1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Monitored Retrievable Storage Sec. 101. Monitored retrievable storage. Sec. 102. Authorization and priority. Sec. 103. Conditions for MRS agreements. Sec. 104. Survey. Sec. 105. Site selection. Sec. 106. Benefits agreement. Sec. 107. Licensing. Title II—Permanent Repository Sec. 201. Land withdrawal, jurisdiction, and reservation. Sec. 202. Water access. Sec. 203. Application procedures and infrastructure activities. Sec. 204. Pending repository license application. Sec. 205. Limitation on planning, development, or construction of defense waste repository. Sec. 206. Sense of Congress regarding transportation routes. Title III—DOE Contract Performance Sec. 301. Title to material. Title IV—Benefits to Host Community Sec. 401. Consent. Sec. 402. Content of agreements. Sec. 403. Covered units of local government. Sec. 404. Termination. Sec. 405. Priority funding for certain institutions of higher education. Sec. 406. Disposal of spent nuclear fuel. Sec. 407. Updated report. Title V—Funding Sec. 501. Assessment and collection of fees. Sec. 502. Use of Waste Fund. Sec. 503. Annual multi-year budget proposal. Sec. 504. Availability of certain amounts. Title VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 601. Certain standards and criteria. Sec. 602. Application. Sec. 603. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. I Monitored Retrievable Storage 101. Monitored retrievable storage (a) Proposal Section 141(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10161(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 1985 and inserting 2019 ; and (B) by striking the construction of ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: (C) designs, specifications, and cost estimates sufficient to— (i) solicit bids for the construction of one or more such facilities