(B) EXPENSES.—A member of the Task 
Force shall receive reimbursement from the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency at the applicable Federal per diem rate 
for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in car-
rying out the duties of the Task Force. 
(d) GRANTS.—Subject to the approval of the Federal 
members of the Task Force appointed under subsection 
(c)(2)(B), the Chair of the Task Force may provide par-
ticipation grants to task force members from underre-
sourced communities, environmental justice communities, 
or nonprofit organizations that are located in environ-
mental justice communities and represent and work on be-
half of environmental justice communities with respect to 
issues relating to the storage and disposal of spent nuclear 
fuel and high-level radioactive waste. 
(e) DUTIES.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall 
submit to Congress and the President a report, in 
unclassified form, that— 
(A)(i) provides a clear explanation of what 
constitutes ‘‘consent-based siting’’; and 
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(ii) includes recommendations on how con-
sent-based siting could be practically imple-
mented; 
(B) describes and evaluates, taking into 
consideration the consent-based siting rec-
ommendations of the 2012 Blue Ribbon Com-
mission for America’s Nuclear Future— 
(i) the implications of amending the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.) to remove exemptions from 
environmental laws, such as the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976’’), 
for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radio-
active waste, while maintaining Federal 
minimum standards; 
(ii) the likely allocations of precise 
regulatory 
responsibilities 
under 
any 
amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) described 
and evaluated under clause (i); and 
(iii) the timeframe necessary for de-
veloping regulations in accordance with 
clause (ii) and subparagraph (C); and 
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(C) includes recommendations for appro-
priate legislative and regulatory changes based 
on the matters described and evaluated under 
subparagraph (B). 
(2) NOTICE AND COMMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In preparing the report 
under paragraph (1), the Task Force shall pro-
vide public notice and an opportunity for com-
ment on the matters described in paragraph 
(1). 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—To ensure sufficient 
opportunity for timely public input on the mat-
ters described in paragraph (1), the Task Force 
shall provide not fewer than 3 opportunities for 
public comment under subparagraph (A), in-
cluding— 
(i) 1 opportunity on the East Coast; 
(ii) 1 opportunity on the West Coast; 
and 
(iii) 1 opportunity in the middle re-
gion of the United States. 
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