Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001
Latest action · Nov 8, 2001 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11618)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Revises guidelines pertaining to: (1) licensee insurance premiums; and (2) liability and indemnification limits.
Limits any civil penalty for a tax-exempt nonprofit contractor, subcontractor, or supplier to the amount of the performance fee paid by the Secretary.
Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to add two Assistant Secretaries of Energy to serve, respectively, as Director of: (1) the Office of Science; and (2) the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology.
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish or continue programs administered by the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology, including: (1) specified nuclear energy research and technology programs; (2) investments to increase electricity capacity at commercial nuclear plants; (3) continued domestic capability for uranium mining, conversion, and enrichment industries; and (4) university nuclear engineering education research and infrastructure.
Amends the USEC Privatization Act to prohibit the Secretary from selling surplus natural uranium and conversion services through 2006. Requires the sale of uranium hexaflouride.
Authorizes the Secretary to proceed to place the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant into cold standby condition for a five-year period.
Mandates a program to: (1) demonstrate the NRC Early Site Permit process; (2) evaluate opportunities for completion of partially constructed nuclear plants; (3) assess opportunities for Generation IV reactors; and (4) research potential licensing issues associated with new reactor technologies and designs.
Declares electricity generated by a nuclear plant to be an environmentally preferable product. Conditions Federal funding for a domestic or international organization that supports electricity production facilities upon inclusion of emission-free electricity production facility projects that use nuclear fuel.
Establishes the Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research to implement a research and development program pertaining to treatment, recycling, and disposal of high-level nuclear radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program to further the availability of electrometallurgical technology as a proliferation-resistant alternative to aqueous reprocessing in support of evaluation of alternative national strategies for spent nuclear fuel and Generation IV advanced reactor concepts; and (2) establish the Advanced Accelerator Applications Program.
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) revise certain commercial license requirements; (2) repeal restrictions pertaining to foreign ownership of commercial licensees; and (3) grant firearms and arrest authority to employees of NRC licensees.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2001 to Jul 16, 2001; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| D-FL | Bob Graham | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-AK | Frank H. Murkowski | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-TN | Fred Thompson | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 7, 2001 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| R-AR | Tim Hutchinson | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Apr 30, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | May 23, 2001 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | May 25, 2001 | |
| R-NC | Jesse Helms | Jul 16, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2001Hearings Jul 18, 2001 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 8, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11618)
- Jul 18, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-144 pt.2.
- Jul 12, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held and concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-144 pt.1.
- Jun 26, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- May 24, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1973–S1976, S1982–S1984Text printed S1976–S1982 | Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR, Frank H. Murkowski R-AK, Larry E. Craig R-ID, Mary L. Landrieu D-LA, Pete V. Domenici R-NM (text) | Mar 7, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 5
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES260 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jul 13, 2001–Jul 18, 2001 |
| Serial No. 107-55 | HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING AND NUCLEAR ENERGY185 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 27, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES202 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 24, 2001–Jul 12, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-89 | NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY56 pages | Appropriations Committee · Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 3, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-683 | ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002726 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 27, 2001–May 15, 2001 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to the supply of electricity in the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative remedies
- Air pollution control
- American economic assistance
- Antitrust law
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arrest
- Capital investments
- Charities
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Energy
- Developing countries
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electrical engineering
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Executive reorganization
- Export credit
- Export finance
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to research
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Fines (Penalties)
- Firearms
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign investments
- Foreign loans
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Gifts
- Government contractors
- Government ethics
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Hazardous waste site remediation
- Health
- Higher education
- Indemnity
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Infrastructure
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- International monetary system
- Investment guaranty insurance
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legislation
- Liability for nuclear damages
- Liability insurance
- Licenses
- Materials research
- Medical research
- Metallurgy
- Mines and mineral resources
- Multilateral development banks
- Nuclear energy research
- Nuclear engineering
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear medicine
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear power plant accidents
- Nuclear power plant sites
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear reactors
- Nuclear security measures
- Occupational health and safety
- Ohio
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private partnerships
- Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere
- Radioactive wastes
- Radioisotopes in medicine
- Reactor fuel reprocessing
- Recycling of waste products
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Sabotage
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Subcontractors
- Surplus government property
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Technological innovations
- Tritium
- Uranium
- Uranium enrichment
- User charges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2001Introduced in Senate
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