H.R. 3053—Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
H.R. 3053 - Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - 10:00am H-312, the Capitol View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 - 3:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 115-69PDFXML
Based on the text of H.R. 3053 as reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, with modifications.
:: Summary of modifications provided by the Committee on Energy and Commerce PDF
:: Comparative print showing H.R. 3053, as reported, compared with RCP 115-69 (pursuant to clause 12 of rule XXI) PDF
:: Ramseyer for RCP 115-69 (pursuant to clause 12 of rule XXI) PDF
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 (as reported)
H. Rept. 115-355, Part IPDF
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 115-665PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 7-4 on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 879:
Agreed to by record vote of 224-184, after agreeing to the previous questions by record vote of 223-189 on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
MANAGERS: Newhouse/Hastings
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-69 and provides that it shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Version 2 | Amodei (NV) | Republican | Late Revised Prioritizes certain research and development funding to institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Education, further designates transportation routes, addresses radium remediation and safety, requires reprocessing study for spent nuclear fuel near the Yucca Mountain site. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Kaptur (OH), Joyce (OH) | Bi-Partisan | Provides financial assistance to local governments that have lost tax revenue from the closure of a nuclear power plant in their jurisdiction and cannot redevelop the land due to stranded spent nuclear fuel. The assistance is up to 80% of tax losses in the first year, 70% in the second year, and continuing to decline down to 0. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Keating (MA), Welch (VT) | Democrat | Requires the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management to establish policies for coordination with state, tribal, and local governments and community stakeholders regarding the treatment and storage of spent fuel. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Keating (MA), Welch (VT) | Democrat | Requires the Department of Energy to publish a financial statements summary in its annual Nuclear Waste Fund financial statement audit. | Made In Order |
| 12 | Version 2 | Keating (MA), Welch (VT) | Democrat | Revised Requires the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management to establish plans for spent nuclear fuel at decommissioning nuclear power plants to be transferred to secure storage. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 1 | Keating (MA), Welch (VT) | Democrat | Requires the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management to establish a program to reimburse communities for costs associated with storing spent nuclear fuel in advance of its transfer. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Kihuen (NV) | Democrat | Strikes provision allowing appropriations to be offset by nuclear waste fee collections [the Waste Fund] and requires that any funds appropriated to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository Site be treated as discretionary appropriations. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 2 | Kihuen (NV) | Democrat | Revised Authorize grants to the State of Nevada and affected units of local government to conduct socioeconomic studies on the impacts on such units as it relates to the nation’s first high-level nuclear waste repository proposed at Yucca Mountain. Funding for such studies would come from nuclear waste fee collections (the Waste Fund). | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Kildee (MI), Lipinski (IL), Walorski (IN), Lawrence (MI), Schakowsky (IL), Moolenaar (MI), Bergman (MI), Joyce (OH), Mitchell (MI), Levin, Sander (MI) | Bi-Partisan | Sense of Congress that encourages the President to work with the Canadian government to work on a plan to permanently store nuclear waste outside the Great Lakes basin. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Lowey (NY) | Democrat | Allows Secretary of Energy to make payments to units of local government to mitigate social or economic impacts occasioned by sustained onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel after decommissioning of a civilian nuclear power reactor. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM) | Democrat | Express the sense of Congress that the United States should compensate and recognize all of the miners, workers, downwinders, and others suffering from the effects of uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM) | Democrat | Adds H.R. 2049, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2017, to the end of H.R. 3053. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM) | Democrat | Strengthens the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act by extending, to December 31, 1990, the period during which an individual employed in a uranium mine or uranium mill is eligible to receive compensation and making miners, core drillers, and ore transporters who suffer renal cancer or any other chronic renal disease, including nephritis and kidney tubal tissue injury, eligible for compensation. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM) | Democrat | Strengthens the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act by expanding the definition of "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Guam, and New Mexico, as well as any county in Arizona, Nevada, or Utah that have been shown to be impacted by downwind contamination. | Submitted |
| 1 | Version 1 | Rosen (NV) | Democrat | Prohibits any action relating to the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste repository at the Yucca Mountain site until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget studies the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the site. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Schneider (IL), Lowey (NY) | Democrat | Requires a report on existing resources across the federal government that could assist communities struggling with the economic impact of a nuclear plant closure and housing spent nuclear fuel and assist communities in the decommissioning process with developing economic adjustment plans. | Made In Order |
| 9 | Version 1 | Titus (NV) | Democrat | SUBSTITUTE Strikes the language of H.R. 3053 and insert language establishing a consent-based siting process for determining a permanent nuclear waste repository. | Made In Order |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 210
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #1 to H.R. 3053, offered by Rep. Rosen (NV) which prohibits any action relating to the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste repository at the Yucca Mountain site until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget studies the economic viability and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the site. Defeated 4-7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 211
Motion by Mr. Collins to report the rule. Adopted 7-4