Pathway to Nuclear Power Act

Bill: 110-hr-7086
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Business investment and capital
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Department of Energy
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Nevada
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Radioactive wastes and releases
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: 
Pathway to Nuclear Power Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to: (1) revise terms and conditions governing federal loan guarantees for innovative technology projects; (2) modify the contract authority of the Secretary of Energy; (3) convert the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative into the Nuclear Power 2010 Program; and (4) instruct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations to implement workforce training programs for the nuclear industries.
 
Creates an interagency working group to make recommendations to coordinate federal actions and programs to promote domestic manufacture and export of nuclear energy products and services.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe: (1) a qualifying nuclear power manufacturing credit; (2) a nuclear power facility construction credit; (3) a five-year accelerated depreciation for new nuclear power facilities; and (4) a special rule for the allocation of credit among public-private partnerships that own an advanced nuclear power facility. 
 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 revise administrative procedures for licensing new nuclear power plants. 
 
Establishes a Joint Committee on Nuclear Energy to make recommendations to promote domestic nuclear energy.
 
States that, for the period following the licensed operation of any facility for the treatment or storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste, no consideration of the public health and safety, common defense and security, or environmental impacts of such storage is required regarding the development, construction, and operation of, or any permit, license, or siting approval for, a civilian nuclear power reactor or any facility for nuclear fuel or waste treatment or storage.
 
United States High Level Nuclear Waste Management Corporation Act - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the United States High Level Nuclear Waste Management Corporation.

Terminates the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy, in specified circumstances, to propose an adjustment to the fee for electricity generated from civilian nuclear power reactors.
 
Replaces the Nuclear Waste Fund with a Nuclear Waste Revolving Fund and a Nuclear Waste Legacy Fund.
 
Revises contract requirements with respect to such Funds following issuance of a license to construct and operate facilities to receive and store spent nuclear fuel at the Yucca Mountain site, Nevada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-25
text: Introduced in House