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HR 3981 108th Congress House Environmental Protection Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Fees Government trust funds Radioactive wastes Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances

To reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 17, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
Jul 9, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-594.
Jun 24, 2004
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 19.
Jun 24, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 16, 2004
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 16, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 25, 2004
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 18, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Mar 17, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 17, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(Sec. 1) States that fees collected by the Secretary of Energy and deposited into the Nuclear Waste Fund shall be credited to the Fund as offsetting collections beginning October 1, 2004, and continuing through September 30, 2009, not to exceed the amounts annually appropriated during that period from the Fund. Sets a maximum amount for FY 2005 at $576 million.

Authorizes necessary appropriations from the Fund to the extent that the level of budgetary resources from offsetting collections is insufficient to implement activities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 for a fiscal year.

(Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary to report to Congress biennially regarding the Fund's adequacy (including an assessment of whether current unexpended balances in the Fund, if made fully available to the Secretary, would affect annual fee determinations).

Requires the report also to recommend whether this Act should be extended beyond its current expiration date of September 30, 2009, and whether alternative approaches may be necessary to access unexpended balances in the Fund.

What's happening now July 9, 2004

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1