; and (2) continue in effect with the Administrator substituted for the Secretary. (b) Settlement of pending litigation; contract modification (1) Settlement The Attorney General, in consultation with the Administrator, shall settle all claims against the United States by a contract holder for the breach of a contract for the disposal of nuclear waste under section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10222(a) ) as a condition precedent of an agreement of the Administrator to take title to and store the nuclear waste of the contract holder at a storage facility. (2) Contract modification The Administrator and contract holders shall modify contracts entered into under section 302(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10222(a) ) in accordance with the settlement under paragraph (1). (c) Payment of judgments and settlements Payment of judgments and settlements in cases arising from the failure of the Secretary to meet the deadline of January 31, 1998, to begin to dispose of nuclear waste under contracts entered into under section 302(a)(1) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(1) ) shall continue to be paid from the permanent judgment appropriation established pursuant to section 1304 of title 31, United States Code. (d) New contracts Notwithstanding section 302(a)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(5) ), the Administrator shall not enter into any contract after the date of enactment of this Act that obligates the Administrator to begin disposing of nuclear waste before the Commission has licensed the Administrator to operate a repository or storage facility. (e) Nuclear indemnification (1) Indemnification agreements For purposes of section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2210 ) (commonly known as the Price-Anderson Act )— (A) any person that conducts nuclear waste activities under a contract with the Administrator that may involve the risk of public liability shall be treated as a contractor of the Secretary