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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1320 
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 related to Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission user fees and annual charges, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. KINZINGER (for himself and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
related to Nuclear Regulatory Commission user fees and 
annual charges, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Nuclear Utilization 
of Keynote Energy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION USER FEES 
AND ANNUAL CHARGES THROUGH FISCAL 
YEAR 2019. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6101(c)(2)(A) of the Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
2214(c)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) amounts appropriated to the 
Commission for the fiscal year for activi-
ties related to the development of a regu-
latory framework for advanced nuclear re-
actor technologies.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Effective October 1, 2019, section 
6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 2214) is repealed. 
SEC. 3. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION USER FEES 
AND ANNUAL CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2020 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER. 
(a) ANNUAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the annual budget jus-
tification submitted by the Commission to Congress, 
the Commission shall expressly identify anticipated 
expenditures necessary for completion of the re-
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quested activities of the Commission anticipated to 
occur during the applicable fiscal year. 
(2) RESTRICTION.—Budget authority granted 
to the Commission for purposes of the requested ac-
tivities of the Commission shall be used, to the max-
imum extent practicable, solely for conducting re-
quested activities of the Commission. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
CORPORATE
SUPPORT 
COSTS.—With respect to the annual budget justifica-
tion submitted to Congress, corporate support costs, 
to the maximum extent practicable, shall not exceed 
the following percentages of the total budget author-
ity of the Commission requested in the annual budg-
et justification: 
(A) 30 percent for each of fiscal years 
2020 and 2021. 
(B) 29 percent for each of fiscal years 
2022 and 2023. 
(C) 28 percent for fiscal year 2024 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) FEES AND CHARGES.— 
(1) ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, the 
Commission shall assess and collect fees and 
charges in accordance with paragraphs (2) and 
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