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Union Calendar No. 180
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2983
[Report No. 107–299, Part I]
To extend indemnification authority under section 170 of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 2001
Mrs. WILSON (for herself, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. NORWOOD, Mrs.
TAUSCHER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BURR of North Carolina,
Mr. WELLER, and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
NOVEMBER 19, 2001
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Science for
a period ending not later than November 20, 2001, for consideration of
such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction
of that committee pursuant to clause 1(n), rule X
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
NOVEMBER 20, 2001
Committee on Science discharged; committed 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 October 2, 2001]
A BILL
To extend indemnification authority under section 170 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Price-Anderson Reau-
thorization Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF INDEMNIFICATION AUTHORITY.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION
OF
NUCLEAR
REGULATORY
COMMISSION LICENSEES.—Section 170 c. of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(c)) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LI-
CENSES’’ and inserting ‘‘LICENSEES’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘August 1, 2002’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘August 1, 2017’’.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CONTRACTORS.—Section 170 d.(1)(A) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)(1)(A)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘August 1, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘August 1, 2017’’.
(c) INDEMNIFICATION OF NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Section 170 k. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘August
1, 2002’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘August 1,
2017’’.
SEC. 3. MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT.
Section 170 b.(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2210(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the second proviso of the third sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘$63,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$94,000,000’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 in any 1
year’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 in any 1 year
(subject to adjustment for inflation under sub-
section t.)’’; and
(2) in subsection t.—
(A) by inserting ‘‘total and annual’’ after
‘‘amount of the maximum’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment
of the Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988’’
and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2001’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘such date of enactment’’
and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2001’’.
SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LIABILITY LIMIT.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CONTRACTORS.—Section 170 d. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)) is amended by striking para-
graph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS.—In an agree-
ment of indemnification entered into under paragraph (1),
the Secretary—
‘‘(A) may require the contractor to provide and
maintain the financial protection of such a type and
in such amounts as the Secretary shall determine to
be appropriate to cover public liability arising out of
or in connection with the contractual activity; and
‘‘(B) shall indemnify the persons indemnified
against such liability above the amount of the finan-
cial 
protection 
required, 
in 
the 
amount 
of
$10,000,000,000 (subject to adjustment for inflation
under subsection t.), in the aggregate, for all persons
indemnified in connection with the contract and for
each nuclear incident, including such legal costs of the
contractor as are approved by the Secretary.’’.
(b) CONTRACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 170 d. of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(d)) is amended
by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) CONTRACT AMENDMENTS.—All agreements of in-
demnification under which the Department of Energy (or
its predecessor agencies) may be required to indemnify any
person under this section shall be deemed to be amended,
on the date of enactment of the Price-Anderson Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2001, to reflect the amount of indemnity for
public liability and any applicable financial protection re-
quired of the contractor under this subsection.’’.
(c) LIABILITY LIMIT.—Section 170 e.(1)(B) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210(e)(1)(B)) is
amended—