1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act . 2. Facilitation of efficient environmental reviews (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on facilitating efficient, timely environmental reviews of nuclear reactors through expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements. (b) Report In completing the report under subsection (a), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall— (1) consider— (A) the use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements by other Federal agencies and the applicability of such categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements for actions relating to nuclear reactors; (B) existing categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and generic environmental impact statements of the Commission that could be applied in whole or in part to construction permits, early site permits, or combined license applications for nuclear reactors; (C) the potential to use other Federal or State environmental permitting, or permitting from units of local government, in lieu of some portion of the environmental impact statement, or environmental assessment, for an action relating to a nuclear reactor; (D) opportunities to coordinate the development of environmental assessments or environmental impact statements with other Federal agencies for greater efficiency; and (E) new categorical exclusions that could be applied to actions relating to advanced nuclear reactors (as defined in section 3 of the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2215 note))