[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6618 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6618
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make awards to cover regulatory
costs relating to licensing certain first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear
reactors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2022
Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make awards to cover regulatory
costs relating to licensing certain first-of-a-kind advanced nuclear
reactors.
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 ``Advanced Nuclear Reactor Prize
Act''.
SEC. 2. ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR PRIZES.
Section 103 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act
(Public Law 115-439; 132 Stat. 5571) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(f) Prize for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Licensing.--
``(1) Prize for advanced nuclear reactor licensing.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary may make, with respect to
each award category described in subparagraph (C), an
award in the amount described in subparagraph (B) to
the first non-Federal entity to which the Commission
issues--
``(i) an operating license for an advanced
nuclear reactor under part 50 of title 10, Code
of Federal Regulations (or any successor
regulation), for which a license has not been
issued by the Commission as of the date of
enactment of this subsection; or
``(ii) a finding required under section
52.103(g) of title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any successor regulation), with
respect to a combined license for an advanced
nuclear reactor--
``(I) that is issued under subpart
C of part 52 of such title (or any
successor regulation); and
``(II) for which a license has not
been issued by the Commission as of the
date of enactment of this subsection.
``(B) Amount of award.--Except as provided in
paragraph (2), an award made under subparagraph (A)
shall be equal to the total amount assessed by the
Commission and collected under section 102(b)(2) from
the entity receiving the award for costs relating to
the issuance of the license described in that
subparagraph, including, as applicable, costs relating
to the issuance of an associated construction permit
(as described in section 50.23 of title 10, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) or
early site permit (as defined in section 52.1 of that
title (or any successor regulation)).
``(C) Award categories.--The award categories
described in this subparagraph are the following:
``(i) The first advanced nuclear reactor
for which the Commission issues--
``(I) a license in accordance with
clause (i) of subparagraph (A); or
``(II) a finding in accordance with
clause (ii) of that subparagraph.
``(ii) An advanced nuclear reactor that--
``(I) uses isotopes derived from
spent nuclear fuel (as defined in
section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or
depleted uranium as fuel for the
advanced nuclear reactor; and
``(II) is the first advanced
nuclear reactor described in subclause
(I) for which the Commission issues--
``(aa) a license in
accordance with clause (i) of
subparagraph (A); or
``(bb) a finding in
accordance with clause (ii) of
that subparagraph.
``(iii) An advanced nuclear reactor that--
``(I) operates to generate
electricity or high temperature process
heat for nonelectric applications; and
``(II) is the first advanced
nuclear reactor described in subclause
(I) for which the Commission issues--
``(aa) a license in
accordance with clause (i) of
subparagraph (A); or
``(bb) a finding in
accordance with clause (ii) of
that subparagraph.
``(2) Federal funding limitation.--An award made under this
subsection may not exceed the amount that is equal to--
``(A) the total amount expended by the non-Federal
entity with respect to licensing costs relating to the
license for which the award is made; less
``(B) the amount that is equal to--
``(i) any expenditures made with Federal
funds for the applicable project; plus
``(ii) the minimum cost-share required
under section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352).''.
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