HR 3385 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

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

Introduced Jul 29, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Joe Barton R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 30, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 29, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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).

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2009 to Oct 6, 2009, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-KYEd WhitfieldOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-MIFred UptonOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-ILJohn ShimkusOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-NELee TerryOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-CAMary BonoOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-MIMike RogersOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-TXTed PoeOriginalJul 29, 2009
R-TXSam JohnsonOct 6, 2009

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 30, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
  2. Jul 29, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Jul 29, 2009Referred to House Budget
  4. Jul 29, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  5. Jul 29, 2009Referred 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

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  1. Jul 29, 2009Introduced in House

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