,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #b1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,cruz7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit 
the use of ,federal funds for the       
private interim storage of spent nuclear
 fuel1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,prohibition on use of ,federal funds   
for private interim storage of spent    
nuclear fuel until such time that a     
permanent repository is available to    
accept the spent nuclear fuel  7a7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,disposal2 monitored retrievable storage
 facility2 repository2 spent nuclear    
fuel2 storage ,the terms disposal1      
monitored retrievable storage facility1 
repository1 spent nuclear fuel1 and     
storage have the meanings given the     
terms in section #b of the ,nuclear     
,waste ,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db       

,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja74  7#b7 ,monitored     
retrievable storage ,the term monitored 
retrievable storage has the same meaning
 as in subtitle ,c of title ,i of the   
,nuclear ,waste ,policy ,act of #aihb   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajafa et seq474  7b7    
,prohibition  7#a7 ,in general          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and subject to subsection 7c71      
during the period described in          
subsection 7d71 no ,federal funds made  
available under any ,act1 including     
amounts made available under the        
permanent judgment appropriation        
established pursuant to section #acjd of
 title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code       
7commonly known as the ,judgment ,fund71
 for any fiscal year may be used for any
 costs associated with the              
identification1 development1 licensing1 
granting of rights-of-way1 construction1
 operation1 decommissioning1 or         
post-decommissioning maintenance and    
monitoring of any privately owned-- 7,a7
 monitored retrievable storage facility2

  7,b7 consolidated interim storage     
facility that serves the purpose and    
function of monitored retrievable       
storage under the ,nuclear ,waste       
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajaja et seq472 or  7,c7 spent nuclear 
fuel storage facility that-- 7i7 is     
not-- 7,i7 colocated at the site of a   
nuclear fuel production1 fabrication1 or
 utilization facility2 or  7,,ii7 in    
operation as of the date of enactment of
 this ,act2 and  7ii7 serves the purpose
 and function of monitored retrievable  
storage under the ,nuclear ,waste       
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#ajaja et seq474  7#b7 ,scope ,the      
prohibition described in paragraph 7#a7 
extends to contracting for the services 
of a private company for any storage of 
spent nuclear fuel at1 or transportation
 of spent nuclear fuel to1 a privately  
owned facility that serves the purpose  
and function of monitored retrievable   
storage under the ,nuclear ,waste       
,policy ,act of #aihb 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    

#ajaja et seq47 for the purpose of      
consolidating the storage of domestic   
spent nuclear fuel at #a or more        
facilities until such time that a       
repository is available to accept the   
spent nuclear fuel for permanent        
disposal4  7c7 ,limitations ,subsection 
7b7 does not prohibit-- 7#a7 a          
manufacturer of nuclear reactors or     
fabricator of nuclear fuel from         
accepting spent nuclear fuel at the site
 where the spent nuclear fuel is        
fabricated or generated2  7#b7 an       
operating or decommissioned nuclear     
power plant from accepting spent nuclear
 fuel for interim storage at the site of
 the plant2  7#c7 the use of ,federal   
funds for the costs described in that   
subsection that are associated with the 
activities described in paragraphs 7#a7 
and 7#b72  7#d7 the use of ,federal     
funds for storage of spent nuclear fuel 
at1 or the transportation of spent      
nuclear fuel to1 federally owned        
facilities at ,department of ,energy    

sites in existence as of the date of    
enactment of this ,act2 or  7#e7 the    
transfer of spent nuclear fuel owned by 
the ,department of ,energy between      
,department of ,energy sites4  7d7      
,period of prohibition described ,the   
period referred to in subsection 7b7 is 
the period beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act and ending on the
 date on which the ,secretary of ,energy
 certifies to ,congress that a permanent
 repository is available to accept the  
spent nuclear fuel4  7e7 ,department of 
,energy funds ,no funds of the          
,department of ,energy shall be used to 
pay to any privately owned facility     
described in subsection 7b7 any damages 
awarded in any civil action in an       
appropriate district court of the       
,united ,states relating to the         
prohibition under subsection 7b74  7f7  
,rule of construction ,nothing in this  
section shall be construed to imply     
that1 prior to the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 any privately owned facility 

described in subsection 7b7 may receive 
any funds from the ,federal ,government 
for the activities prohibited under that
 subsection4  7g7 ,report ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,energy shall submit to ,congress a  
report detailing-- 7#a7 possible        
locations1 or a description of a        
possible siting process1 for future     
consolidated interim storage facilities 
and repositories of spent nuclear fuel  
if ,congress were to authorize the      
siting1 construction1 and operation of  
new storage facilities or repositories  
through the use of a consent-based      
system2 and  7#b7 the estimated costs   
and risks of that future consolidated   
interim storage4