Nuclear Power 2021 Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
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.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Power 2021 Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to implement, through cooperative agreements with private sector partners, programs to: (1) develop a standard design for each of two small modular reactors (at least one of which has a maximum rated capacity of 50 electrical megawatts); (2) obtain design certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for each of the two standard designs by January 1, 2018; (3) demonstrate the licensing of small modular reactors by developing applications for a combined license for each of the NRC-certified designs and obtaining a combined license from the NRC for each of the certified designs by January 1, 2021, and (4) obtain an early site permit for two sites for one or more small modular reactors.
Requires the Secretary to select proposals for such cooperative agreements through the use of competitive procedures and an impartial review of their scientific and technical merit, taking into account the efficiency, cost, safety, and proliferation resistance of competing reactor designs.
Directs the Secretary to require that a non-federal source provide at least: (1) 50% of the development cost of each small modular reactor design and each early site permit; and (2) 75% of the licensing demonstration costs of each small modular reactor design.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Nov 20, 2009 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Nov 20, 2009 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Dec 2, 2009 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jan 20, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2009Hearings Dec 15, 2009Markup Jul 21, 2010Reported Sep 27, 2010 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 111-314.
- Sep 27, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
- Jul 21, 2010Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Dec 15, 2009Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-375.
- Nov 20, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Nov 20, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11884-11885)
- Nov 20, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11885)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11884Text printed S11885 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Nov 20, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 14, 2010S. 2812, Nuclear Power 2021 Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010</p>
- Sep 14, 2010S. 2812, Nuclear Power 2021 ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2010
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-375 | ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 200568 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Dec 15, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5164 | Nuclear Power 2021 Act | Identical bill | Apr 30, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor designs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nuclear Power 2021 Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Nuclear Power 2021 Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2010Reported to Senate
- Nov 20, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
