Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations to assist nuclear closure communities
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In this section: The term Administration means the Economic Development Administration. The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. The term nuclear closure community means a community that has been impacted, or reasonably demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Assistant Secretary that it will be impacted, by the closure of a nuclear power plant. The term small, rural, or disadvantaged community means a community that— has a population of fewer than 50,000 individuals; or is disadvantaged with respect to geographic, socioeconomic, public health, or environmental hazard criteria, as determined by the Assistant Secretary.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Assistant Secretary to assist in the economic development of nuclear closure communities $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2029. Of any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall use— 15 percent to provide technical assistance to nuclear closure communities under the Research and National Technical Assistance Program of the Administration; and 85 percent for implementation projects in nuclear closure communities under the Economic Adjustment Assistance Program of the Administration established under section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3149 ).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary may not impose a cost-sharing requirement with respect to— any technical assistance described in paragraph (2)(A) that is provided to a nuclear closure community that is a small, rural, or disadvantaged community; or any implementation project described in paragraph (2)(B) in a nuclear closure community that is a small, rural, or disadvantaged community.
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Authorization of appropriations to assist nuclear closure communities
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