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Calendar No. 304
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3343
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 18), 2001
Received and read the first time
JANUARY 23, 2002
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THORIUM REIMBURSE-
MENT.
(a) 
PAYMENTS
TO
LICENSEES.—Section
1001(b)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42
U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$140,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$365,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such
payments shall not exceed the following amounts:
‘‘(i) $90,000,000 in fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(ii) $55,000,000 in fiscal year 2003.
‘‘(iii) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.
‘‘(iv) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2005.
‘‘(v) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2006.
‘‘(vi) $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2007.
Any amounts authorized to be paid in a fiscal
year under this subparagraph that are not paid
in that fiscal year may be paid in subsequent
fiscal years.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 1003(a) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 2296a–2(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘$490,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$715,000,000’’.
(c) DEPOSITS.—Section 1802(a) of the Atomic En-
ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$488,333,333’’ and inserting ‘‘$518,233,333’’
and by inserting after ‘‘inflation’’ the phrase ‘‘beginning
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on the date of the enactment of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992’’.
(d) PORTSMOUTH.—(1) Chapter 19 of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2015 and following) is
amended by inserting the following after section 241:
‘‘SEC. 242. COLD STANDBY.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to expend such funds
as may be necessary for the purposes of maintaining en-
richment capability at the Portsmouth, Ohio, facility.’’.
(2) The table of contents for such chapter is amended
by inserting the following new item after the item relating
to section 241:
‘‘Sec. 242. Cold standby.’’.
SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT.
The Comptroller General shall conduct an audit on
the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decom-
missioning Fund established under section 1801 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g). Not later
than March 1, 2003, the Comptroller General shall trans-
mit to the Congress a report on the results of the audit.
Such report shall assess whether the Fund as currently
authorized will be of sufficient size and duration for car-
rying out decontamination and decommissioning and re-
medial action activities anticipated to be paid for from the
fund, and shall include recommendations for minimizing
increases in such activities. In conducting the audit, the
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Comptroller General shall specifically address whether the
deposits collected under sections 1802(c) and 1802(d) of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g-1(c)
and 2297g-1(d)) are sufficient to—
(1) pay for decontamination and decommis-
sioning activities pursuant to section 1803(b) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g-2(b));
(2) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant
to section 1803(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2297g-
2(c)); and
(3) pay for the remedial action costs pursuant
to section 1001(b)(2)(C) and (D) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C) and
(D)).
Passed the House of Representatives December 18,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.