Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act
Latest action · Mar 4, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act
This bill revises the permitting and licensing process for nuclear production or utilization facilities.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must follow specified procedures when reviewing an application for an early site permit, construction permit, operating license, or combined construction permit and operating license for a nuclear production or utilization facility.
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on the effects of eliminating mandatory hearings for uncontested licensing and construction permit applications under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
The bill revises the composition of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, and provides specific timelines for the committee to complete its review for a construction permit or an operating license for a nuclear facility.
The bill also places a limit on the amount of annual fees that may be charged to a nuclear fuel facility, with specified exceptions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Government studies and investigations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Licensing and registrations
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2021Introduced in House
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