,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ac1      
#bjah,ms4 ,kaptur 7for herself and ,mr4 
,welch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,secretary of ,energy to    
establish and carry out a program to    
provide financial assistance to units of
 local government impacted by the       
reduction in tax revenue from nuclear   
power plants4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,troubled      
,nuclear ,power ,plants ,communities    
,assistance ,act4  #b4 ,assistance for  
communities with troubled nuclear power 
plants program  7a7 ,findings ,the      
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the markets for electricity generation 
are rapidly evolving due to the very low
 cost of natural gas such that many     
nuclear power plants are no longer      
economically competitive4  7#b7 ,over   
the past #e years1 #ah nuclear power    

plants have permanently closed or have  
announced plans to close4  7#c7 ,the    
impact of closure of a nuclear power    
plant on the local economy can be severe
 due to the loss of jobs and a reduced  
tax base4  7#d7 ,closure of a nuclear   
power plant typically means the loss of 
#djj to #gjj highly paid workers4  7#e7 
,a typical reactor has estimated wages  
for workers of #dj million annually4    
7#f7 ,nuclear power plants are among the
 largest taxpayers in the jurisdictions 
in which they are sited1 typically      
contributing tens of millions of dollars
 in local taxes4  7#g7 ,when calculating
 the total tax impact 7direct and       
secondary71 the average nuclear power   
plant provides over #ajj million in tax 
revenue each year to the local and      
,state governments4  7#h7 ,the closure  
of a nuclear power plant causes         
significant negative impacts to the     
,g,d,ps of the affected ,states4  7#i7  
,stranded spent nuclear fuel prevents   
communities from redeveloping sites     

where nuclear power plants previously   
operated which further inhibits tax     
revenues4  7b7 ,assistance for          
,communities with ,troubled ,nuclear    
,power ,plants ,program  7#a7           
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,energy shall establish and carry out a 
program to be known as the ,assistance  
for ,communities with ,troubled ,nuclear
 ,power ,plants ,program 7in this       
section referred to as the ,program7 to 
provide financial assistance to units of
 local government who have experienced a
 reduction in tax revenue from nuclear  
power plants4  7#b7 ,unit of local      
government ,in this section1 a unit of  
local government includes a county1     
city1 town1 village1 school district1   
and special district4  7#c7 ,eligibility
 ,to be eligible to receive financial   
assistance under this section1 a unit of
 local government shall submit to the   
,secretary of ,energy an application    
that includes documentation that--  7,a7
 the unit of local government has       

experienced1 or is predicted to         
experience1 during a calendar year      
beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjad1   
and ending before ,january #a1 #bjbe--  
7i7 a reduction of not less than #bj    
percent in overall tax revenue received 
by such unit of local government for    
such year compared with the average of  
such tax revenue for the previous #e    
years2 and  7ii7 a reduction in tax     
revenue attributable to a nuclear power 
plant received by such unit of local    
government for such year1 compared with 
the average of such tax revenue for the 
previous #e years1 that is not less than
 #bj percent of the average for such    
previous #e years of the overall tax    
revenue received by such unit2 and  7,b7
 spent nuclear fuel is stored at the    
site of such nuclear power plant4  7#d7 
,assistance  7,a7 ,in general ,subject  
to amounts made available in advance in 
appropriations ,acts1 financial         
assistance provided under this section  
to a unit of local government shall be  

made with respect to each year of the   
#h-year period beginning on the first   
day of the calendar year described in   
paragraph 7#c77;,a74  7,b7 ,amount of   
assistance ,subject to amounts made     
available in advance in appropriations  
,acts1 financial assistance provided    
under this section to a unit of local   
government for a year of an #h-year     
period shall be equal to the lesser of  
#aj1jjj1jjj and--  7i7 in the case of   
the first year of the #h-year period1   
#hj percent of the loss described in    
paragraph 7#c77;,a77ii7 with respect to 
such unit2  7ii7 in the case of the     
second year of the #h-year period1 #gj  
percent of such loss2  7iii7 in the case
 of the third year of the #h-year       
period1 #fj percent of such loss2  7iv7 
in the case of the fourth year of the   
#h-year period1 #ej percent of such     
loss2  7v7 in the case of the fifth year
 of the #h-year period1 #dj percent of  
such loss2  7vi7 in the case of the     
sixth year of the #h-year period1 #cj   

percent of such loss2  7vii7 in the case
 of the seventh year of the #h-year     
period1 #bj percent of such loss2 and   
7viii7 in the case of the eighth year of
 the #h-year period1 #aj percent of such
 loss4  7c7 ,authorization of           
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #hj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  
years #bjai through #bjca4