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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 7, 2022 
Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Nuclear Re-
actor 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: 
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‘‘(f) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR LI-
CENSING.— 
‘‘(1) PRIZE FOR ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR 
LICENSING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Secretary may 
make, with respect to each award category de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), an award in the 
amount described in subparagraph (B) to the 
first non-Federal entity to which the Commis-
sion issues— 
‘‘(i) an operating license for an ad-
vanced nuclear reactor under part 50 of 
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor regulation), for which a li-
cense has not been issued by the Commis-
sion 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 Reg-
ulations (or any successor regulation), with 
respect to a combined license for an ad-
vanced nuclear reactor— 
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‘‘(I) that is issued under subpart 
C of part 52 of such title (or any suc-
cessor regulation); and 
‘‘(II) for which a license has not 
been issued by the Commission as of 
the date of enactment of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), an award made under 
subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the total 
amount assessed by the Commission and col-
lected under section 102(b)(2) from the entity 
receiving the award for costs relating to the 
issuance of the license described in that sub-
paragraph, including, as applicable, costs relat-
ing to the issuance of an associated construc-
tion 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 suc-
cessor regulation)). 
‘‘(C) AWARD
CATEGORIES.—The award 
categories described in this subparagraph are 
the following: 
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‘‘(i) The first advanced nuclear reac-
tor 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 sec-
tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101)) or 
depleted uranium as fuel for the ad-
vanced nuclear reactor; and 
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu-
clear 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 accord-
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) An advanced nuclear reactor 
that— 
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‘‘(I) operates to generate elec-
tricity or high temperature process 
heat for nonelectric applications; and 
‘‘(II) is the first advanced nu-
clear 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 accord-
ance with clause (ii) of that sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(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 Fed-
eral funds for the applicable project; plus 
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‘‘(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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