1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing America’s Nuclear Waste Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) dictated that the Federal Government would identify repositories and begin disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel beginning not later than January 31, 1998. (2) It has been 60 years since the first civilian nuclear power reactor became operational, and the United States still lacks a long-term management solution for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. (3) There are approximately 100 sites across at least 34 States where spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste is currently stored. (4) The need to develop a long-term nuclear waste storage plan for the United States is well recognized by many experts, institutions, and organizations, including the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Energy Institute. (5) With the future of the repository at the Yucca Mountain site in doubt, providing interim storage for spent nuclear fuel currently in repose at sites of both decommissioned and active civilian nuclear power reactors has become an imperative. (6) The purpose of a consolidated interim storage facility is to begin the process of accepting spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, while also developing and perfecting protocols and procedures for transportation and storage of such spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. (7) In recent decades, Federal agencies have used auctions and other market mechanisms to reduce costs to taxpayers and allocate resources in efficient and transparent ways. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Consolidated interim storage facility The term consolidated interim storage facility means a facility for the consolidated storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste generated by multiple persons or the Secretary of Energy pending the disposal of the spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive