NRC USER FEES.

SEC. 3201. NRC USER FEES. Section 7601 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) (Public Law 99–272) is amended to read as follows: “(1) In general.— The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall assess and collect annual charges from its licensees on a fiscal year basis, except that— “(A) the maximum amount of the aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this paragraph in any fiscal year may not exceed an amount that, when added to other amounts collected by the Commission for such fiscal year under other provisions of law, is estimated to be equal to 33 percent of the costs incurred by the Commission with respect to such fiscal year, except that for fiscal year 1990 such maximum amount shall be estimated to be equal to 45 percent of the costs incurred by the Commission for fiscal year 1990; and “(B) any such charge assessed pursuant to this paragraph shall be reasonably related to the regulatory service provided by the Commission and shall fairly reflect the cost to the Commission of providing such service. 103 STAT. 2133 “(2) Establishment of amount by rule.—The amount of the charges assessed pursuant to this paragraph shall be established by rule.”.