,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cibi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #c1         
#bjag,mr4 ,courtney 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,welch7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,energy to carry out a program to       
provide payments to communities in which
 a nuclear power plant that has ceased  
generating electricity and that stores  
spent nuclear fuel onsite is located1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stranded ,nuclear ,waste               
,accountability ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,program for payments to communities    
that are impacted by interim storage of 
spent nuclear fuel  7a7 ,program ,the   
,secretary of ,energy shall establish   
and carry out a program to make payments
 to units of general local government   
within the jurisdictional boundaries of 
which an eligible civilian nuclear power

 plant is located4  7b7 ,payments  7#a7 
,amount ,except as provided in paragraph
 7#c71 a payment made to a unit of      
general local government under the      
program established under subsection 7a7
 shall be equal to #ae per kilogram of  
spent nuclear fuel stored at the        
eligible civilian nuclear power plant   
that is located within the              
jurisdictional boundaries of such unit  
of general local government4  7#b7      
,number and frequency ,for each eligible
 civilian nuclear power plant1 the      
,secretary may only make one payment to 
one unit of general local government per
 fiscal year under the program          
established under subsection 7a74  7#c7 
,pro rata reduction ,for any fiscal     
year1 the ,secretary shall1 on a pro    
rata basis1 reduce the amount paid to a 
unit of general local government under  
the program established under subsection
 7a7 as necessary to ensure1 to the     
extent possible1 that a payment is made 
to a unit of general local government   

with respect to each eligible civilian  
nuclear power plant for that fiscal     
year4  7#d7 ,annual application ,in     
order to be eligible to receive a       
payment under the program established   
under subsection 7a7 for a fiscal year1 
a unit of general local government shall
 submit an application to the           
,secretary4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this  
,act3 7#a7 ,civilian nuclear power      
reactor ,the term civilian nuclear power
 reactor has the meaning given such term
 in section #b7f7 of the ,nuclear ,waste
 ,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajaja7f774  7#b7 ,eligible civilian    
nuclear power plant ,the term eligible  
civilian nuclear power plant means a    
site at which-- 7,a7 each civilian      
nuclear power reactor located at such   
site has ceased generating electricity  
prior to the date of enactment of this  
,act2 and  7,b7 spent nuclear fuel is   
being stored4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term
 ,secretary means the ,secretary of     
,energy4  7#d7 ,spent nuclear fuel ,the 

term spent nuclear fuel has the meaning 
given such term in section #b7bc7 of the
 ,nuclear ,waste ,policy ,act of #aihb  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja7bc774  7#e7 ,unit 
of general local government ,the term   
unit of general local government has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#b7bh7 of the ,nuclear ,waste ,policy   
,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#ajaja7bh774  7d7 ,authorization of     
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated #ajj1jjj1jjj for the    
program established under subsection 7a7
 for each of fiscal years #bjah through 
#bjbd4