[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9202 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9202

    To direct the Secretary of Energy to promote and facilitate the 
     commercialization of domestic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2024

  Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Williams of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
  Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Energy to promote and facilitate the 
     commercialization of domestic spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Act''.

SEC. 2. SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds the commercialization of domestic 
spent nuclear fuel reprocessing to be essential to--
            (1) addressing the challenges posed by spent nuclear fuel 
        in the United States; and
            (2) advancing the development of sustainable nuclear energy 
        throughout the United States.
    (b) Policies.--The Secretary of Energy shall develop, in 
consultation with relevant industry stakeholders, and implement 
policies for the Department of Energy to encourage and support the 
commercialization of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technologies in 
the United States.
    (c) International Competitiveness.--The Secretary of Energy shall 
take measures to ensure the United States maintains a leading role in 
the international arena with respect to spent nuclear fuel 
reprocessing.
    (d) Partnerships.--In carrying out subsections (b) and (c), the 
Secretary of Energy shall establish and enhance partnerships with 
private industry to pursue technological advances in the United States 
associated with spent nuclear fuel reprocessing through the research, 
development, and commercialization stages.
    (e) Collaboration.--The Secretary of Energy shall collaborate with 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reconcile, to the extent 
appropriate, any differences in terminology, procedures, and processes 
related to reprocessing spent nuclear fuel and recycling spent nuclear 
fuel.
    (f) Reporting.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Energy shall submit to Congress a report on the progress, achievements, 
and challenges relating to the commercialization of spent nuclear fuel 
reprocessing technologies.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Reprocessing.--The term ``reprocessing'' means, with 
        respect to spent nuclear fuel, the processes used to separate 
        the spent nuclear fuel into nuclear materials that may be 
        recycled for use in new fuel and material that would be 
        discarded as waste.
            (2) Spent nuclear fuel.--The term ``spent nuclear fuel'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 2(23) of the Nuclear 
        Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)).
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