Sec. 3. Nuclear closure communities

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In this section: The term community advisory board means a community committee or other advisory organization that aims to foster communication and information exchange between a licensee planning for and involved in decommissioning activities and members of the community that decommissioning activities may affect. The term decommission has the meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). The term eligible recipient has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3122 ).

The term licensee has the meaning given the term in section 50.2 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). The term nuclear closure community means a unit of local government, including a county, city, town, village, school district, or special district that has been impacted, or reasonably demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Commerce, that it will be impacted, by a nuclear power plant licensed by the Commission that has ceased operation or has provided a written notification to the Commission that it will cease operations as of the date of enactment of this Act.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible recipients— to provide financial assistance to local governments who have experienced, or are anticipating, major revenue shortfalls due to the closure, or announced closure, of a nuclear power plant; to assist with economic development in nuclear closure communities; and to fund community advisory boards in nuclear closure communities.

In carrying out this section, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Commerce shall implement the recommendations described in the report submitted to Congress under section 108 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act ( Public Law 115–439 ; 132 Stat. 5577) entitled Best Practices for Establishment and Operation of Local Community Advisory Boards Associated with Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants . The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a formula to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, geographic diversity among grant recipients under this section.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce— to carry out subsection (b)(1), $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026; to carry out subsection (b)(2), $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026; and to carry out subsection (b)(3), $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023. Amounts made available under this section shall remain available for a period of 5 years beginning on the date on which the amounts are made available.

None of the funds made available under this section may be used to offset the funding for any other Federal program.

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