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A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission…

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A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy.

Introduced: May 18, 2015 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 9, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.
May 18, 2015
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to report on its capabilities to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes up to 20 megawatts thermal output and related demonstration facilities at DOE-owned sites.

Prescribes report contents, including: (1) potential sites capable of hosting research, development, and demonstration of prototype reactors and related facilities; (2) long-term project costs; and (3) issues relating to potential cases of demonstration reactors up to 2 gigawatts of thermal output.

What's happening now June 9, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-344.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1158 Related bill Department of Energy Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer Act of 2015
  • HR 3440 Related bill Fusion Innovation Act of 2015
  • S 2012 Related bill Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Jun 4, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1363: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1363/
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"S. 1363: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1363/.
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S. 1363, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1363/.
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