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S.2016
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization and Improvements Act of
2000 (Introduced in the Senate)
SEC. 17. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
(1) SALARIES AND EXPENSES- There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2017) and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
5875) $465,400,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended,
of which $19,150,000 is authorized to be appropriated from the Nuclear Waste Fund established by
section 302 of the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222).
(2) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL- There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended.
(b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED-
(1) IN GENERAL- The amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (a)(1) shall be allocated as follows:
(A) NUCLEAR REACTOR
SAFETY- $210,043,000 shall be used for the Nuclear Reactor Safety
Program.
(B) NUCLEAR MATERIALS
SAFETY- $63,881,000 shall be used for the Nuclear Materials Safety
Program.
(C) NUCLEAR WASTE
SAFETY- $42,143,000 shall be used for the Nuclear Waste Safety
Program.
(D) INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETY SUPPORT PROGRAM-
$4,840,000 shall be used for the International Nuclear Safety Support
Program.
(E) MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT PROGRAM- $144,493,000 shall be used for the
Management and Support Program.
(2) LIMITATION- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may
use not more than 1 percent of the amounts allocated under paragraph (1) to
exercise authority under section 31a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42
U.S.C. 2051(a)) to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements with
organizations such as universities, State and local governments, and
not-for-profit institutions.
(A) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), any
amount allocated for a fiscal year under any subparagraph of paragraph (1)
for the program referred to in that subparagraph may be reallocated by the
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission for use in a program referred to in any other such
subparagraph.
(i) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION- The amount made available from
appropriations for use for any program referred to in any subparagraph
of paragraph (1) may not, as a result of a reallocation under
subparagraph (A), be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 for
a quarter unless the Commission provides advance notification of the
reallocation to the Committee on Commerce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate.
(ii) CONTENTS- A notification under clause (i) shall contain a
complete statement of the reallocation to be made and the facts and
circumstances relied on in support of the reallocation.
(C) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS- Funds authorized to be appropriated from the
Nuclear Waste
Fund--
(i) may be used only for the high-level nuclear waste activities of the
Commission; and
(ii) may not be reallocated for other Commission
activities.
(c) LIMITATION- No authority to make payments under this section shall be
effective except to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance
in appropriation Acts.
SEC. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the
amendments made by this Act shall be effective on the date of enactment of
this Act.
(b) DECOMMISSIONING AND LICENSE REMOVAL- The amendments made by sections
14 and 16 take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
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