[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 944 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 944

To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit certain waivers and 
   exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security 
                              regulations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 15, 2015

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Markey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit certain waivers and 
   exemptions from emergency preparedness and response and security 
                              regulations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN WAIVERS AND EXEMPTIONS.

    Chapter 19 of title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2015 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 276 the following:

``SEC. 277. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN WAIVERS AND EXEMPTIONS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered regulation.--The term `covered regulation' 
        means--
                    ``(A) an emergency preparedness or response 
                regulation or requirement; or
                    ``(B) a security regulation or requirement 
                applicable to spent nuclear fuel.
            ``(2) Licensee.--The term `licensee' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulation).
    ``(b) Prohibition of Certain Waivers and Exemptions.--Subject to 
subsection (c), the Commission shall not approve the request of a 
licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation 
applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently 
ceased to operate.
    ``(c) Limitation.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to a civilian 
nuclear power reactor described in that subsection at which all spent 
nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.''.
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