,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cced  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bh1        
#bjac,mr4 ,engel 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,lowey7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require that spent nuclear fuel be      
stored in certified dry cask storage1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,dry ,cask ,storage ,act4  #b4 ,dry cask
 spent nuclear fuel storage  7a7        
,required designation ,the ,nuclear     
,regulatory ,commission shall establish 
a procedure to require designation of   
spent nuclear fuel contained in storage 
pools as qualified to be placed in dry  
cask storage when the fuel has cooled   
sufficiently to permit such storage     
method4  7b7 ,fuel currently in pools   
,as soon as practicable1 but not later  
than #ae years after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 all spent       
nuclear fuel that is contained in       

storage pools as of such date of        
enactment and qualified to be placed in 
dry cask storage shall be moved to dry  
casks certified by the ,commission4  7c7
 ,disposition ,except as provided in    
subsection 7b71 not later than #a year  
after fuel is designated by the         
,commission pursuant to subsection 7a7  
as qualified to be placed in dry cask   
storage-- 7#a7 such fuel shall be moved 
from storage pools and placed in        
certified dry casks2 and  7#b7 such     
casks shall1 to the extent the          
,commission considers appropriate after 
conducting a cost-benefit analysis1 be  
stored temporarily in hardened onsite   
storage facilities4  7d7 ,costs of      
compliance ,the ,secretary of ,energy   
shall determine the costs required for  
compliance with subsection 7b7 or 7c7 by
 the owner of spent nuclear fuel1 and   
shall reduce by that amount the amount  
due from that owner pursuant to section 
#cjb of the ,nuclear ,waste ,policy ,act
 of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbbb74  7e7  

,annual status reports ,the ,nuclear    
,regulatory ,commission shall require   
each facility storing spent nuclear fuel
 to submit to the ,commission an annual 
report describing-- 7#a7 the total      
amount of spent fuel stored onsite1     
whether in storage pools1 dry casks1    
hardened onsite storage facilities1 or  
some other storage method2  7#b7 how    
much of the fuel is stored using each   
method of storage2 and  7#c7 how much of
 the fuel has been moved from one       
storage method or location to another   
during the past year4  7f7 ,regulations 
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,nuclear 
,regulatory ,commission shall issue     
regulations for carrying out this ,act4