[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2995 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2995

    To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the 
 acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from 
    certain civilian nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

   Mr. Levin of California (for himself, Mr. Peters, Ms. Porter, Mr. 
Rouda, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Davis 
 of California, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prioritize the 
 acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from 
    certain civilian nuclear power reactors, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE PRIORITY FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT 
              NUCLEAR FUEL.

    Section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10222(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(7) In determining the order in which the Secretary will accept 
high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel for disposal or 
storage, the Secretary shall prioritize waste or spent fuel from a 
civilian nuclear power reactor based on the operating status of the 
reactor, the population of the area in which the reactor is located, 
and the earthquake hazard of the area in which the reactor is located, 
giving highest priority to a reactor that is--
            ``(A) decomissioned or decommissioning;
            ``(B) located in an area, as determined by the Secretary, 
        the population of which is the largest; and
            ``(C) located in an area with the highest hazard of an 
        earthquake, as indicated by the Seismic Hazard Maps published 
        by the Director of the United States Geological Survey pursuant 
        to section 5(b)(3)(J) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
        of 1977.''.
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