I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1551 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit for 
production from advanced nuclear power facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Mr. RICE of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DUNCAN of 
South Carolina, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. JODY B. 
HICE of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. SANFORD, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. GOWDY, and Mr. FERGUSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
the credit for production from advanced nuclear power 
facilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS OF CREDIT FOR PRODUCTION 
FROM ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER FACILI-
TIES. 
(a) 
TREATMENT
OF
UNUTILIZED
LIMITATION 
AMOUNTS.—Section 45J(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or any 
amendment to’’ after ‘‘enactment of’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
UNUTILIZED
LIMITA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any unutilized na-
tional megawatt capacity limitation shall be al-
located by the Secretary under paragraph (3) 
as rapidly as is practicable after December 31, 
2020— 
‘‘(i) first to facilities placed in service 
on or before such date to the extent that 
such facilities did not receive an allocation 
equal to their full nameplate capacity, and 
‘‘(ii) then to facilities placed in service 
after such date in the order in which such 
facilities are placed in service. 
‘‘(B) UNUTILIZED
NATIONAL
MEGAWATT 
CAPACITY
LIMITATION.—The term ‘unutilized 
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national megawatt capacity limitation’ means 
the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) 6,000 megawatts, over 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of national 
megawatt capacity limitation allocated by 
the Secretary before January 1, 2021, re-
duced by any amount of such limitation 
which was allocated to a facility which was 
not placed in service before such date. 
‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVI-
SIONS.—In the case of any unutilized national 
megawatt capacity limitation allocated by the 
Secretary pursuant to this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) such allocation shall be treated 
for purposes of this section in the same 
manner as an allocation of national mega-
watt capacity limitation, and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (d)(1)(B) shall not 
apply to any facility which receives such al-
location.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF CREDIT BY CERTAIN PUBLIC EN-
TITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45J of such Code is 
amended— 
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