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Union Calendar No. 259 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3053 
[Report No. 115–355, Part I] 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2017 
Mr. SHIMKUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Natural Resources, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of 
California, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. LATTA, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. LANCE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. OLSON, 
Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BARTON, Mr. CAR-
TER of Georgia, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. CLAY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DUNCAN of 
South Carolina, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. HILL, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. 
MITCHELL, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BRAT, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
GALLAGHER, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SMUCKER, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. JODY B. HICE of 
Georgia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COMER, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 
BUDD, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. KELLY 
of Mississippi, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. BABIN, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 
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GOSAR, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
DUNN, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. BISHOP of Michi-
gan, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. ROSS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. DENT, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. 
RATCLIFFE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. EMMER, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
and Mr. STIVERS 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
The Committees on Natural Resources and Armed Services discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 26, 2017] 
A BILL 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nu-
clear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE 
Sec. 101. Monitored retrievable storage. 
Sec. 102. Authorization and priority. 
Sec. 103. Conditions for MRS agreements. 
Sec. 104. Survey. 
Sec. 105. Site selection. 
Sec. 106. Benefits agreement. 
Sec. 107. Licensing. 
Sec. 108. Financial assistance. 
TITLE II—PERMANENT REPOSITORY 
Sec. 201. Land withdrawal, jurisdiction, and reservation. 
Sec. 202. Application procedures and infrastructure activities. 
Sec. 203. Pending repository license application. 
Sec. 204. Limitation on planning, development, or construction of defense waste 
repository. 
Sec. 205. Sense of Congress regarding transportation routes. 
TITLE III—DOE CONTRACT PERFORMANCE 
Sec. 301. Title to material. 
TITLE IV—BENEFITS TO HOST COMMUNITY 
Sec. 401. Consent. 
Sec. 402. Content of agreements. 
Sec. 403. Covered units of local government. 
Sec. 404. Termination. 
Sec. 405. Priority funding for certain institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 406. Disposal of spent nuclear fuel. 
Sec. 407. Updated report. 
TITLE V—FUNDING 
Sec. 501. Assessment and collection of fees. 
Sec. 502. Use of Waste Fund. 
Sec. 503. Annual multiyear budget proposal. 
Sec. 504. Availability of certain amounts. 
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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Certain standards and criteria. 
Sec. 602. Application. 
Sec. 603. Transportation safety assistance. 
Sec. 604. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. 
Sec. 605. West Lake Landfill. 
Sec. 606. Subseabed or ocean water disposal. 
Sec. 607. Sense of Congress regarding storage of nuclear waste near the Great 
Lakes. 
TITLE I—MONITORED 
RETRIEVABLE STORAGE 
SEC. 101. MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE. 
(a) PROPOSAL.—Section 141(b) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10161(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘1985’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the construction of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) designs, specifications, and cost estimates 
sufficient to— 
‘‘(i) solicit bids for the construction of one 
or more such facilities; and 
‘‘(ii) enable completion and operation of 
such a facility as soon as practicable;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘this 
Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(E) options to enter into MRS agreements with 
respect to one or more monitored retrievable storage 
facilities.’’; and 
(3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amend-
ments Act of 2017, publish a request for information to help 
the Secretary evaluate options for the Secretary to enter 
into MRS agreements with respect to one or more monitored 
retrievable storage facilities.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 141 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10161) is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘If the Congress’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘monitored retriev-
able storage facility, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘construction of such 
facility’’ and inserting ‘‘construction of a 
monitored retrievable storage facility’’; and 
(B) by striking subsections (d) through (h). 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘the 
storage facility’’ and inserting ‘‘a storage facil-
ity’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(35) The term ‘MRS agreement’ means a coop-
erative agreement, contract, or other mechanism that 
the Secretary considers appropriate to support the 
storage of Department-owned civilian waste in one or 
more monitored retrievable storage facilities as au-
thorized under section 142(b)(2). 
‘‘(36) The term ‘Department-owned civilian 
waste’ means high-level radioactive waste, or spent 
nuclear fuel, resulting from civilian nuclear activities, 
to which the Department holds title.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 146 of 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10166) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘such sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f) of such sec-
tion’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’. 
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SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION AND PRIORITY. 
Section 142 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10162) is amended by striking subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the requirements of 
this subtitle, the Secretary is authorized to— 
‘‘(1) site, construct, and operate one or more 
monitored retrievable storage facilities; and 
‘‘(2) store, pursuant to an MRS agreement, De-
partment-owned civilian waste at a monitored re-
trievable storage facility for which a non-Federal en-
tity holds a license described in section 143(1). 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall prioritize storage of De-
partment-owned civilian waste at a monitored re-
trievable storage facility authorized under subsection 
(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) 
DETERMINATION.—Paragraph 
(1) 
shall not apply if the Secretary determines that 
it will be faster and less expensive to site, con-
struct, and operate a facility authorized under 
subsection (b)(1), in comparison to a facility au-
thorized under subsection (b)(2). 
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‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the Secretary makes a determination 
described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress written notification of 
such determination.’’. 
SEC. 103. CONDITIONS FOR MRS AGREEMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 143 of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10163) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 143. CONDITIONS FOR MRS AGREEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not enter into 
an MRS agreement under section 142(b)(2) unless— 
‘‘(1) the monitored retrievable storage facility 
with respect to which the MRS agreement applies has 
been licensed by the Commission under the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) the non-Federal entity that is a party to the 
MRS agreement has approval to store Department- 
owned civilian waste at such facility from each of— 
‘‘(A) the Governor of the State in which the 
facility is located; 
‘‘(B) any unit of general local government 
with jurisdiction over the area in which the fa-
cility is located; and 
‘‘(C) any affected Indian tribe; 
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‘‘(3) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An MRS agreement en-
tered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, to 
the extent allowable under this Act (including 
under the terms of the standard contract estab-
lished in section 691.11 of title 10, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations), provide for prioritization of 
the storage of Department-owned civilian waste 
that originated from facilities that have ceased 
commercial operation. 
‘‘(B) NO
EFFECT
ON
STANDARD
CON-
TRACT.—Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be 
construed to amend or otherwise alter the stand-
ard contract established in section 691.11 of title 
10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(4) CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) NO STORAGE.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary may not store 
any Department-owned civilian waste at the ini-
tial MRS facility until the Commission has 
issued a final repository decision. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(i) FINDING.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Chairman of the Com-
mission, may make a finding that a final 
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repository decision is imminent, which 
finding shall be updated not less often than 
quarterly until the date on which the Com-
mission issues a final repository decision. 
‘‘(ii) 
STORAGE.—If 
the 
Secretary 
makes a finding under clause (i), the Sec-
retary may store Department-owned civil-
ian waste at the initial MRS facility in ac-
cordance with this section. 
‘‘(iii) NOTICE.—Not later than seven 
days after the Secretary makes or updates a 
finding under clause (i), the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress written notification of 
such finding. 
‘‘(iv) REPORTING.—In addition to the 
requirements of section 114(c), if the Sec-
retary makes a finding under clause (i), the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress the re-
port described in such section 114(c) not 
later than 1 month after the Secretary 
makes such finding and monthly thereafter 
until the date on which the Commission 
issues a final repository decision. 
‘‘(C) NO
EFFECT
ON
FEDERAL
DISPOSAL 
POLICY.—Nothing in this subsection affects the 
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Federal responsibility for the disposal of high- 
level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, or 
the definite Federal policy with regard to the 
disposal of such waste and spent fuel, established 
under subtitle A, as described in section 111(b). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) FINAL
REPOSITORY
DECISION.—The term 
‘final repository decision’ means a final decision ap-
proving or disapproving the issuance of a construc-
tion authorization for a repository under section 
114(d)(1). 
‘‘(2) INITIAL MRS FACILITY.—The term ‘initial 
MRS facility’ means the monitored retrievable storage 
facility with respect to which an MRS agreement is 
entered into pursuant to subsection (b)(1).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 143 in the table of contents for the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 143. Conditions for MRS agreements.’’. 
SEC. 104. SURVEY. 
Section 144 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10164) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘After the MRS Commission sub-
mits its report to the Congress under section 143, the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’; 
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(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘for a monitored retrievable storage facility’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for any monitored retrievable storage 
facility authorized under section 142’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding after paragraph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) be acceptable to State authorities, affected 
units of local government, and affected Indian tribes. 
‘‘(b) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.—The Secretary shall 
issue a request for proposals for an MRS agreement author-
ized under section 142(b)(2) before conducting a survey and 
evaluation under subsection (a), and shall consider any 
proposals received in response to such request in making 
the evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 105. SITE SELECTION. 
Section 145 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10165) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘select the site evaluated’’ 
and inserting ‘‘select a site evaluated’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the most’’; and 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘authorized under section 
142(b)(1)’’ after ‘‘monitored retrievable storage 
facility’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g). 
SEC. 106. BENEFITS AGREEMENT. 
Section 147 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10167) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘the Secretary intends to con-
struct and operate under section 142(b)(1)’’ after 
‘‘storage facility’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or once a non-Federal entity 
enters into an MRS agreement under section 
142(b)(2),’’ after ‘‘section 145,’’. 
SEC. 107. LICENSING. 
(a) REVIEW
OF
LICENSE
APPLICATION.—Section 
148(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10168(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 142(b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 142(b)(1)’’. 
(b) LICENSING CONDITIONS.—Section 148(d) of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10168(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘has issued a 
license for the construction of a repository under sec-
tion 115(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘has issued a final deci-
sion approving or disapproving the issuance of a con-
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struction authorization for a repository under section 
114(d)(1)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or construc-
tion of the repository ceases’’. 
SEC. 108. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 149 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
is amended by inserting ‘‘authorized under section 
142(b)(1)’’ after ‘‘a monitored retrievable storage facility’’. 
TITLE II—PERMANENT 
REPOSITORY 
SEC. 201. LAND WITHDRAWAL, JURISDICTION, AND RES-
ERVATION. 
(a) LAND WITHDRAWAL, JURISDICTION, AND RES-
ERVATION.— 
(1) LAND WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid exist-
ing rights and except as provided otherwise in this 
section, the lands described in subsection (c) are with-
drawn permanently from all forms of entry, appro-
priation, and disposal under the public land laws, in-
cluding the mineral leasing laws, the geothermal leas-
ing laws, and the mining laws. 
(2) JURISDICTION.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, jurisdiction over the withdrawal 
is vested in the Secretary. There are transferred to the 
Secretary the lands within the withdrawal under the 
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jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned on the effective 
date described in subsection (j)(1). 
(3) RESERVATION.—The withdrawal is reserved 
for 
use 
by 
the 
Secretary 
for 
development, 
preconstruction testing and performance confirma-
tion, licensing, construction, management and oper-
ation, monitoring, closure, postclosure, and other ac-
tivities associated with the disposal of high-level ra-
dioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel under the Nu-
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et 
seq.). 
(b) REVOCATION AND MODIFICATION OF PUBLIC LAND 
ORDERS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.— 
(1) PUBLIC LAND ORDER REVOCATION.—Public 
Land Order 6802 of September 25, 1990, as extended 
by Public Land Order 7534, and any conditions or 
memoranda of understanding accompanying those 
land orders, are revoked. 
(2) 
RIGHT-OF-WAY
RESERVATIONS.—Project 
right-of-way reservations N–48602 and N–47748 of 
January 2001, are revoked. 
(c) LAND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) BOUNDARIES.—The lands and interests in 
lands withdrawn and reserved by this section com-
prise the approximately 147,000 acres of land in Nye 
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County, Nevada, as generally depicted on the Yucca 
Mountain Project Map, YMP–03–024.2, entitled 
‘‘Proposed Land Withdrawal’’ and dated July 21, 
2005. 
(2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(A) publish in the Federal Register a notice 
containing a legal description of the withdrawal; 
and 
(B) file copies of the maps described in 
paragraph (1) and the legal description of the 
withdrawal with the Congress, the Governor of 
the State of Nevada, and the Archivist of the 
United States. 
(3) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The maps and 
legal description referred to in this subsection have 
the same force and effect as if they were included in 
this section. The Secretary of the Interior may correct 
clerical and typographical errors in the maps and 
legal description. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER RESERVATIONS.—The 
provisions of subtitle A of title XXX of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (sections 3011–3023 of Public Law 
106–65) and of Public Land Order 2568 do not apply to 
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the lands withdrawn and reserved for use by the Secretary 
under subsection (a). This Act does not apply to any other 
lands withdrawn for use by the Department of Defense 
under subtitle A of title XXX of the Military Lands With-
drawal Act of 1999. 
(e) MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 
manage the lands withdrawn by subsection (a) con-
sistent with the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), this sec-
tion, and other applicable law. The Secretary shall 
consult with the Secretary concerned in discharging 
that responsibility. 
(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(A) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary, after 
consulting with the Secretary concerned, shall 
develop a management plan for the use of the 
withdrawal. Within 3 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
the management plan to the Congress and the 
State of Nevada. 
(B) 
PRIORITY
OF
YUCCA
MOUNTAIN 
PROJECT-RELATED ISSUES.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (C) and (D), any use of the withdrawal 
for activities not associated with the Project is 
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subject to conditions and restrictions that the 
Secretary considers necessary or desirable to per-
mit the conduct of Project-related activities. 
(C) DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
AIR
FORCE 
USES.—The management plan may provide for 
the continued use by the Department of the Air 
Force of the portion of the withdrawal within the 
Nellis Air Force Base Test and Training Range 
under terms and conditions on which the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of the Air Force agree 
concerning Air Force activities. 
(D) OTHER NON-YUCCA-MOUNTAIN-PROJECT 
USES.—The management plan shall provide for 
the maintenance of wildlife habitat and shall 
provide that the Secretary may permit non- 
Project-related uses that the Secretary considers 
appropriate, including domestic livestock grazing 
and hunting and trapping in accordance with 
the following requirements: 
(i) GRAZING.—The Secretary may per-
mit grazing to continue where established 
before the effective date described in sub-
section (j)(1), subject to regulations, poli-
cies, and practices that the Secretary, after 
consulting with the Secretary of the Inte-
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rior, determines to be necessary or appro-
priate. The management of grazing shall be 
conducted in accordance with applicable 
grazing laws and policies, including— 
(I) the Act commonly known as 
the ‘‘Taylor Grazing Act’’ (43 U.S.C. 
315 et seq.); 
(II) title IV of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(III) the Public Rangelands Im-
provement Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1901 
et seq.). 
(ii) HUNTING
AND
TRAPPING.—The 
Secretary may permit hunting and trap-
ping within the withdrawal where estab-
lished before the effective date described in 
subsection (k)(1), except that the Secretary, 
after consulting with the Secretary of the 
Interior and the State of Nevada, may des-
ignate zones where, and establish periods 
when, no hunting or trapping is permitted 
for reasons of public safety, national secu-
rity, administration, or public use and en-
joyment. 
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(E) MINING.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), surface or subsurface mining 
or oil or gas production, including slant 
drilling from outside the boundaries of the 
withdrawal, is not permitted at any time 
on lands on or under the withdrawal. The 
Secretary of the Interior shall evaluate and 
adjudicate the validity of all unpatented 
mining claims on the portion of the with-
drawal that, on the date of enactment of 
this Act, was under the control of the Bu-
reau of Land Management. The Secretary 
shall provide just compensation for the ac-
quisition of any valid property right. 
(ii) 
CIND-R–LITE
MINE.—Patented 
Mining Claim No. 27–83–0002, covering the 
Cind–R–Lite Mine, shall not be affected by 
establishment of the withdrawal set forth in 
subsection (a)(1). In that event, the Sec-
retary shall provide just compensation. 
(F) LIMITED PUBLIC ACCESS.—The man-
agement plan may provide for limited public ac-
cess to the portion of the withdrawal under Bu-
reau of Land Management control on the effec-
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tive date described in subsection (j)(1). Permitted 
uses may include continuation of the Nye Coun-
ty Early Warning Drilling Program, utility cor-
ridors, and other uses the Secretary, after con-
sulting with the Secretary of the Interior, con-
siders consistent with the purposes of the with-
drawal. 
(3) CLOSURE.—If the Secretary, after consulting 
with the Secretary concerned, determines that the 
health and safety of the public or the common defense 
and security require the closure of a road, trail, or 
other portion of the withdrawal, or the airspace above 
the withdrawal, the Secretary may effect and main-
tain the closure and shall provide notice of the clo-
sure. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary and the 
Secretary concerned shall implement the management 
plan developed under paragraph (2) under terms and 
conditions on which they agree. 
(f) IMMUNITY.—The United States and its depart-
ments and agencies shall be held harmless and shall not 
be liable for damages to persons or property suffered in the 
course of any mining, mineral leasing, or geothermal leas-
ing activity conducted on the withdrawal. 
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(g) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 
lands and interests in lands within the withdrawal. Those 
lands and interests in lands may be acquired by donation, 
purchase, lease, exchange, easement, rights-of-way, or other 
appropriate methods using donated or appropriated funds. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct any exchange 
of lands within the withdrawal for Federal lands outside 
the withdrawal. 
(h) 
MATERIAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no Federal, State, Interstate, 
or local requirement, either substantive or procedural, that 
is referred to in section 6001(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6961(a)) applies with respect to any mate-
rial— 
(1) as such material is transported to a reposi-
tory for disposal at such repository; or 
(2) as, or after, such material is disposed of in 
a repository. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1982 DEFINI-
TIONS.—For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘dis-
posal’’, ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’, ‘‘repository’’, 
‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘spent nuclear fuel’’ have the mean-
ing given those terms in section 2 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 
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(2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section— 
(A) the term ‘‘withdrawal’’ means the geo-
graphic area consisting of the land described in 
subsection (c); 
(B) the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means 
the Secretary of the Air Force or the Secretary 
of the Interior, or both, as appropriate; and 
(C) the term ‘‘Project’’ means the Yucca 
Mountain Project. 
(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section shall take effect on the date on 
which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a 
final decision approving the issuance of a construc-
tion authorization for a repository under section 
114(d)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10134(d)) (as so designated by this Act). 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsections (c), (e)(2)(A), (h), 
(i), and (j) shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 202. APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND INFRASTRUC-
TURE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) STATUS
REPORT
ON
APPLICATION.—Section 
114(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
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10134(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘the date on which such 
authorization is granted’’ and inserting ‘‘the date on which 
the Commission issues a final decision approving or dis-
approving such application’’. 
(b) APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
ACTIVITIES.—Section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Commission shall consider’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AUTHOR-
IZATION.—The Commission shall consider’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the expiration of 3 years after 
the date of the submission of such application’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30 months after the date of enactment of 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘70,000 metric tons’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘110,000 metric tons’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS TO AMEND.—If the Commis-
sion issues a construction authorization for a reposi-
tory pursuant to paragraph (1) and the Secretary 
submits an application to amend such authorization, 
the Commission shall consider the application to 
amend using expedited, informal procedures, includ-
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ing discovery procedures that minimize the burden on 
the parties to produce documents. The Commission 
shall issue a final decision on such application to 
amend within 1 year after the date of submission of 
such application, except that the Commission may ex-
tend such deadline by not more than 6 months if, not 
less than 30 days before such deadline, the Commis-
sion complies with the reporting requirements estab-
lished in subsection (e)(2). 
‘‘(3) INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At any time before or 
after the Commission issues a final decision ap-
proving or disapproving the issuance of a con-
struction authorization for a repository pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the Secretary may undertake 
infrastructure activities that the Secretary con-
siders necessary or appropriate to support con-
struction or operation of a repository at the 
Yucca Mountain site or transportation to such 
site of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radio-
active waste. Infrastructure activities include 
safety upgrades, site preparation, the construc-
tion of a rail line to connect the Yucca Mountain 
site with the national rail network (including 
any facilities to facilitate rail operations), and 
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construction, upgrade, acquisition, or operation 
of electrical grids or facilities, other utilities, 
communication facilities, access roads, and non-
nuclear support facilities. 
‘‘(B) ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS.—If the 
Secretary determines that an environmental 
analysis is required under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to an in-
frastructure activity undertaken under this 
paragraph, the Secretary need not consider alter-
native actions or a no-action alternative. To the 
extent any other Federal agency must consider 
the potential environmental impact of such an 
infrastructure activity, the agency shall adopt, to 
the extent practicable, any environmental anal-
ysis prepared by the Secretary under this sub-
paragraph without further action. Such adoption 
satisfies the responsibilities of the adopting agen-
cy under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, and no further action is required by the 
agency. 
‘‘(C) NO GROUNDS FOR DISAPPROVAL.—The 
Commission may not disapprove, on the grounds 
that the Secretary undertook an infrastructure 
activity under this paragraph— 
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‘‘(i) the issuance of a construction au-
thorization for a repository pursuant to 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(ii) a license to receive and possess 
spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
waste; or 
‘‘(iii) any other action concerning the 
repository.’’. 
(c) CONNECTED ACTIONS.—Section 114(f)(6) of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)(6)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘or nongeologic alternatives to such 
site’’ and inserting ‘‘nongeologic alternatives to such site, 
or an action connected or otherwise related to the repository 
to the extent the action is undertaken outside the geologic 
repository operations area and does not require a license 
from the Commission’’. 
SEC. 203. PENDING REPOSITORY LICENSE APPLICATION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to require the Secretary to amend 
or otherwise modify an application for a construction au-
thorization described in section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(d)) pending as of the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, OR 
CONSTRUCTION OF DEFENSE WASTE REPOSI-
TORY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Energy may not 
take any action relating to the planning, development, or 
construction of a defense waste repository until the date on 
which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a final 
decision approving or disapproving the issuance of a con-
struction authorization for a repository under section 
114(d)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10134(d)) (as so designated by this Act). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘atomic energy defense activity’’, 
‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’, ‘‘repository’’, and 
‘‘spent nuclear fuel’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101); and 
(2) the term ‘‘defense waste repository’’ means 
the repository for high-level radioactive waste and 
spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy de-
fense activities of the Department of Energy, as de-
scribed in the draft plan of the Department titled 
‘‘Draft Plan for a Defense Waste Repository’’ pub-
lished on December 16, 2016. 
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SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TRANSPOR-
TATION ROUTES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Energy 
should consider routes for the transportation of spent nu-
clear fuel or high-level radioactive waste transported by or 
for the Secretary under subtitle A of title I of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.) to the 
Yucca Mountain site that, to the extent practicable, avoid 
Las Vegas, Nevada. 
TITLE III—DOE CONTRACT 
PERFORMANCE 
SEC. 301. TITLE TO MATERIAL. 
Section 123 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10143) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Delivery’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN 
GENERAL.—Delivery’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘repository constructed under 
this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘repository or monitored 
retrievable storage facility’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) CONTRACT MODIFICATION.—The Secretary may 
enter into new contracts or negotiate modifications to exist-
ing contracts, with any person who generates or holds title 
to high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of do-
mestic origin, for acceptance of title, subsequent transpor-
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tation, and storage of such high-level radioactive waste or 
spent nuclear fuel (including to expedite such acceptance 
of title, transportation, and storage of such waste or fuel 
from facilities that have ceased commercial operation) at 
a monitored retrievable storage facility authorized under 
subtitle C.’’. 
TITLE IV—BENEFITS TO HOST 
COMMUNITY 
SEC. 401. CONSENT. 
Section 170 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10173) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘shall offer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may offer’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘shall’’ and in-
serting ‘‘may’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by inserting a comma after ‘‘reposi-
tory’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘per State,’’ after ‘‘facil-
ity’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) CONSENT.—The acceptance or use of any of the 
benefits provided under a benefits agreement under this sec-
tion by the State of Nevada shall not be considered to be 
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an expression of consent, express or implied, to the siting 
of a repository in such State.’’. 
SEC. 402. CONTENT OF AGREEMENTS. 
(a) BENEFITS
SCHEDULE.—The table in section 
171(a)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10173a(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘BENEFITS SCHEDULE 
Event 
MRS 
Repository 
(A) Annual payments 
prior to first spent fuel 
receipt .............................
$5,000,000 
$15,000,000
(B) Upon first spent fuel 
receipt .............................
$10,000,000 
The amount described 
in section 302(f)(1)(B)
(C) Annual payments after 
first spent fuel receipt 
until closure of the facil-
ity ...................................
$10,000,000 
The amounts described 
in section 
302(f)(1)(C)’’. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON USE.—Section 171(a) of the Nu-
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10173a(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (7) and (8)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8) None of the payments under this section may be 
used— 
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‘‘(A) directly or indirectly to influence legislative 
action on any matter pending before Congress or a 
State legislature or for any lobbying activity as pro-
vided in section 1913 of title 18, United States Code; 
‘‘(B) for litigation purposes; or 
‘‘(C) to support multistate efforts or other coali-
tion-building activities inconsistent with the siting, 
construction, or operation of the monitored retrievable 
storage facility or repository concerned.’’. 
(c) CONTENTS.—Section 171(b) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10173a(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) 
as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘in the de-
sign of the repository or monitored retrievable storage 
facility and’’. 
(d) PAYMENTS FROM
THE WASTE FUND.—Section 
171(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10173a(c)) is amended by striking the first sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall make pay-
ments to the State of Nevada under a benefits agreement 
concerning a repository under section 170 from the Waste 
Fund.’’. 
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SEC. 403. COVERED UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 172 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 172A. COVERED UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
‘‘(a) BENEFITS AGREEMENT.—Not earlier than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
may enter into a benefits agreement with any covered unit 
of local government concerning a repository for the accept-
ance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel 
in the State of Nevada. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF AGREEMENTS.—In addition to any 
benefits to which a covered unit of local government is enti-
tled under this Act, the Secretary shall make payments to 
such covered unit of local government that is a party to 
a benefits agreement under subsection (a) to mitigate im-
pacts described in section 175(b). 
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS FROM WASTE FUND.—The Secretary 
shall make payments to a covered unit of local government 
under a benefits agreement under this section from the 
Waste Fund. 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTION ON USE.—None of the payments 
made pursuant to a benefits agreement under this section 
may be used— 
‘‘(1) directly or indirectly to influence legislative 
action on any matter pending before Congress or a 
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State legislature or for any lobbying activity as pro-
vided in section 1913 of title 18, United States Code; 
‘‘(2) for litigation purposes; or 
‘‘(3) to support multistate efforts or other coali-
tion-building activities inconsistent with the siting, 
construction, or operation of the repository. 
‘‘(e) CONSENT.—The acceptance or use of any of the 
benefits provided under a benefits agreement under this sec-
tion by any covered unit of local government shall not be 
considered to be an expression of consent, express or im-
plied, to the siting of a repository in the State of Nevada. 
‘‘(f) COVERED UNIT
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered unit of local gov-
ernment’ means— 
‘‘(1) any affected unit of local government with 
respect to a repository; and 
‘‘(2) any unit of general local government in the 
State of Nevada.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) BENEFITS
AGREEMENT.—Section 170(a)(4) 
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10173(a)(4)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘made available pursuant 
to a benefits agreement under this section’’ after 
‘‘under this subtitle’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘with a benefits agreement 
under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘with such 
benefits agreement’’. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Section 170(e) of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10173(e)) is fur-
ther amended by inserting ‘‘under this section’’ after 
‘‘may be in effect’’. 
(3) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
for the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 
10101 note) is amended by adding after the item re-
lating to section 172, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 172A. Covered units of local government.’’. 
SEC. 404. TERMINATION. 
Section 173 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10173c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under this title if’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under this title’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘con-
cerning a repository or a monitored retrievable 
storage facility, if’’ before ‘‘the site under consid-
eration’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary determines that the Commission cannot 
license the facility within a reasonable time’’ 
and inserting ‘‘concerning a repository, if the 
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Commission issues a final decision disapproving 
the issuance of a construction authorization for 
a repository under section 114(d)(1)’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION BY STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.—A 
State, covered unit of local government (as defined in sec-
tion 172A), or Indian tribe may only terminate a benefits 
agreement under this title— 
‘‘(1) concerning a repository or a monitored re-
trievable storage facility, if the Secretary disqualifies 
the site under consideration for its failure to comply 
with technical requirements established by the Sec-
retary in accordance with this Act; or 
‘‘(2) concerning a repository, if the Commission 
issues a final decision disapproving the issuance of a 
construction authorization for a repository under sec-
tion 114(d)(1).’’. 
SEC. 405. PRIORITY FUNDING FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle G of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10174 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 176. PRIORITY FUNDING FOR CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In providing any funding to in-
stitutions of higher education from the Waste Fund, the Sec-
retary shall prioritize institutions of higher education that 
are located in the State of Nevada. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘institu-
tion of higher education’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 
note) is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 175, the following: 
‘‘Sec. 176. Priority funding for certain institutions of higher education.’’. 
SEC. 406. DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL. 
Section 122 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10142) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Any economic benefits derived from the retrieval 
of spent nuclear fuel pursuant to this section shall be shared 
with the State in which the repository is located, affected 
units of local government, and affected Indian tribes.’’. 
SEC. 407. UPDATED REPORT. 
Section 175(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10174a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Nuclear 
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Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘Nu-
clear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017’’. 
TITLE V—FUNDING 
SEC. 501. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(a)(4) of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(4)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(4) Not later than’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(4) ASSESSMENT, COLLECTION, AND PAYMENT 
OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) ASSESSMENT
OF
FEES.—Not later 
than’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of enactment of 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 
2017’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘collection and payment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘assessment’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘collection 
of the fee’’ and inserting ‘‘such amount’’; 
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘are being 
collected’’ and inserting ‘‘will result from such 
amounts’’; 
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(4) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘a period of 
90 days of continuous session’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘the date 
that is 180 days after the date of such transmittal.’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) 
COLLECTION
AND
PAYMENT
OF 
FEES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of Nuclear 
Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, the 
Secretary shall establish procedures for the 
collection and payment of the fees estab-
lished by paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), 
or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION
ON
COLLECTION.— 
The Secretary may not collect a fee estab-
lished under paragraph (2), including a fee 
established under paragraph (2) and ad-
justed pursuant to subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(I) until the date on which the 
Commission issues a final decision ap-
proving or disapproving the issuance 
of a construction authorization for a 
repository under section 114(d)(1); and 
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‘‘(II) after such date, in an 
amount that will cause the total 
amount of fees collected under this sub-
section in any fiscal year to exceed 90 
percent of the amounts appropriated 
for that fiscal year for purposes de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
‘‘(iii) PAYMENT OF FULL AMOUNTS.— 
Notwithstanding the noncollection of a fee 
by the Secretary pursuant to clause (ii) in 
any fiscal year, a person who has entered 
into a contract with the Secretary under 
this subsection shall pay any uncollected 
amounts when determined necessary by the 
Secretary, subject to clause (ii), for purposes 
described in subsection (d).’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY CONTRACTS.—The Sec-
retary of Energy may seek to modify a contract entered into 
under section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)) before the date of enactment of 
this Act to ensure that the contract complies with the provi-
sions of such section, as amended by this Act. 
(c) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 
U.S.C. 10222(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘126(b)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘insure’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ensure’’. 
SEC. 502. USE OF WASTE FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(d) of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘maintenance 
and monitoring’’ and all that follows through the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘maintenance and 
monitoring of any repository or test and evaluation 
facility constructed under this Act;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘to be disposed 
of’’ and all that follows through the semicolon at the 
end and inserting ‘‘to be disposed of in a repository 
or to be used in a test and evaluation facility;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘at a reposi-
tory site’’ and all that follows through the end and in-
serting ‘‘at a repository site or a test and evaluation 
facility site and necessary or incident to such reposi-
tory or test and evaluation facility;’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) payments under benefits agreements for a 
repository entered into under section 170 or 172A.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 117(d) of 
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10137(d)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘designated with respect to a repos-
itory’’ after ‘‘such representatives’’. 
SEC. 503. ANNUAL MULTIYEAR BUDGET PROPOSAL. 
Section 302(e)(2) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘tri-
ennially’’ and inserting ‘‘annually’’. 
SEC. 504. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS. 
Section 302 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10222) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, for the purposes described in 
subsection (d) that are specified in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of this paragraph, the following amounts 
from the Waste Fund shall be available to the Sec-
retary without further appropriation: 
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‘‘(A) An amount equal to 1 percent of 2017 
Waste Fund amounts, on the date on which high- 
level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel is 
received at the Yucca Mountain site, and in each 
of the 25 years thereafter, for costs associated 
with construction and operation of a repository 
or facilities at the Yucca Mountain site. 
‘‘(B) An amount equal to 1 percent of 2017 
Waste Fund amounts, on the date on which high- 
level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel is 
received at the Yucca Mountain site, to make 
payments under a benefits agreement entered 
into under section 170 with the State of Nevada 
concerning a repository. 
‘‘(C) An amount equal to 0.1 percent of 
2017 Waste Fund amounts, on the date that is 
one year after the date on which high-level radio-
active waste or spent nuclear fuel is received at 
the Yucca Mountain site, and in each year there-
after until closure of the repository, to make pay-
ments under a benefits agreement entered into 
under section 170 with the State of Nevada con-
cerning a repository. 
‘‘(D) An amount equal to 20 percent of 
2017 Waste Fund amounts, on the date on which 
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monitoring of the repository during the decom-
missioning period commences, for waste package 
and drip shield fabrication activities. 
‘‘(E) An amount equal to the amount of 
any fee collected pursuant to subsection (a)(3) 
after the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Amendments Act of 2017, on the date on 
which such fee is collected, for costs associated 
with construction and operation of a repository 
or facilities at the Yucca Mountain site. 
‘‘(2) 2017 WASTE FUND AMOUNTS.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘2017 Waste Fund 
amounts’ means the amounts in the Waste Fund on 
the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Amendments Act of 2017.’’. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 601. CERTAIN STANDARDS AND CRITERIA. 
(a) GENERALLY APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND CRI-
TERIA.— 
(1) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY 
STANDARDS.— 
(A) DETERMINATION
AND
REPORT.—Not 
later than 2 years after the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission has issued a final decision approv-
ing or disapproving the issuance of a construc-
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tion authorization for a repository under section 
114(d)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(d)) (as so designated by 
this Act), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall— 
(i) determine if the generally applica-
ble standards promulgated under section 
121(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10141(a)) should be up-
dated; and 
(ii) submit to Congress a report on 
such determination. 
(B) RULE.—If the Administrator of the En-
vironmental 
Protection 
Agency 
determines, 
under subparagraph (A), that the generally ap-
plicable standards promulgated under section 
121(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10141(a)) should be updated, the Ad-
ministrator, not later than 2 years after submis-
sion of the report under subparagraph (A)(ii), 
shall, by rule, promulgate updated generally ap-
plicable standards under such section. 
(2) 
COMMISSION
REQUIREMENTS
AND
CRI-
TERIA.—Not later than 2 years after the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency pro-
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mulgates updated generally applicable standards pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall, by 
rule, promulgate updated technical requirements and 
criteria under section 121(b) of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10141(b)) as necessary 
to be consistent with such updated generally applica-
ble standards. 
(b) SITE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND CRITERIA.—Noth-
ing in this section shall affect the standards, technical re-
quirements, and criteria promulgated by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission for the Yucca Mountain site under 
section 801 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
10141 note). 
SEC. 602. APPLICATION. 
Section 135 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10155) is amended by striking subsection (h) 
and redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h). 
SEC. 603. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ASSISTANCE. 
Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 
(42 U.S.C. 10175(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(c) The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(c) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) TRAINING.—The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘The Waste Fund’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall, subject 
to the availability of appropriations, provide in-kind, 
financial, technical, and other appropriate assistance, 
for safety activities related to the transportation of 
high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, to 
any entity receiving technical assistance or funds 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—The Waste Fund’’. 
SEC. 604. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MAN-
AGEMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY 
ACT OF 1982.—Subsection (b) of section 304 of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS.—The Director of the Office 
shall be responsible for carrying out the functions of 
the Secretary under this Act. The Director of the Of-
fice shall report directly to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director of the Of-
fice shall be appointed from among persons who have 
extensive expertise and experience in organizational 
and project management. 
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‘‘(3) TENURE.—The Director of the Office may 
serve not more than two 5-year terms. 
‘‘(4) SERVICE DURING INTERIM PERIOD.—Upon 
expiration of the Director’s term, the Director may 
continue to serve until the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which a new Director is 
confirmed; or 
‘‘(B) the date that is one year after the date 
of such expiration. 
‘‘(5) REMOVAL.—The President may remove the 
Director only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or mal-
feasance in office. If the President removes the Direc-
tor, the President shall submit to Congress a state-
ment explaining the reason for such removal.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 203(a) of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7133(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (8). 
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNCTIONS.—The functions 
described in the paragraph (8) stricken by the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) shall be transferred to 
and performed by the Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management, as provided in section 304 of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10224). 
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(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2(17) of the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(17)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 305’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
304’’. 
SEC. 605. WEST LAKE LANDFILL. 
Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall submit to Congress a report containing 
the final remedy to be implemented at the West Lake Land-
fill and the expected timeline for implementation of such 
final remedy. 
SEC. 606. SUBSEABED OR OCEAN WATER DISPOSAL. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 5 of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10104) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Nothing in this Act’’ and insert-
ing: 
‘‘(a) EFFECT ON MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, 
AND SANCTUARIES ACT OF 1972.—Nothing in this Act’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) SUBSEABED OR OCEAN WATER DISPOSAL.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law— 
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‘‘(1) the subseabed or ocean water disposal of 
spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste is 
prohibited; and 
‘‘(2) no funds shall be obligated for any activity 
relating to the subseabed or ocean water disposal of 
spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982, and the item relating thereto in the table of 
contents for such Act, are repealed. 
SEC. 607. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING STORAGE OF 
NUCLEAR WASTE NEAR THE GREAT LAKES. 
It is the Sense of Congress that the Governments of 
the United States and Canada should not allow permanent 
or long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel or other radio-
active waste near the Great Lakes. 
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Union Calendar No. 259 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3053 
[Report No. 115–355, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 
and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
The Committees on Natural Resources and Armed Serv-
ices discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
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