I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6665 
To prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing certain licenses 
for the storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. NEHLS (for himself and Mr. JACKSON of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing 
certain licenses for the storage of spent nuclear fuel 
and high-level radioactive waste, 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 ‘‘Consolidated Interim 
Storage Facility Restriction Act of 2025’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:12 Dec 31, 2025
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6665.IH
H6665
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMIS-
SION LICENSES FOR CERTAIN STORAGE OF 
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RA-
DIOACTIVE WASTE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The nuclear industry of the United States 
is largely governed and regulated pursuant to au-
thorities under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the 
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and the Nu-
clear Waste Policy Act of 1982. 
(2) The Commission issues and enforces certain 
regulations relating to such nuclear industry. 
(3) Congress maintains the constitutional au-
thority to repeal or otherwise prohibit through legis-
lation certain actions taken by Federal departments 
and agencies, including the Commission, under sec-
tion 8 of article I of the Constitution (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘necessary and proper clause’’). 
(4) The Commission has concluded that it pos-
sesses the statutory authority to issue a license au-
thorizing a private entity to store spent nuclear fuel 
or high-level radioactive waste at privately owned 
away from reactor storage sites, commonly referred 
to as ‘‘consolidated interim storage facilities’’, and 
have issued such licenses. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:12 Dec 31, 2025
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6665.IH
H6665
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
(5) The authority of the Commission to issue 
such licenses has since been challenged in court, re-
sulting in a circuit split between the United States 
Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and the 
United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
Columbia Circuit, versus the United States Court of 
Appeals for the 5th Circuit. 
(6) The transportation and storage of spent nu-
clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste pose sig-
nificant threats to the health and safety of the pub-
lic. 
(7) Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 
waste require stable long-term facilities for safe stor-
age, and such storage requires proper oversight from 
Congress and the Commission to ensure the health 
and safety of the public. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Commission lacks express statutory author-
ity to issue a license specified in subsection (a)(4). 
(c) PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF LICENSES.—Be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, notwith-
standing any provision of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(40 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion may not issue a license authorizing— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:12 Dec 31, 2025
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6665.IH
H6665
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB