SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THORIUM REIMBURSE-
MENT.
(a) Section 1001(b)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$140,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000’’.
(b) Section 1003(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2296a–
2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$490,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$715,000,000’’.
(c) Section 1802(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘$488,333,333’’ and inserting ‘‘$525,833,333’’.
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THORIUM REIMBURSE-
MENT.
(a) PAYMENTS TO LICENSEES.—Section 1001(b)(2)(C)
of 
the 
Energy 
Policy 
Act 
of 
1992 
(42 
U.S.C.
2296a(b)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$140,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$365,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such
payments shall not exceed the following amounts:
‘‘(i) $90,000,000 in fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(ii) $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2003.
‘‘(iii) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.
‘‘(iv) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2005.
‘‘(v) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(vi) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2007.
Any amounts authorized to be paid in a fiscal
year under this subparagraph that are not paid
in that fiscal year may be paid in subsequent
fiscal years.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 1003(a) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 2296a–2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$490,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$715,000,000’’.
(c) DEPOSITS.—Section 1802(a) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘$488,333,333’’ and inserting ‘‘$518,233,333’’ and by in-
serting after ‘‘inflation’’ the phrase ‘‘beginning on the date
of the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’.
(d) PORTSMOUTH.—(1) Chapter 19 of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2015 and following) is amended
by inserting the following after section 241:
‘‘SEC. 242. COLD STANDBY.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to expend such funds as
may be necessary for the purposes of maintaining enrich-
ment capability at the Portsmouth, Ohio, facility.’’.
(2) The table of contents for such chapter is amended
by inserting the following new item after the item relating
to section 241:
‘‘Sec. 242. Cold standby.’’.
SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT.
The Comptroller General shall conduct an audit on the
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommis-
sioning Fund established under section 1801 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g). Not later than
March 1, 2003, the Comptroller General shall transmit to
the Congress a report on the results of the audit. Such report
shall assess whether the Fund as currently authorized will
be of sufficient size and duration for carrying out decon-
tamination and decommissioning and remedial action ac-
tivities anticipated to be paid for from the fund, and shall
include recommendations for minimizing increases in such
activities. In conducting the audit, the Comptroller General
shall specifically address whether the deposits collected
under sections 1802(c) and 1802(d) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(c) and 2297g–1(d)) are suf-
ficient to—
(1) pay for decontamination and decommis-
sioning activities pursuant to section 1803(b) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–2(b));
(2) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant to
section 1803(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2297g–2(c));
and
(3) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant to
section 1001(b)(2)(C) and (D) of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C) and (D)).
Union Calendar No. 204
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3343
[Report No. 107–341]
A BILL
To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,
and for other purposes.
DECEMBER 18, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed