To increase transparency relating to the Department of Energy's authorizations of certain nuclear facilities.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9084 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9084 To increase transparency relating to the Department of Energy's authorizations of certain nuclear facilities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 2, 2026 Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase transparency relating to the Department of Energy's authorizations of certain nuclear facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Energy Nuclear Transparency Act''. SEC. 2. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ACTIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN NUCLEAR FACILITIES. (a) Alterations to Directives and Safety Standards.-- (1) Public announcement.--Not later than 24 hours after altering a directive or safety standard relating to covered DOE nuclear facilities, the Secretary of Energy shall post, on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Energy, an announcement regarding such alteration. (2) Inclusion.--Each announcement under paragraph (1) shall include a summary of how the relevant directive or safety standard was altered. (b) Documented Safety Analysis.-- (1) Public announcement.--Not later than 24 hours after issuing any preliminary documented safety analysis or documented safety analysis with respect to a covered DOE nuclear facility, the Secretary of Energy shall post, on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Energy, an announcement regarding the issuance of such preliminary documented safety analysis or documented safety analysis. (2) Inclusion.-- (A) Analysis.--Subject to subparagraph (B), each annou