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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6814 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry out a program 
to provide financial assistance to units of local government impacted 
by the reduction in tax revenue from nuclear power plants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish and carry 
out a program to provide financial assistance to units 
of local government impacted by the reduction in tax 
revenue from nuclear power plants. 
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 ‘‘Troubled Nuclear 
Power Plants Communities Assistance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITIES WITH TROUBLED 
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The markets for electricity generation are 
rapidly evolving due to the very low cost of natural 
gas such that many nuclear power plants are no 
longer economically competitive. 
(2) Over the past 5 years, 18 nuclear power 
plants have permanently closed or have announced 
plans to close. 
(3) The impact of closure of a nuclear power 
plant on the local economy can be severe due to the 
loss of jobs and a reduced tax base. 
(4) Closure of a nuclear power plant typically 
means the loss of 400 to 700 highly paid workers. 
(5) A typical reactor has estimated wages for 
workers of $40 million annually. 
(6) Nuclear power plants are among the largest 
taxpayers in the jurisdictions in which they are 
sited, typically contributing tens of millions of dol-
lars in local taxes. 
(7) When calculating the total tax impact (di-
rect and secondary), the average nuclear power plant 
provides over $100 million in tax revenue each year 
to the local and State governments. 
(8) The closure of a nuclear power plant causes 
significant negative impacts to the GDPs of the af-
fected States. 
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(9) Stranded spent nuclear fuel prevents com-
munities from redeveloping sites where nuclear 
power plants previously operated which further in-
hibits tax revenues. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
FOR COMMUNITIES WITH TROU-
BLED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of En-
ergy shall establish and carry out a program to be 
known as the ‘‘Assistance for Communities with 
Troubled Nuclear Power Plants Program’’ (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to provide fi-
nancial assistance to units of local government who 
have experienced a reduction in tax revenue from 
nuclear power plants. 
(2) UNIT
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—In this 
section, a unit of local government includes a coun-
ty, city, town, village, school district, and special dis-
trict. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive fi-
nancial assistance under this section, a unit of local 
government shall submit to the Secretary of Energy 
an application that includes documentation that— 
(A) the unit of local government has expe-
rienced, or is predicted to experience, during a 
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calendar year beginning after December 31, 
2014, and ending before January 1, 2025— 
(i) a reduction of not less than 20 
percent in overall tax revenue received by 
such unit of local government for such year 
compared with the average of such tax rev-
enue for the previous 5 years; and 
(ii) a reduction in tax revenue attrib-
utable to a nuclear power plant received by 
such unit of local government for such 
year, compared with the average of such 
tax revenue for the previous 5 years, that 
is not less than 20 percent of the average 
for such previous 5 years of the overall tax 
revenue received by such unit; and 
(B) spent nuclear fuel is stored at the site 
of such nuclear power plant. 
(4) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to amounts 
made available in advance in appropriations 
Acts, financial assistance provided under this 
section to a unit of local government shall be 
made with respect to each year of the 8-year 
period beginning on the first day of the cal-
endar year described in paragraph (3)(A). 
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(B) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Subject to 
amounts made available in advance in appro-
priations Acts, financial assistance provided 
under this section to a unit of local government 
for a year of an 8-year period shall be equal to 
the lesser of $10,000,000 and— 
(i) in the case of the first year of the 
8-year period, 80 percent of the loss de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(A)(ii) with re-
spect to such unit; 
(ii) in the case of the second year of 
the 8-year period, 70 percent of such loss; 
(iii) in the case of the third year of 
the 8-year period, 60 percent of such loss; 
(iv) in the case of the fourth year of 
the 8-year period, 50 percent of such loss; 
(v) in the case of the fifth year of the 
8-year period, 40 percent of such loss; 
(vi) in the case of the sixth year of 
the 8-year period, 30 percent of such loss; 
(vii) in the case of the seventh year of 
the 8-year period, 20 percent of such loss; 
and 
(viii) in the case of the eighth year of 
the 8-year period, 10 percent of such loss. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2031. 
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