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HR 6132 110th Congress House Energy Administrative procedure Commerce Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Independent regulatory commissions Law Licenses Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear fuels Off-budget expenditures Recycling industry Recycling of waste products Subsidies

To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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May 22, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
May 22, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
May 22, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to use amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to make competitive grants to or enter into long-term contracts with private sector entities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.

Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to complete a rulemaking establishing a process for licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, of facilities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel.

Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide that the receipt and disbursements of the Nuclear Waste Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficits or surplus for purposes of the executive budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) (thereby moving the Fund off-budget).

What's happening now May 22, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2