of megawatt-hours of generation during the 4- 
year period for which credits would be allocated. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The deadline established 
under paragraph (1) shall be not later than 30 days 
after the first date on which the Administrator has 
made the determination described in paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) of subsection (c) with respect to each appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1)(A) of that 
subsection. 
(e) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) AUCTION.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary, shall— 
(A) in consultation with the heads of appli-
cable Federal agencies, establish a process for 
evaluating bids submitted under subsection 
(d)(1) through an auction process; and 
(B) select certified nuclear reactors to be 
allocated credits. 
(2) CREDITS.—Subject to subsection (f)(2), on 
selection under paragraph (1), a certified nuclear re-
actor shall be allocated credits for a 4-year period 
beginning on the date of the selection. 
(3) REQUIREMENT.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Administrator shall use the amounts 
made available for credits under this section to allo-
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cate credits to as many certified nuclear reactors as 
possible. 
(f) RENEWAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The owner or operator of a 
certified nuclear reactor may seek to recertify the 
nuclear reactor in accordance with this section. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Administrator may not 
allocate any credits after September 30, 2026. 
(g) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) AUDIT.—During the 4-year period begin-
ning on the date on which a certified nuclear reactor 
first receives a credit, the Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary, shall periodically audit 
the certified nuclear reactor. 
(2) RECAPTURE.—The Administrator shall, by 
regulation, provide for the recapture of the alloca-
tion of any credit to a certified nuclear reactor that, 
during the period described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) terminates operations; or 
(B) does not operate at an annual loss in 
the absence of an allocation of credits to the 
certified nuclear reactor. 
(3) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Administrator, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall establish pro-
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cedures to ensure that any confidential, private, pro-
prietary, or privileged information that is included in 
a sealed bid submitted under this section is not pub-
licly disclosed or otherwise improperly used. 
(h) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2024, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report with respect to the credits allocated to 
certified nuclear reactors, which shall include— 
(1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
credits in avoiding emissions of carbon dioxide, ni-
trogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and 
hazardous air pollutants while ensuring grid reli-
ability; 
(2) a quantification of the ratepayer savings 
achieved under this section; and 
(3) any recommendations to renew or expand 
the credits. 
SEC. 3. NUCLEAR CLOSURE COMMUNITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.—The term 
‘‘community advisory board’’ means a community 
committee or other advisory organization that aims 
to foster communication and information exchange 
between a licensee planning for and involved in de-
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commissioning activities and members of the com-
munity that decommissioning activities may affect. 
(2) DECOMMISSION.—The term ‘‘decommis-
sion’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations). 
(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
recipient’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3 of the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3122). 
(4) LICENSEE.—The term ‘‘licensee’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions). 
(5) 
NUCLEAR
CLOSURE
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘nuclear closure community’’ means a unit of 
local government, including a county, city, town, vil-
lage, school district, or special district that has been 
impacted, or reasonably demonstrates to the satis-
faction of the Secretary of Commerce, that it will be 
impacted, by a nuclear power plant licensed by the 
Commission that has ceased operation or has pro-
vided a written notification to the Commission that 
it will cease operations as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall establish a grant program to provide grants 
to eligible recipients— 
(1) to provide financial assistance to local gov-
ernments who have experienced, or are anticipating, 
major revenue shortfalls due to the closure, or an-
nounced closure, of a nuclear power plant; 
(2) to assist with economic development in nu-
clear closure communities; and 
(3) to fund community advisory boards in nu-
clear closure communities. 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out this section, to 
the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall implement the recommendations described in 
the report submitted to Congress under section 108 of the 
Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (Public 
Law 115–439; 132 Stat. 5577) entitled ‘‘Best Practices 
for Establishment and Operation of Local Community Ad-
visory Boards Associated with Decommissioning Activities 
at Nuclear Power Plants’’. 
(d) DISTRIBUTION
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall establish a formula to ensure, to the max-
imum extent practicable, geographic diversity among 
grant recipients under this section. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce— 
(A) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(b)(1), 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2026; 
(B) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(b)(2), 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2026; and 
(C) 
to 
carry 
out 
subsection 
(b)(3), 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2023. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available 
under this section shall remain available for a period 
of 5 years beginning on the date on which the 
amounts are made available. 
(3) NO
OFFSET.—None of the funds made 
available under this section may be used to offset 
the funding for any other Federal program. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE 
COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress and make 
publicly available a report on actions taken by the Com-
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mission during the public health emergency declared by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) an identification of the processes, proce-
dures, and other regulatory policies that were re-
vised or temporarily suspended during the public 
health emergency described in subsection (a); 
(2) a review of actions, if any, taken by the 
Commission that examines how any revision or tem-
porary suspension of a process, procedure, or other 
regulatory policy identified under paragraph (1) may 
or may not have compromised the ability of the 
Commission to license and regulate the civilian use 
of radioactive materials in the United States to pro-
tect public health and safety, promote the common 
defense and security, and protect the environment; 
(3) a description of any process efficiencies or 
challenges that resulted from the matters identified 
under paragraph (1); 
(4) a discussion of lessons learned from the 
matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); 
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(5) a list of actions that the Commission may 
take to incorporate into the licensing activities and 
regulations of the Commission, without compro-
mising the mission of the Commission— 
(A) the lessons described in paragraph (4); 
and 
(B) the information provided under para-
graphs (2) and (3); and 
(6) a description of when the actions described 
in paragraph (5) may be implemented. 
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