>unit of general local
government</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4d48457865c841349a68b5818ade08f4"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Working
Capital Fund</header><text>The term <term>Working Capital Fund</term> means the
Nuclear Waste Administration Working Capital Fund established by section
401.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Nuclear Waste
Administration</header>
<section id="idbda272ce90cf488f8135310fc5cb74be"><enum>201.</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subsection id="idb7041037573140cab1f569a32ec47b70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established an independent agency in the executive branch to be known as the
<term>Nuclear Waste Administration</term>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1dd6e4ccd511412ab84174c34431903d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purposes of the Administration are—</text>
<paragraph id="id81a4e97c00204af8a1d1fa68ee40bc91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to discharge the
responsibility of the Federal Government to provide for the permanent disposal
of nuclear waste;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id90f6df8f1f5640fbbd7e2beaf75f19f8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to protect the
public health and safety and the environment in discharging the responsibility
under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id43761c13adf34c6da9b5a6034e66c365"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure that
the costs of activities under paragraph (1) are borne by the persons
responsible for generating the nuclear waste.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id89054cb36feb4caea8991b4920ceb696"><enum>202.</enum><header>Principal
officers</header>
<subsection id="id580af8d766f842439ed26aa0c55fb3f0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrator</header>
<paragraph id="id2a9c39c8c930479eb850d41a331d69c4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>There
shall be at the head of the Administration a Nuclear Waste Administrator, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, from among persons who are, by reason of education, experience, and
attainments, exceptionally well qualified to perform the duties of the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc07a55a38aa14c81acc3e1dd17afbc51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions and
powers</header><text>The functions and powers of the Administration shall be
vested in and exercised by the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida7d16b732a1a479dbc19eb82efd79734"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supervision and
direction</header><text>The Administration shall be administrated under the
supervision and direction of the Administrator, who shall be responsible for
the efficient and coordinated management of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide0fda6187f46454d8c9068c4f0e7cea8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>The
Administrator may, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law,
delegate such functions of the Administrator as the Administrator determines to
be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id16a68687902949d5a930d850b4ab3fc7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
President shall fix the total annual compensation of the Administrator in an
amount that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5d002362961a490f9eaabd8c7c9d1595"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is sufficient to
recruit and retain a person of demonstrated ability and achievement in managing
large corporate or governmental organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f162b06ad224d0b84b48a0b63794b2b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not exceed
the total annual compensation paid to the Chief Executive Officer of the
Tennessee Valley Authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideeabd16a53464bde8f25b7730e8d17e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deputy
administrator</header>
<paragraph id="id88d6a1294def4ccbaaf2ff184f79d21b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>There
shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator, who shall be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among
persons who are, by reason of education, experience, and attainments,
exceptionally well qualified to perform the duties of the Deputy
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6d376efdb6cf462398e3bacf6ae1a388"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Deputy Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3be6f157fe934f0193fff543a5e3261c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>perform such
functions as the Administrator shall from time to time assign or delegate;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd17a4db7248f4623b8b5feb935d47df9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>act as the
Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the
event of a vacancy in the office of the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id75546670e45f47b99bc55e8d65fc70f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
President shall fix the total annual compensation of the Deputy Administrator
in an amount that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4fdb6d7fd8674eba8827faa51c0d7648"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is sufficient to
recruit and retain a person of demonstrated ability and achievement in managing
large corporate or governmental organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c594bc9256241d997960aeec8d1dd21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not exceed
the total annual compensation paid to the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id82a67942260e4fb8976b802855fdb0d6"><enum>203.</enum><header>Other
officers</header>
<subsection id="idc48bfad63fa842579954238317b1c583"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
shall be in the Administration—</text>
<paragraph id="id73535e8a3222413b8ebf3460d60827d9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a General
Counsel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id22441c9f411a442d8d35f0cfc1575673"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a Chief Financial
Officer, who shall be appointed from among individuals who possess demonstrated
ability in general management of, and knowledge of and extensive practical
experience in, financial management practices in large governmental or business
entities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id23f191d7bbd34e92a59a22663dc8458e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>not more than 3
Assistant Administrators, who shall perform such functions as the Administrator
shall specify from time to time.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63d04e9f3847463fbd966e54be89d955"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Officers
appointed under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id7638fdc1812f4caea694c318043b3e47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be appointed by
the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide5192375c7a9452bb2a7136f116fa5d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be considered
career appointees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4f37e86d7ec6498fbc18cc5cfd114713"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be subject to
section 161 d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(d)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida8b15d8717d445b68f3de8727312b3eb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Order of
succession</header><text>The Administrator may designate the order in which the
officers appointed pursuant to this section shall act for, and perform the
functions of, the Administrator during the absence or disability of the
Administrator and the Deputy Administrator or in the event of vacancies in the
offices of the Administrator and the Deputy Administrator.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id4b58278c90d04ad5b4f4d7191499b394"><enum>204.</enum><header>Inspector
General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There shall be in the
Administration an Inspector General, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with section 3
of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</section><section id="id9493c64b9ade4e19bfbe5ec83484c7cf"><enum>205.</enum><header>Nuclear Waste
Oversight Board</header>
<subsection id="ide34cdd37ed95454293acb0b524ce336f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established an independent establishment in the executive branch, to be
known as the <term>Nuclear Waste Oversight Board</term>, to oversee the
administration of this Act and protect the public interest in the
implementation of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb316a965c15447cdb7669e977e60ecc6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The
Oversight Board shall consist of—</text>
<paragraph id="id4a96ccbd864c4a54811a38aa44a25051"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Deputy
Director of the Office of Management and Budget;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfd1e914107304db190a44b9a37652dbd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Chief of
Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1979e728e55649c5a6ad07fb045fe866"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Deputy
Secretary of Energy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf66cf273e25e472ca34c021448ae854c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The
President shall designate 1 of the 3 members as chair.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd50d112a4300413a872262a2ad2f25f5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The
Oversight Board shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idee74b365c3584d909ee4c06d79f05ce5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review, on an
ongoing basis—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc6bb1fc8430f4da281d8f3d7dc04b77d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the progress made
by the Administrator to site, construct, and operate nuclear waste facilities
under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f1c5d06b4df4d0dbd2c69a12609b850"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the use of funds
made available to the Administrator under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95a8bbe2192b4e17a9ca09a24e20edd8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the fees
collected from contract holders are sufficient to ensure full cost recovery or
require adjustment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0477094f0be14b4494e8c227cf3bc0ef"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the liability of
the United States to contract holders;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7fcb202f45834224bdda210f76410c64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify any
problems that may impede the implementation of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb3c8e09cff3544efaacd861f0bf5c3cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommend to the
Administrator, the President, or Congress, as appropriate, any actions that may
be needed to ensure the implementation of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe91166582eb4e0ea612aff63453caa1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Oversight Board shall meet at least once every 90 days.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idaf0a6ab7e96345528ddc245aefaacef3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Oversight Board shall report the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of
the Oversight Board to the Administrator, the President, and Congress not less
than once per year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3c9a4d1665e243e4928b5d66ca77381c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Executive
Secretary</header><text>The Oversight Board shall appoint and fix the
compensation of an Executive Secretary, who shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id57625f2339b84a558a69f0a7da1cfba7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assemble and
maintain the reports, records, and other papers of the Oversight Board;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfbbb9891182e41e2953862cc94458cf7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>perform such
functions as the Oversight Board shall from time to time assign or
delegate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcab5862cb97c4acd86f96adeffa08ca8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Additional
staff</header>
<paragraph id="ide433723916dd45df8d83919af1acd341"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Oversight Board may appoint and fix the compensation of such additional
clerical and professional staff as may be necessary to discharge the
responsibilities of the Oversight Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idafa5e1b883b9411eb1bcffd493481ecd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Oversight Board may appoint not more than 10 clerical or professional staff
members under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id061d5653817641baac31de7529cf6eae"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supervision and
direction</header><text>The clerical and professional staff of the Oversight
Board shall be under the supervision and direction of the Executive
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc9aa5efdba5344e58ccc1acbedcb1d12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Access to
information</header>
<paragraph id="id780f339315d5497ebed965cc935556e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Duty to
inform</header><text>The Administrator shall keep the Oversight Board fully and
currently informed on all of the activities of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id067ab266272441b480e804a3a084fe30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Production of
documents</header><text>The Administrator shall provide the Oversight Board
with such records, files, papers, data, or information as may be requested by
the Oversight Board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id85f8b3d2c64e4b3e9dace1eee8a8fad2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Support
services</header><text>To the extent permitted by law and requested by the
Oversight Board, the Administrator of General Services shall provide the
Oversight Board with necessary administrative services, facilities, and support
on a reimbursable basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec34a9fe329b4257b7cfb3d305936f6a"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Oversight Board from amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to carry out this
section such sums as are necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1cb60e8f25ce45aa9f6a0033f361a944"><enum>206.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection id="id4c9fc86f25824c45a57f9fa4568ec562"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 901(b)(2)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ba83e99d4094cd59f7368c76a6f7bc0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id05be030b0d644924af4dc2b3098c1cbd"><enum>(R)</enum><text>The Nuclear Waste
Administration.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id252f7c3daf35421bbadb3d0b949c6a81"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 12 of the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4e749d0e5e3c4012b0cc06cc44b08196"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>the Nuclear Waste Administration;</quote> after
<quote>Export-Import Bank;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3e22bb024f05486e96558dc2ae906f60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>the Nuclear Waste Administration,</quote> after
<quote>Export-Import Bank,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Functions</header>
<section id="ida83f8508fe734f14aad48a2519a69819"><enum>301.</enum><header>Transfer of
functions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
transferred to and vested in the Administrator all functions vested in the
Secretary by—</text>
<paragraph id="id23adad3000d745a1b56824915a6c2021"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
<act-name parsable-cite="NWPA">Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id47e239de813f49c7baa9c955b4960387"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction
and operation of a repository;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf408516a429a46408a792fb76ea39d19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>entering into and
performing contracts for the disposal of nuclear waste under section 302 of
that Act (42 U.S.C. 10222);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3917449ac2004edeb5e86d407313c659"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the collection,
adjustment, deposition, and use of fees to offset expenditures for the
management of nuclear waste; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5acf3e7bdb1649f8b18b274329ebd636"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the issuance of
obligations under section 302(e)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10222(e)(5)); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd65d5531c9224262926aed0716ebb6e6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 312 of
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013,
relating to the pilot program for the construction and operation of one or more
storage facilities to the extent provided in a cooperative agreement
transferred to the Administrator pursuant to section 302(b).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1d0715aac1a24f8cad1b235b9a8aec57"><enum>302.</enum><header>Transfer of
contracts</header>
<subsection id="id6741b2fe7f2b45a185ba3e286e1b9bbe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposal
contracts</header><text>Each contract for the disposal of nuclear waste entered
into by the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act shall continue
in effect according to the terms of the contract with the Administrator
substituted for the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5a43e87c059c497ba089e1a23fcc517b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreement</header><text>Each cooperative agreement entered into by the
Secretary pursuant to section 312 of the Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, before the date of enactment of this
Act shall continue in effect according to the terms of the agreement with the
Administrator substituted for the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id9cad7f856a6144e394320b59b3f1e082"><enum>303.</enum><header>Additional
functions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to the
functions transferred to the Administrator under section 301, the Administrator
may site, construct, and operate—</text>
<paragraph id="id3e7d4c208b804434b6e8dfb4f4e250b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>additional
repositories if the Administrator determines that additional disposal capacity
is necessary to meet the disposal obligations of the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2bd65132dadd4f86816461d1e50f7bf4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a test and
evaluation facility in connection with a repository if the Administrator
determines a test and evaluation facility is necessary to develop data and
experience for the safe handling and disposal of nuclear waste at a repository;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc157bb6782224cc499ff5a123cb624af"><enum>(3)</enum><text>additional
storage facilities if the Administrator determines that additional storage
capacity is necessary pending the availability of adequate disposal
capacity.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idad01a05b62eb4b86a8845edf65f17b17"><enum>304.</enum><header>Siting nuclear
waste facilities</header>
<subsection id="ida3819891ac9e40dfb426c00ae9050695"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In siting nuclear waste facilities under this Act, the
Administrator shall employ a process that—</text>
<paragraph id="idce6262b64bb24d0f8f0a16163a6b4fc8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>allows affected
communities to decide whether, and on what terms, the affected communities will
host a nuclear waste facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5a3c7bf2849a41c7b2bf3000b35c9c52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is open to the
public and allows interested persons to be heard in a meaningful way;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ideac252617e994cae97fec78526ca5dbe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is flexible and
allows decisions to be reviewed and modified in response to new information or
new technical, social, or political developments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf2786ab6fdbb46cea9159d462d3ffbce"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is based on sound
science and meets public health, safety, and environmental standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbd9c65f724564255b25c2e4ebd195dce"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Siting
guidelines</header>
<paragraph id="id9e33245374e5435bb280cbc4e8e2d534"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall issue general guidelines for the consideration of candidate sites
for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8801607396714C26B68F41182D0E9573"><enum>(A)</enum><text>repositories;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id827699E106CE4A7DA455F1E3B4BCDD2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>storage
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idae76375d128b4732ad94ec799addc59f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repositories</header><text>In
adopting guidelines for repositories under paragraph (1), the Administrator
shall comply with the requirements of section 112(a) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 10132(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id81f9f874cbd74af8a50ff51e053721f4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Storage
facilities</header>
<subparagraph id="id1230724246fd46fb83e969b7ec424843"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In adopting guidelines for storage facilities under
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall comply with the requirements of section
112(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 10132(a)), except to
the extent that section 112(a) of that Act requires consideration of
underground geophysical conditions that the Administrator determines do not
apply to above-ground storage.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40426C75412A467290025DB71258FAA6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
factors</header><text>In addition to the requirements described in subparagraph
(A), the guidelines for storage facilities shall require the Administrator to
take into account the extent to which a storage facility would—</text>
<clause id="id20139e43f40a4115801154702e7f6d4f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enhance the
reliability and flexibility of the system for the disposal of nuclear
waste;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6a24343e280d4a82a172469cdc841205"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>minimize the
impacts of transportation and handling of nuclear waste; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id75b49c58677a487babf914c9f4b92974"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>unduly burden a
State in which significant volumes of—</text>
<subclause id="idb1be980a04fe48e0ac3397ab1ec48003"><enum>(I)</enum><text>defense wastes
are stored; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idef49776bcd5443d880a0f277bc792617"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transuranic
wastes are disposed.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3809ef9aecdb46c3af929806d59be471"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>The
Administrator may revise the guidelines in a manner consistent with this
subsection and section 112(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10132(a)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idae154d426f7c477697e2db061f86da52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification
of candidate sites</header>
<paragraph id="idbfec77c42a814b0b950c84272ecb860b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of
potential sites</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the
issuance of the guidelines under subsection (b), the Administrator shall
evaluate potential sites for a nuclear waste facility to determine whether the
sites are suitable for site characterization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2d525c72ad034373879ec9bfd3e26ade"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sites eligible
for review</header><text>The Administrator shall select sites for evaluation
under paragraph (1) from among sites recommended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id54d5be0e084a47c190fba4847673aa0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor or
duly authorized official of the State in which the site is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71188becebbc47fa8f93d227a1ca1916"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the governing
body of the affected unit of general local government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id110fe0789858416493170c9d0dfae79d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the governing
body of an Indian tribe within the reservation boundaries of which the site is
located; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida9770f4ffac344c9be27e244c2ebaf6e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the
Administrator, after consultation with, and with the consent of—</text>
<clause id="idfc20402178d14737a6a51fe786689bbf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Governor of the State in which the site is located;</text>
</clause><clause id="ida24c8a41b51449d985ff026d90b70e89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the governing
body of the affected unit of general local government; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0efff612f0464c9a9de5630d00e8ac08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the governing
body of the Indian tribe, if the site is located within the reservation of an
Indian tribe.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id74bc6ad12e2d4cd4a692856dac2e346d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Site
investigations</header><text>In evaluating a site under this subsection prior
to any determination of the suitability of the site for site characterization,
the Administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="idce587ffb252e4706b228d7da5890cf49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall use
available geophysical, geological, geochemical, hydrological, and other
information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9baa0a36ecc6467f8af99f8cea95f289"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not perform
any preliminary borings or excavations at the site unless necessary to
determine the suitability of the site and authorized by the landowner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9c5449125904aefac08690c8f515bb1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determination
of suitability</header><text>The Administrator shall determine whether a site
is suitable for site characterization based on an environmental assessment of
the site, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id703e92261f8f4552bb67ec6f79dbf924"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation by
the Administrator of whether the site qualifies for development as a nuclear
waste facility under the guidelines established under subsection (b), including
a safety case that provides the basis for confidence in the safety of the
proposed nuclear waste facility at the proposed site;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc701283230724b9eb613b27f5928bad7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation by
the Administrator of the effects of site characterization activities on public
health and safety and the environment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id474536de309b4f8ca3a59c22a9b77504"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a reasonable
comparative evaluation by the Administrator of the site with other sites
considered by—</text>
<clause id="id854d0b041a2d4cb6a9b14df5b15e190b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Administrator under this section; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id9d13b7caa1604344b20d47f41b820292"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf5932b99d6174bca848c75c4a9b71ee6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
the decision process by which the site was recommended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcfde0a354ae9456182c4a877c4d5c4e2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assessment of
the regional and local impacts of locating a repository or storage facility at
the site.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd4ce6513238248d685a0154b31f005ee"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Site
characterization</header>
<paragraph id="id38ebbf905e5c4a248f61aecd4c7bb3f4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Selection of
sites</header><text>From among the sites determined to be suitable for site
characterization under subsection (c), the Administrator shall select—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida77821c1e9314e0c98c79befdf2b8334"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at least 1 site
for site characterization as a repository; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9116e2befebd455d82015d2f18f01e5a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least 1 site
for site characterization as a storage facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e1170bb355f432a980ed000fe10b43d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preference for
Co-located repository and storage facility</header><text>In selecting sites for
site characterization as a storage facility, the Administrator shall give
preference to sites determined to be suitable for co-location of a storage
facility and a repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide028c6bd2d9f478aaa1fc5647495f4a9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header><text>Before selecting a site for site characterization, the
Administrator shall hold public hearings in the vicinity of the site and at
least 1 other location within the State in which the site is located—</text>
<subparagraph id="idce5a78523ab348358bdcf60b18267951"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to inform the
public of the proposed site characterization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id240cec95bbf24936addf652de845cd1b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to solicit public
comments and recommendations with respect to the site characterization plan of
the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id957c9fa0f011484582861a294a41c570"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation
and cooperation agreement</header>
<subparagraph id="id106b935e2f7841f8b7f7ae6ba085d0a0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Before
selecting a site for site characterization, the Administrator shall enter into
a consultation and cooperation agreement with—</text>
<clause id="id8c6de9624e9b4d9b87291be77f1ccc35"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Governor of the State in which the site is located;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb80fc717a498477d9cc2aeda9ee46a88"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the governing
body of the affected unit of general local government; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id60e88fa784be498aa1376f5c553b63fa"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the governing
body of an affected Indian tribe, in the case of—</text>
<subclause id="ida9b6b412dab34515a144e13b3e4f7a9d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a site located
within the boundaries of a reservation; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3ff202f11ce942f89aa6e79e4358814d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an Indian tribe
the federally defined possessory or usage rights to land outside of a
reservation of which may be substantially and adversely affected by the
repository or storage facility.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id133e49234ef04049929fe5066915e8e5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
consultation and cooperation agreement shall provide—</text>
<clause id="id9a6eaec335d945d38f0d5e9c017b450b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>compensation to
the State, any affected units of local government, and any affected Indian
tribes for any potential economic, social, public health and safety, and
environmental impacts associated with site characterization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id66609b93cbd1400aa192f012cbaaa061"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>financial and
technical assistance to enable the State, affected units of local government,
and affected Indian tribes to monitor, review, evaluate, comment on, obtain
information on, and make recommendations on site characterization
activities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb57ae06d3d414557a5b2a8366786fb5d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Final site
suitability determination</header>
<paragraph id="id67bdd149ec1e41848b16dce67f68bcb1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination
required</header><text>On completion of site characterization activities, the
Administrator shall make a final determination of whether the site is suitable
for development as a repository or storage facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8bb437bd80504ff78d9b3c2a6270ec24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Basis of
determination</header><text>In making a determination under paragraph (1), the
Administrator shall determine if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6614c2f74baf43c0bff0d2fb94b6d79d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the site is
scientifically and technically suitable for development as a repository or
storage facility, taking into account—</text>
<clause id="id5cbdfafd969349309e8d4937868dc9e9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the site
meets the siting guidelines of the Administrator; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idaa033db7681d45179e2cca90ed29a203"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether there is
reasonable assurance that a repository or storage facility at the site will
meet—</text>
<subclause id="id3d57f4256e0b4bb1a8cc3f31654207ab"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the radiation
protection standards of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ida591919d97e6403b86eb460c6c90ff07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the licensing
standards of the Commission; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81000e46ef454f06b0e41c0c5d9c92bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>development of a
repository or storage facility at the site is in the national interest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f19f4f664a1451e9d345e48bd4ca342"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
hearings</header><text>Before making a final determination under paragraph (1),
the Administrator shall hold public hearings in the vicinity of the site and at
least 1 other location within the State in which the site is located to solicit
public comments and recommendations on the proposed determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68d198e6f4dd498fae4dbc463951f5f7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Consent
agreements</header>
<paragraph id="id5014eb4f0a2948f4a218c234e4779b74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>On
making a final determination of site suitability under subsection (e), but
before submitting a license application to the Commission under subsection (g),
the Administrator shall enter into a consent agreement with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0139134297f144e6b5088eef103aca63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of
the State in which the site is located;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf757db171f7241f386684410586b2364"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the governing
body of the affected unit of general local government; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9fe23b7d41ac4e588f410dba925049eb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the site is
located on a reservation, the governing body of the affected Indian
tribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida7e3254d5bfd4373913f0be897401722"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
consent agreement shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4f1da859886840e2991c3d90024caef3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contain the terms
and conditions on which each State, local government, and Indian tribe consents
to host the repository or storage facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38de69db43a84821bec7f8b794e58ca9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>express the
consent of each State, local government, and Indian tribe to host the
repository or storage facility.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ec6175bea3e4903ad0cc0f2a4474d85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>The terms and conditions under paragraph
(2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8C31B11D177B4973AB3D28E42A2107A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall promote the
economic and social well-being of the people living in the vicinity of the
repository or storage facility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A2B406D7ABA456AB0B77823CA372796"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may
include—</text>
<clause id="id2619790da3f9409c8b84c46bc9742bc2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>financial
compensation and incentives;</text>
</clause><clause id="id189129fa67414733a07e22247dece83f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>economic
development assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7d4615f268ef45cc839bc632e53d32b3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>operational
limitations or requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="idd9e9f02c9b40481eb8fd212c10cc1229"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>regulatory
oversight authority; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id21658e98e86e4fcd980436b46262a8dc"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
the case of a storage facility, an enforceable deadline for removing nuclear
waste from the storage facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idde4f3fdcf64e4b0daf9e1840eebba232"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ratification</header><text>No
consent agreement entered into under this section shall have legal effect
unless ratified by law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id175de4f319f847d99e52a365e0135a1c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Binding
effect</header><text>On ratification by law, the consent agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0DB2A6959EC843ADAD82DA9CBC296473"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be binding
on the parties; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1AA48A071C194F289F7EA8C54ED8468B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be
amended or revoked except by mutual agreement of the parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd58b5ee8697245d593628d405ad3a472"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Submission of
license application</header><text>On determining that a site is suitable under
subsection (e) and ratification of a consent agreement under subsection (f),
the Administrator shall submit to the Commission an application for a
construction authorization for the repository or storage facility.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id4580f86b261641748d1a6b8c760ec333"><enum>305.</enum><header>Licensing
nuclear waste facilities</header>
<subsection id="ide2e3dfc6b070416eb85ce1874367a08b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Radiation
protection standards</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, pursuant to authority under other provisions of law, shall adopt, by
rule, generally applicable standards for protection of the general environment
from offsite releases from radioactive material in geological
repositories.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6e2b2b8c180843e1a3213d57c433c930"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commission
regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the adoption of generally
applicable standards by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency under subsection (a), the Commission, pursuant to authority under other
provisions of law, shall amend the regulations of the Commission governing the
licensing of geological repositories to be consistent with any comparable
standards adopted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6af162dbc94d42f4bfba9140a3dcc5ad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Construction
authorization</header>
<paragraph id="id5ef4d818918c49f194c1663ef94f22ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicable
laws</header><text>The Commission shall consider an application for a
construction authorization for a nuclear waste facility in accordance with the
laws (including regulations) applicable to the applications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f1a75290f8d4b439257368d057b66b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final
decision</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the submission
of the application, the Commission shall issue a final decision approving or
disapproving the issuance of a construction authorization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida50384ff31f24f93b4267108548882eb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The
Commission may extend the deadline under paragraph (2) by not more than 1 year
if, not less than 30 days before the deadline, the Commission submits to
Congress and the Administrator a written report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc8bbcbfc71874cb39b6ffba7c0782438"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reason for
failing to meet the deadline; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cdc186ae09c4dcb95a4c5b91d182eb1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated
time by which the Commission will issue a final decision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id756621628cd2459687d3c1882a3c5788"><enum>306.</enum><header>Limitation on
storage</header>
<subsection id="id0f7f2a23afc948a0b0b25cba09dbb779"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the Administrator
may not possess, take title to, or store spent nuclear fuel at a storage
facility licensed under this Act before ratification of a consent agreement for
a repository under section 304(f)(4).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id35097408a0c5413d86c365e99bf7140a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
Administrator may possess, take title to, and store not more than 10,000 metric
tons of spent nuclear fuel at a storage facility licensed and constructed
pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into before the date of enactment
of this Act under section 312 of the Energy and Water Development and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, before ratification of a consent agreement
for a repository under section 304(f)(4).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id602c6b194ea849d8b9b0b493ede431ea"><enum>307.</enum><header>Defense
waste</header>
<subsection id="id02376138eecb47febfba6ba04b9fbd4a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disposal and
storage by Administration</header><text>The Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="idb1b090f4601540cb86ea9ca41058c3e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall arrange for
the Administrator to dispose of defense wastes in a repository developed under
this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id59df4a7dc2a44e8ea9cc66caeb06aa5d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may arrange for
the Administrator to store spent nuclear fuel from the naval nuclear propulsion
program pending disposal in a repository.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7183eadd97a04269a8fa1e08d4da4df4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Memorandum of
agreement</header><text>The arrangements shall be covered by a memorandum of
agreement between the Secretary and the Administrator.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idfbe3d5b7370c4f4c8e219d1d8918691a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The
portion of the cost of developing, constructing, and operating the repository
or storage facilities under this Act that is attributable to defense wastes
shall be allocated to the Federal Government and paid by the Federal Government
into the Working Capital Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddb7960bedeb841ca96189cc20d65a0fb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
defense waste may be stored or disposed of by the Administrator in any storage
facility or repository constructed under this Act or section 312 of the Energy
and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, until
funds are appropriated to the Working Capital Fund in an amount equal to the
fees that would be paid by contract holders under section 302 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222) if such nuclear waste were generated
by a contract holder.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idea24964f06a34330a73ed5dd2960a177"><enum>308.</enum><header>Transportation</header>
<subsection id="idc5c9e2bb602e4e9ab73491d6ca19116d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall be responsible for transporting
nuclear waste—</text>
<paragraph id="idd12f4de36f674ce99eca841e13340fd3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>from the site of
a contract holder to a storage facility or repository;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id923e7ef6132948d8adf6cb6ba77342a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from a storage
facility to a repository; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb560a46250be458584bc3046b7f84224"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of
defense waste, from a Department of Energy site to a repository.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4ba2c2dc273b47cb92e46b81195d316d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certified
packages</header><text>No nuclear waste may be transported under this Act
except in packages—</text>
<paragraph id="idf8575a31dc374bf7aa090341977de49f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the design of
which has been certified by the Commission; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id993d2f46196c4ea4a55c5767d361193c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that have been
determined by the Commission to satisfy the quality assurance requirements of
the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a789b8e661a425384e5cc410ce9c8d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Prior
to any transportation of nuclear waste under this Act, the Administrator shall
provide advance notification to States and Indian tribes through whose
jurisdiction the Administrator plans to transport the nuclear waste.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4979dec05bcd4b8cb602f5474804622f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transportation
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="id69d8dc3147d94693902ebfe215d699d3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public
education</header><text>The Administrator shall conduct a program to provide
information to the public about the transportation of nuclear waste.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4d6fd061be5947dda7675fe80e60322b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Administrator shall provide financial and technical assistance to States and
Indian tribes through whose jurisdiction the Administrator plans to transport
nuclear waste to train public safety officials and other emergency responders
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="iddec8b64d5ccb42438220511b400b55f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>procedures
required for the safe, routine transportation of nuclear waste; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id275b3458ab2043499f6bc2be89cc67b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>procedures for
dealing with emergency response situations involving nuclear waste, including
instruction of—</text>
<clause id="id4417049c49184b7783b6057f8a57d793"><enum>(i)</enum><text>government and
tribal officials and public safety officers in command and control
procedures;</text>
</clause><clause id="idcf2f58e329b64563a8cc6c2cd10aa983"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>emergency
response personnel; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idfbdfcb54ea9247a0a61fdc9de4537a7c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>radiological
protection and emergency medical personnel.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idafe0b028359c44a8955b66519b06129f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Equipment</header><text>The
Administrator shall provide monetary grants and contributions in-kind to assist
States and Indian tribes through whose jurisdiction the Administrator plans to
transport nuclear waste for the purpose of acquiring equipment for responding
to a transportation incident involving nuclear waste.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide932e58f1ff740d58ac75fe925a2df4c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transportation
safety programs</header><text>The Administrator shall provide in-kind,
financial, technical, and other appropriate assistance to States and Indian
tribes through whose jurisdiction the Administrator plans to transport nuclear
waste for transportation safety programs related to shipments of nuclear
waste.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Funding and
legal proceedings</header>
<section id="id755343e44e7b45a3a9f4d868ea79e920"><enum>401.</enum><header> Working
Capital Fund</header>
<subsection id="id3f4267a921b74ffcb898c99ff6c283c1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Treasury a separate fund, to be known as the
<term>Nuclear Waste Administration Working Capital Fund</term>, which shall be
separate from the Nuclear Waste Fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3ab2e8a9bca14812b1f13be102e84cd9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
Working Capital Fund shall consist of—</text>
<paragraph id="id42bcf9ff527244edba7b6b63929b6149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all fees paid by
contract holders pursuant to section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) on or after the date of enactment of this Act, which
shall be paid into the Working Capital Fund—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7f1d2515c9724ed5b1406125d9d2120b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notwithstanding
section 302(c)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10222(c)(1)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id150008bc2b284046b3ebcf8f2fd68d18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>immediately on
the payment of the fees;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddab3520156c74baca8b02cd7549475c6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any
appropriations made by Congress to pay the share of the cost of the program
established under this Act attributable to defense wastes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id114a2f456c544c17a771c20b5eaca047"><enum>(3)</enum><text>interest paid on
the unexpended balance of the Working Capital Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5084efa99ef1477eae991bcb2a3e2f93"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>All
funds deposited in the Working Capital Fund—</text>
<paragraph id="id0f9fe51064fe4c41a52269280c0360f4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be
immediately available to the Administrator to carry out the functions of the
Administrator, except to the extent limited in annual authorization or
appropriation Acts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3326d8f1a2a640a18c9f50e89787a415"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall remain
available until expended; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5423ae5e71cb490b98e022023a264999"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall not be
subject to apportionment under subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf20e8bda12a04df2bdc81e2f63fe71c9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
Fund</header><text>Except to the extent limited in annual authorization or
appropriation Acts, the Administrator may make expenditures from the Working
Capital Fund only for purposes of carrying out functions authorized by this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id8594b594903d4ab4ad0a2798b01f021e"><enum>402.</enum><header> Nuclear Waste
Fund</header>
<subsection id="idbd41bdd7dda44c9a8333595527a8201e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
legislative veto</header><text>Section 302(a)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(4)) is amended in the last sentence by striking
<quote>transmittal unless</quote> and all that follows through the end of the
sentence and inserting <quote>transmittal.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id13e97a6ffb3943f796924c9f8cedbc06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interest on
unexpended balances</header><text>Section 302(e)(3) of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(e)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida834b0a4b72446689246d46db8a8aadf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Secretary</quote> the first, second, and fourth place it appears and
inserting <quote>Administrator of the Nuclear Waste Administration</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1a03fd59cdb74973b86e9ec25c1359c7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the Waste Fund</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>the
Waste Fund or the Working Capital Fund established by section 401 of the
<short-title>Nuclear Waste Administration Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id40076cdf9d9945bc9714573e69604288"><enum>403.</enum><header>Full cost
recovery</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In determining
whether insufficient or excess revenues are being collected to ensure full cost
recovery under section 302(a)(4) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10222(a)(4)), the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ide476cd974ae841deb1b9a97a5f4f1243"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assume that
sufficient funds will be appropriated to the Nuclear Waste Fund to cover the
costs attributable to disposal of defense wastes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id66e0e3349d2a435394b6dbab56fa9af7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account
the additional costs resulting from the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idcc15c859dd0348518a3d913ee40cb267"><enum>404.</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<subsection id="id620ee41c2cf240beb8f67bb8d65a0291"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header>
<paragraph id="idc3223660f0194492bef7dcdbfa49b78d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Courts of
appeals</header><text>Except for review in the Supreme Court, a United States
court of appeals shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil
action—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb0e8f0ae22e945a9aca76c4197c9b69f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for review of any
final decision or action of the Administrator or the Commission under this
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09647cee73b84d358dbec104d84b1ee1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alleging the
failure of the Administrator or the Commission to make any decision, or take
any action, required under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idec779f3e286c472fb833709bc767ef4b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>challenging the
constitutionality of any decision made, or action taken, under this Act;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idea9efd5cdb9a4ceb8556408ba1306395"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for review of any
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement prepared pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with
respect to any action under this Act, or alleging a failure to prepare any such
assessment or statement with respect to any such action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e72e3a45f294d25977efcf0a4d280e6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>The
venue of any proceeding under this section shall be in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9665efa960cb4df8af1352623fb3010a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the judicial
circuit in which the petitioner involved resides or has the principal office of
the petitioner; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c37433160a54af1a120be6c54336fa8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4427b0a6aa764028b3abd86ad0aa9ca7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for
commencing action</header>
<paragraph id="id0EAE0F90547543C5B036DA22123A35FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a civil action for
judicial review described in subsection (a)(1) may be brought not later than
the date that is 180 days after the date of the decision or action or failure
to act involved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id83E7F71793F44E64A32BC3C523A7E46A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No knowledge of
decision or action</header><text>If a party shows that the party did not know
of the decision or action complained of (or of the failure to act) and that a
reasonable person acting under the circumstances would not have known, the
party may bring a civil action not later than 180 days after the date the party
acquired actual or constructive knowledge of the decision, action, or failure
to act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1917ae91a9074801835b3a4fe2afaa50"><enum>405.</enum><header>Litigation
authority</header>
<subsection id="idd20ece096fe2412cbe5b85d2d6e72931"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Supervision by
attorney general</header><text>The litigation of the Administration shall be
subject to the supervision of the Attorney General pursuant to chapter 31 of
title 28, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4bbd312622ae4f9f99c4b4caa46c7217"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Attorneys of
Administration</header><text>The Attorney General may authorize any attorney of
the Administration to conduct any civil litigation of the Administration in any
Federal court, except the Supreme Court.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0fdaef3048da43908ee3e3fc6ee7cf42"><enum>406.</enum><header>Liabilities</header>
<subsection id="id5d287c0ef6694e079f92ff05c23f8221"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pending legal
proceedings</header><text>Any suit, cause of action, or judicial proceeding
commenced by or against the Secretary relating to functions or contracts
transferred to the Administrator by this Act shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idfdf8aba7a357470b8dece52c0a671942"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not abate by
reason of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2902e35908884193b89d59aa80e1b0f5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>continue in
effect with the Administrator substituted for the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id860acc568f2143a4aca063e87a432751"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Settlement of
pending litigation; contract modification</header>
<paragraph id="id604F572CCF15464EAF68D279DD188739"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Settlement</header><text>The
Attorney General, in consultation with the Administrator, shall settle all
claims against the United States by a contract holder for the breach of a
contract for the disposal of nuclear waste under section 302(a) of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) as a condition precedent of the
agreement of the Administrator to take title to and store the nuclear waste of
the contract holder at a storage facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6498c13bcaf94b86910dc570a4af4f05"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
modification</header><text>The Administrator and contract holders shall modify
contracts entered into under section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) in accordance with the settlement under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide48024f5076249bca0f6567877aa3225"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment of
judgments and settlements</header><text>Payment of judgments and settlements in
cases arising from the failure of the Secretary to meet the deadline of January
31, 1998, to begin to dispose of nuclear waste under contracts entered into
under section 302(a)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10222(a)(1)) shall continue to be paid from the permanent judgment
appropriation established pursuant to section 1304 of title 31, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf069f80035274053803aa2205ae81e93"><enum>(d)</enum><header>New
contracts</header><text>Notwithstanding section 302(a)(5) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(5)), the Administrator shall not enter
into any contract after the date of enactment of this Act that obligates the
Administrator to begin disposing of nuclear waste before the Commission has
licensed the Administrator to operate a repository or storage facility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7b9192db0b8143bc84204d4104f0f92c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nuclear
indemnification</header>
<paragraph id="id088c757aabb44606a32bca4a19c02d9b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indemnification
agreements</header><text>For purposes of section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210) (commonly known as the <quote><act-name>Price-Anderson
Act</act-name></quote>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7944dfe651924933b8ed43edc984184c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person that
conducts nuclear waste activities under a contract with the Administrator that
may involve the risk of public liability shall be treated as a contractor of
the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id258f44afbe1c4ee4a533ee9fd3777186"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary
shall enter into an agreement of indemnification with any person described in
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bc8a0ac737146be80395b2a5816d7ed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 11 ff. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2014(ff)) is amended by inserting <quote>or the Nuclear Waste
Administration</quote> after <quote>Secretary of Energy</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Administrative
and savings provisions</header>
<section id="idfc1573d841544121bdc6b3dd66238df7"><enum>501.</enum><header>Administrative
powers of Administrator</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Administrator shall have the power—</text>
<paragraph id="idcc2d7a88e648472b98bd1a16913a18ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to perform the
functions of the Secretary transferred to the Administrator pursuant to this
Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1d6f498ff7344861bb8cc19fb6c4f8ba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enter into
contracts with any person who generates or holds title to nuclear waste
generated in a civilian nuclear power reactor for the acceptance of title,
subsequent transportation, storage, and disposal of the nuclear waste;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id471fb4c53d8f440badb24c215dce77fe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to enter into and
perform contracts, leases, and cooperative agreements with public agencies,
private organizations, and persons necessary or appropriate to carry out the
functions of the Administrator;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1bf3651dfeb54bfa807d92b1f7e5cc40"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to acquire, in
the name of the United States, real estate for the construction, operation, and
decommissioning of nuclear waste facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id10d6a197daf149af9673683461bc32ac"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to obtain from
the Administrator of General Services the services the Administrator of General
Services is authorized to provide agencies of the United States, on the same
basis as those services are provided to other agencies of the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2385cf63c427411d82bebd280970befd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to conduct
nongeneric research, development, and demonstration activities necessary or
appropriate to carrying out the functions of the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2cd5dd9d959649c283aa4527b5810f51"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to make such
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idfab11c8dc3184c96a1c21ac8fd62fa17"><enum>502.</enum><header>Personnel</header>
<subsection id="idaa22b56ed5e84743bd4cadccf4432c86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Officers and
employees</header>
<paragraph id="idaa12c1c4fd104ed8bb3667bc150fa5fe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>In
addition to the senior officers described in section 203, the Administrator may
appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as may be
necessary to carry out the functions of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6b9755e897e84ed9a7b70f7115096bb1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Except
as provided in paragraph (3), officers and employees appointed under this
subsection shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and the
compensation of the officers and employees shall be fixed in accordance with
title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id626c5a3c6a1b407881b92d4dc67f3143"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), the Administrator may, to the extent the Administrator
determines necessary to discharge the responsibilities of the
Administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="id582a1cce1dcc4f5393977136d689c80e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appoint
exceptionally well qualified individuals to scientific, engineering, or other
critical positions without regard to the provisions of chapter 33 of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id605054044823403a9b2a76844851a554"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fix the basic pay
of any individual appointed under subparagraph (A) at a rate of not more than
level I of the Executive Schedule without regard to the civil service laws,
except that the total annual compensation of the individual shall be at a rate
of not more than the highest total annual compensation payable under section
104 of title 3, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id78c9fc2580214460b41c7593738b0b4c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Merit
principles</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that the exercise of
the authority granted under paragraph (3) is consistent with the merit
principles of section 2301 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc50fb8f8c5254d69ad4e34297f1b83e3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Experts and
consultants</header><text>The Administrator may obtain the temporary or
intermittent services of experts or consultants as authorized by section 3109
of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idc161c0d316484eae9d466847a0bfbda6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory
committees</header>
<paragraph id="id8f5675ef658e4a27897658f5b1e1b591"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Administrator may establish, in accordance with the
<act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee Act</act-name> (5
U.S.C. App.), such advisory committees as the Administrator may consider
appropriate to assist in the performance of the functions of the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4404e80589cb49a699170f96a1f86a2f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>A
member of an advisory committee, other than a full-time employee of the Federal
Government, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for
individuals in the Government service without pay, while attending meetings of
the advisory committee or otherwise serving away from the homes or regular
place of business of the member at the request of the Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3812e9b468314c17a8f3157db2c8e235"><enum>503.</enum><header>Offices</header>
<subsection id="id39062171e7644c728ef301537a04e6fa"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Principal
office</header><text>The principal office of the Administration shall be in or
near the District of Columbia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf90d070fc5ee4cd4bce67d5f7a1844bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Field
offices</header><text>The Administrator may maintain such field offices as the
Administrator considers necessary to carry out the functions of the
Administrator.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id5b9d5ac034cb491383feec8406afc230"><enum>504.</enum><header>Mission
plan</header>
<subsection id="id6bd6ad347af54033a926abc37768b78b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall prepare a comprehensive report
(referred to in this section as the <term>mission plan</term>), which
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idf9f407bace4a45c9b7007dc34487d876"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide an
informational basis sufficient to permit informed decisions to be made in
carrying out the functions of the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id050aca002a234dfc9188c43ea116ae88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide
verifiable indicators for oversight of the performance of the
Administrator.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf8da3bdef2e846df8ed70d478821055a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
mission plan shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="id500bd0f129ca46eba1ec4084d1294594"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the actions the Administrator plans to take to carry out the functions of the
Administrator under this Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id179547bd35244d6c8f1ee8ba82809fae"><enum>(2)</enum><text>schedules and
milestones for carrying out the functions of the Administrator; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id039315834363463cbefcf87cd6d156c0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an estimate of
the amounts that the Administration will need Congress to appropriate from the
Nuclear Waste Fund (in addition to amounts expected to be available from the
Working Capital Fund) to carry out the functions of the Nuclear Waste Fund, on
an annual basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id127e26c2c9dc443e82d3bb29851cd2f1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Proposed
mission plan</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit a proposed mission plan for comment
to—</text>
<paragraph id="id6630389247B041C99BB2AE470220C6A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2A02AD0AB1CD455E98B7339C1D36AC33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Oversight
Board;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA9FEB5D60568468A805C26103E179366"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC55B82A289E44B12ADCFE0834DC57542"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board established by section 502 of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10262);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF4572B97ED594CDE9A7CAAE1D626DFDA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDDF68C2748364F6C87215D287D7217C1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>affected Indian
tribes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id468FBA5A39744A5E95ED46FF03C22B30"><enum>(7)</enum><text>such other
interested persons as the Administrator considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb912dcc497d643139e01ad45a28c0fff"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public notice
and comment</header><text>On submitting the proposed mission plan for comment
under subsection (c), the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id40D3B1B870BB4E5598F0F0919E29AAA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish a notice
in the Federal Register of the availability of the proposed mission plan for
public comment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCB3CBE73C88A46D395D8A8C2BE4D7F1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provided
interested persons an opportunity to comment on the proposed plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id83f6208afdd24f15b06a8b812da8ea68"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Submission of
final mission plan</header><text>After consideration of the comments received,
the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idf753fb493fd3440aad4ee58bebc8f0b8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revise the
proposed mission plan to the extent that the Administrator considers
appropriate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf7304a62c777477aacc5d1eb4d607222"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit the final
mission plan to Congress, the President, and the Oversight Board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id20c779a374084703992a8c58dc49a6ab"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Revision of the
mission plan</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id733c337a2a4145ae9e86f93565eb4358"><enum>(1)</enum><text>revise the
mission plan, as appropriate, to reflect major changes in the planned
activities, schedules, milestones, and cost estimates reported in the mission
plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb27f1b9b989d47e58c95788d108cb76e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit the
revised mission plan to Congress, the President, and the Oversight Board prior
to implementing the proposed changes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7b8b9fe32a9344c5b8bdf4eefa33b765"><enum>505.</enum><header>Annual
reports</header>
<subsection id="id4555ef1731a74b469c992f1fc92adfb2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall annually prepare and submit to
Congress, the President, and the Oversight Board a comprehensive report on the
activities and expenditures of the Administration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id53efe46a89074fd4b839f45953193818"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management
report</header><text>The annual report submitted under subsection (a) shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="ide9c19448415544e3aa0e824b1753bdfc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the annual
management report required under section 9106 of title 31, United States Code;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3e0d4907bd314a639191fc879257fcd7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the report on any
audit of the financial statements of the Administration conducted under section
9105 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4e5e1930586c4fd9a2f76a28d7481509"><enum>506.</enum><header>Savings
provisions; terminations</header>
<subsection id="id86a983c1b5604effa86a6c76f9dddac4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commission
proceedings</header><text>This Act shall not affect any proceeding or any
application for any license or permit pending before the Commission on the date
of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id011f1d0ffaa54adfa562fa62f3769759"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority of
the secretary</header><text>This Act shall not transfer or affect the authority
of the Secretary with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="ida0dd7a4156a94c7787232bc203df2271"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the maintenance,
treatment, packaging, and storage of defense wastes at Department of Energy
sites prior to delivery to, and acceptance by, the Administrator for disposal
in a repository;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id65f9ea5d62ba4655ac06c370afea616f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the conduct of
generic research, development, and demonstration activities related to nuclear
waste management, including proliferation-resistant advanced fuel recycling and
transmutation technologies that minimize environmental and public health and
safety impacts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5b54c9cbe2c248be8f9ed134b29d0caa"><enum>(3)</enum><text>training and
workforce development programs relating to nuclear waste management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3544fadf07f54f518a8148915013bfed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header><text>Nothwithstanding section 304, the Administrator may
proceed with the siting and licensing of one or more consolidated storage
facilities under a cooperative agreement entered into by the Secretary pursuant
to section 312 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2013, before the date of enactment of this Act in
accordance with—</text>
<paragraph id="idd45d9bfa565640c1b58999322c9628ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the terms of the
cooperative agreement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id98213214d47d40539d8415639d29822b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 312 of
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2013.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id78d66b7429df48449f1271e0e9315afe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terminations</header><text>The
authority for each function of the Secretary relating to the siting,
construction, and operation of repositories, storage facilities, or test and
evaluation facilities not transferred to the Administrator under this Act shall
terminate on the date of enactment of this Act, including the authority—</text>
<paragraph id="idb9b4cca2074047b5b7d60a546ae48ac2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
interim storage or monitored, retrievable storage under subtitles B and C of
title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10151 et
seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f02d0f41e814438a0ec161c653a8511"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to site or
construct a test and evaluation facility under title II of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10191 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ba6e7a043cd4534abec7ee9af54ff30"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to issue requests
for proposals or enter into agreements under section 312 of the Energy and
Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4a471f6aa71842408b397b1ad187dd9b"><enum>507.</enum><header>Technical
assistance in the field of spent fuel storage and disposal</header>
<subsection id="id3724937f588e44948505860a2ee74a0c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Joint
notice</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act and annually for 5 succeeding years, the Secretary and the Commission shall
update and publish in the Federal Register the joint notice required by section
223(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10203(b)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4775ae76d39d435884048bf208f77177"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Informing
foreign governments</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of the
publication of the annual joint notice described in subsection (a), the
Secretary of State shall inform the governments of nations and organizations
operating nuclear power plants, solicit expressions of interest, and transmit
any such expressions of interest to the Secretary and the Commission, as
provided in section 223(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10203(c)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1882945d4d134330b5fa818bdeb785f4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Budget
requests</header><text>The President shall include in the budget request of the
President for the Commission and the Department of Energy for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2019 such funding requests for a program of cooperation and
technical assistance with nations in the fields of spent nuclear fuel storage
and disposal as the President determines appropriate in light of expressions of
interest in the cooperation and assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddfcb5527a7bb47b18af8158f0c8b4a2f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Notwithstanding
any limitation on cooperation and technical assistance to non-nuclear weapon
states under section 223 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10203), the Secretary and the Commission may cooperate with and provide
technical assistance to nuclear weapon states, if the Secretary and the
Commission determine the cooperation and technical assistance is in the
national interest.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3c67e1feab134280964a16ac255e037d"><enum>508.</enum><header>Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board</header>
<subsection id="id380d1f70ca7548d28461ddde9501820b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Section
502(b)(3)(C)(iii)(I) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10262(b)(3)(C)(iii)(I)) is amended by inserting <quote>or the Nuclear Waste
Administration</quote> after <quote>the Department of Energy</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="iddb191caeb62e41d7a76035e553b3fa3b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>Section
503 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10263) is amended by
striking <quote>Secretary after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Amendments Act of 1987</quote> and inserting <quote>Nuclear Waste
Administrator after the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Nuclear Waste Administration Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id37fbaad7afb5457fbb384ff97694adff"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Production of
documents</header><text>Section 504(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
(42 U.S.C. 10264(b)) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>Nuclear Waste Administrator</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9ea6f46a85564c0ebfcb971e0dfa62ac"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section
508 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10268) is amended in the
first sentence by striking <quote>Congress and the Secretary</quote> and
inserting <quote>Congress, the Nuclear Waste Administrator, and the Nuclear
Waste Oversight Board</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id192e8e6bde8c473a815a3398735f0507"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
510 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10270) is amended by
striking <quote>Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Nuclear Waste
Administrator</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idf4df1cc68c2e4a1fbaf0d2d6cc396ab1"><enum>509.</enum><header>Repeal of
volume limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(d)) is amended
by striking the second and third sentences.</text>
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