House Bill 590
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2017
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Passed House on Jan 23, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
590
Congress
115
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
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checkPassed on January 23, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text of measure as passed: CR H569-570)
Summary
Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to enter into a memorandum of understanding to:
- ensure that DOE has sufficient technical expertise to support the civilian nuclear industry's timely development and commercial deployment of safe, innovative advanced reactor technology;
- ensure that the NRC has sufficient technical expertise to support the evaluation of requests for regulatory approval for advanced reactors;
- use computers and software codes to calculate the behavior and performance of advanced reactors based on mathematical models of their physical behavior; and
- ensure that the DOE maintains and develops the facilities to support the civilian nuclear industry's timely development and commercial deployment of safe, innovative reactor technology and ensuring that the NRC has access to such facilities, as needed.
In addition, the NRC is required to develop a regulatory framework for licensing advanced nuclear reactors.
This bill amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to require that the aggregate amount of fees collected by the NRC from licensees and certificate holders in a fiscal year be decreased by the amount of appropriations for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear reactor technologies.February 10, 2017
January 24, 2017
January 23, 2017
January 20, 2017
02/10/2017
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
02/10/2017
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
01/24/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
01/23/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
01/23/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H569-570)
01/23/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text of measure as passed: CR H569-570)
01/23/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 590.
01/23/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H569-571)
01/23/2017
Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
01/20/2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
01/20/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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Jan 11, 2023 1:34:20 PM