Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
Latest action · May 21, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
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.
- IntroducedJun 28, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy. Specifically, DOE must enter into one or more agreements to carry out at least four advanced nuclear reactor demonstration projects.
DOE must establish goals for research relating to advanced nuclear reactors, including by coordinating with members of private industry to advance the demonstration of various designs of advanced nuclear reactors.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 28, 2017 to Jul 18, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 28, 2017 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Jul 13, 2017 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jul 18, 2017 |
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 Jun 28, 2017Markup Mar 8, 2018Reported May 21, 2018 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Oct 3, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 115-251.
- May 21, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
- Mar 8, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Oct 3, 2017Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-318.
- Jun 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jun 28, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 estimate
- Dec 20, 2018S. 1457, Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 21, 2018
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. 115-318 | PENDING LEGISLATION43 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Oct 3, 2017 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN10765 | Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Status and Issues Archived | Insight | Aug 24, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3422 | Nuclear Energy Leadership Act | Related bill | Nov 29, 2018 |
| HR 5260 | Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act | Identical bill | May 22, 2018 |
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 direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out demonstration projects relating to advanced nuclear reactor technologies to support domestic energy needs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2018Reported to Senate
- Jun 28, 2017Introduced 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.
