Accelerating Nuclear Innovation through Fee Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6154

To exclude costs of reviewing applications for advanced nuclear reactor 
     licenses from the activities for which the Nuclear Regulatory 
           Commission assesses fees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2021

   Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. Luria) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To exclude costs of reviewing applications for advanced nuclear reactor 
     licenses from the activities for which the Nuclear Regulatory 
           Commission assesses fees, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerating Nuclear Innovation 
through Fee Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION RELATING TO ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR APPLICATIONS.

    Section 102(b) of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2215(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                            ``(iv) Costs for activities, other than 
                        acceptance reviews, related to preapplication 
                        consultations regarding, and reviews of 
                        applications for, licenses for design, 
                        construction, or operation of advanced nuclear 
                        reactors, including costs for activities of any 
                        project manager assigned to a specific advanced 
                        nuclear reactor application.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Sunset for exclusion for costs relating to 
                advanced nuclear reactor applications.--The exclusion 
                described in subparagraph (B)(iv) shall cease to be 
                effective on the date that is 15 years after the date 
                of enactment of this subparagraph.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``In accordance with'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--In accordance with''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
                the Commission may not assess or collect fees to cover 
                the costs described in paragraph (1)(B)(iv). The 
                exclusion described in the previous sentence shall 
                cease to be effective on the date that is 15 years 
                after the date of enactment of this subparagraph.''.
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