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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5632 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments 

to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electricity and that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 6, 2016 

Mr. DOLD (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. RIBBLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program 

to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear 

power plant that has ceased generating electricity and 

that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stranded Nuclear 

5 Waste Accountability Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PAYMENTS TO COMMUNITIES THAT 

2 ARE IMPACTED BY INTERIM STORAGE OF 

3 SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL. 

4 (a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy shall estab5 lish and carry out a program to make payments to units 

6 of general local government within the jurisdictional 

7 boundaries of which an eligible civilian nuclear power 

8 plant is located. 

9 (b) PAYMENTS.— 

10 (1) AMOUNT.—Except as provided in paragraph 

11 (3), a payment made to a unit of general local gov12 ernment under the program established under sub13 section (a) shall be equal to $15 per kilogram of 

14 spent nuclear fuel stored at the eligible civilian nu15 clear power plant that is located within the jurisdic16 tional boundaries of such unit of general local gov17 ernment. 

18 (2) NUMBER AND FREQUENCY.—For each eligi19 ble civilian nuclear power plant, the Secretary may 

20 only make one payment to one unit of general local 

21 government per fiscal year under the program estab22 lished under subsection (a). 

23 (3) PRO RATA REDUCTION.—For any fiscal 

24 year, the Secretary shall, on a pro rata basis, reduce 

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1 section (a) as necessary to ensure, to the extent pos2 sible, that a payment is made to a unit of general 

3 local government with respect to each eligible civilian 

4 nuclear power plant for that fiscal year. 

5 (4) ANNUAL APPLICATION.—In order to be eli6 gible to receive a payment under the program estab7 lished under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, a unit 

8 of general local government shall submit an applica9 tion to the Secretary. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

11 (1) CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR.—The 

12 term ‘‘civilian nuclear power reactor’’ has the mean13 ing given such term in section 2(6) of the Nuclear 

14 Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(6)). 

15 (2) ELIGIBLE CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER

16 PLANT.—The term ‘‘eligible civilian nuclear power 

17 plant’’ means a site at which— 

18 (A) each civilian nuclear power reactor lo19 cated at such site has ceased generating elec20 tricity prior to the date of enactment of this 

21 Act; and 

22 (B) spent nuclear fuel is being stored. 

23 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of Energy. 


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1 (4) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 

2 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given such term in 

3 section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 

4 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)). 

5 (5) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 

6 The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’ has the 

7 meaning given such term in section 2(28) of the Nu8 clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 

9 10101(28)). 

10 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the 

12 program established under subsection (a) for each of fiscal 

13 years 2017 through 2023. 

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