To provide for the external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at the Department of Energy.
Latest action · May 19, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Eliminates Department of Energy (DOE) regulatory or enforcement authority at any nonmilitary DOE energy laboratory in connection with responsibilities for nuclear safety and for occupational safety and health.
Grants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) nuclear safety regulatory and enforcement responsbilities, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) occupational safety and health regulatory and enforcement responsibilities with regard to such facilities.
Authorizes the NRC to regulate both the DOE and DOE contractors through licensing and certification.
Holds a contractor operating a DOE nonmilitary energy laboratory harmless from facility decommissioning costs or from any violation of NRC decommissioning requirements if such violation results from DOE failure to authorize or fund decommissioning activities.
States OSHA and the NRC both share regulatory and enforcement responsibilities regarding a hazard at a nonmilitary DOE energy laboratory that presents a risk of occupational exposure and contains both a radiological and non-radiological component.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2003 to Oct 7, 2003; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | May 6, 2003 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Sep 4, 2003 | |
| D-IL | William O. Lipinski | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 23, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 23, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Oct 7, 2003 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 6, 2003 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 8, 2003 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 6, 2003 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 9, 2003 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 6, 2003 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred May 19, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- May 9, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- May 8, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- May 6, 2003Introduced in House
- May 6, 2003Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at the Department of Energy.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Department of Energy
- Department of Labor
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal employees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Indemnity
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Laboratories
- Law
- Liability for nuclear damages
- Licenses
- Nuclear energy research
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear weapons
- Occupational health and safety
- Radiation safety
- Radioisotopes
- Research and development facilities
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2003Introduced in House
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