Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
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 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act - Deems each of the following actions undertaken by a Federal agency to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment for which a detailed environmental impact statement is required in conformance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969: (1) any action having as a purpose the resumption of nuclear weapon or nuclear explosive device tests at the Nevada Test Site; or (2) use of any other location for such testing. Outlines information required to be included in such statement, including: (1) the possibility of radiation containment failure and the effects of such failure; (2) possible long-term effects on the water table from underground radiation leakage; and (3) information with respect to certain kiloton categories of weapons.
Prohibits the United States from resuming any such testing unless authorized by a law enacted after the enactment of this Act.
Requires: (1) advance public notice of each test; (2) prompt notice of each release of radiation beyond the boundaries of the Nevada Test Site; and (3) a public meeting after each test to discuss test results.
Directs the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the safety and health of citizens in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nevada Test Site Citizens Review Board.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to institutions of higher education to acquire and operate, for ten years, radiation detection equipment and sensors.
Directs the Secretary of Energy, through the Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency, to monitor the nature and extent of any radiation released into the atmosphere as a result of such testing. Requires: (1) DOE radiation containment assessment; and (2) public notice of monitoring data.
Requires the: (1) Director of the National Institutes of Health to make a grant to establish the National Center for the Study of Radiation and Human Health; and (2) Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of individuals exposed to nuclear weapons tests.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
| Strategic Forces Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2007 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
| Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2007 | |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2007 | |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 17, 2007 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 17, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
- May 17, 2007Introduced in House
- May 17, 2007Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
- May 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- May 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 17, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2208 | Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act | Related bill | Oct 19, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect public health and safety, should the testing of nuclear weapons by the United States be resumed.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safety for Americans from Nuclear Weapons Testing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Arizona
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Classified defense information
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic government information
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Groundwater
- Health
- Health information systems
- Higher education
- Internet
- Law
- Legislation
- Medical research
- Nevada
- Nuclear weapons
- Pollution measurement
- Public meetings
- Radiation
- Radiation victims
- Radioactive pollution
- Research centers
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Utah
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2007Introduced in House
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