To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure that sufficient stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets have been established near nuclear power plants and that appropriate plans for their utilization exist.

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Bill Number

HR 3279

Introduced

Nov 13, 2001

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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Congress Congressional reporting requirements Disaster relief Drugs Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Hospitals Nuclear power plant accidents Preventive medicine Radiation Radiation victims Radioactive fallout School health programs Schools Thyroid diseases

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Summary

Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure establishment, in individual homes and at public facilities within 50 miles of nuclear power plants, of stockpiles of potassium iodide tablets sufficient to provide adequate protection to the affected population.

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Nov 28, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Nov 13, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 13, 2001

Introduced in House

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