pant as part of a competitive program under this 
Act may be withheld from public disclosure. 
(6) Develop and promulgate sufficient rules to 
define the parameters of designing and proposing 
safe and secure nuclear energy used fuel storage 
with input from industry, citizens, and corporations 
familiar with such activities. 
(d) FUNDING SOURCES.—Prizes under this Act may 
consist of Federal appropriated funds, funds provided by 
the administering entity, or funds raised through grants 
or donations. The Secretary may accept funds from other 
Federal agencies for such cash prizes and, notwith-
standing section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
may use such funds for the cash prize program. Other 
than publication of the names of prize sponsors, the Sec-
retary may not give any special consideration to any pri-
vate sector entity or individual in return for a donation 
to the Secretary or administering entity. 
(e) ANNOUNCEMENT
OF PRIZES.—The Secretary 
may not publish a notice required by subsection (b)(2) 
until all the funds needed to pay out the announced 
amount of the prize have been appropriated to the Depart-
ment or the Department has received from the admin-
istering entity a written commitment to provide all nec-
essary funds. 
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SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY. 
To be eligible to win a prize under this Act, an indi-
vidual or entity— 
(1) shall notify the administering entity of in-
tent to submit ideas and intent to collect the prize 
upon selection; 
(2) shall comply with all the requirements stat-
ed in the Federal Register notice required under sec-
tion 4(b)(2); 
(3) in the case of a private entity, shall be in-
corporated in and maintain a primary place of busi-
ness in the United States, and in the case of an in-
dividual, whether participating singly or in a group, 
shall be a citizen of the United States; 
(4) shall not be a Federal entity, a Federal em-
ployee acting within the scope of his or her employ-
ment, or an employee of a national laboratory acting 
within the scope of employment; 
(5) shall not use Federal funding or other Fed-
eral resources to compete for the prize; 
(6) shall not be an entity acting on behalf of 
any foreign government or agent acting on behalf of 
a current federally filed proposal for a spent nuclear 
fuel storage facility or repository; and 
(7) shall present a proposal to the admin-
istering entity to remove used nuclear fuel for such 
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period of time as shall be necessary prior to the de-
velopment of advanced fuel cycle facilities and a 
final repository for used fuel waste as may be ulti-
mately in need of disposal. 
SEC. 6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 
The Federal Government shall not, by virtue of offer-
ing or awarding a prize under this Act, be entitled to any 
intellectual property rights derived as a consequence of, 
or in direct relation to, the participation by a registered 
participant in a competition authorized by this Act. This 
section shall not be construed to prevent the Federal Gov-
ernment from negotiating a license for the use of intellec-
tual property developed for a prize competition under this 
Act. The Federal Government may seek assurances that 
technologies for which prizes are awarded under this Act 
are offered for commercialization in the event an award 
recipient does not take, or is not expected to take within 
a reasonable time, effective steps to achieve practical ap-
plication of the technology. 
SEC. 7. WAIVER OF LIABILITY. 
The Secretary may require registered participants to 
waive claims against the Federal Government and the ad-
ministering entity (except claims for willful misconduct) 
for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, 
or profits arising from the registered participants’ partici-
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pation in a competition under this Act. The Secretary 
shall give notice of any waiver required under this section 
in the notice required by section 4(b)(2). The Secretary 
may not require a registered participant to waive claims 
against the administering entity arising out of the unau-
thorized use or disclosure by the administering entity of 
the registered participant’s intellectual property, trade se-
crets, or confidential business information. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AWARDS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for the period encompassing fiscal 
years 2012 through 2023 for carrying out this Act— 
(1) $10,000,000 each for two awards, and Fed-
eral contracting opportunities; and 
(2) $2,000,000 for two additional awards to 
support continued actions to develop the successful 
entities. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF AWARDS.—Amounts received 
pursuant to an award under this Act may not be taxed 
by any Federal, State, or local authority. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to the amounts 
authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 
2012 through 2023 $2,000,000 for the administrative 
costs of carrying out this Act. 
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(d) CARRYOVER OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated for 
prize awards under this Act shall remain available until 
expended and may be transferred, reprogrammed, or ex-
pended for other purposes only after the expiration of 11 
fiscal years after the fiscal year for which the funds were 
originally appropriated. No provision in this Act permits 
obligation or payment of funds in violation of section 1341 
of title 31, United States Code. 
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