Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act
Latest action · Jun 2, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act - Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Administrator for Nuclear Security should, with specified minimum levels of funding, establish a graduate fellowship program in nuclear chemistry and carry out research and development to improve the speed and accuracy of nuclear forensics radiation-measurement equipment.
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to require a report to Congress on any legislative, regulatory, or treaty actions necessary to facilitate international cooperation in enhancement of international nuclear-material databases and the linking of those databases to enable prompt data access.
Directs the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security to establish a joint independent Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel of experts not directly associated with federal laboratories to provide independent validation of any federal nuclear forensics analysis.
Directs the President to report to specified congressional committees on the involvement of Cabinet-level leadership in planned nuclear terrorism preparedness exercises that include nuclear forensics analysis.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
- May 1, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- Apr 30, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2008Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Forensic chemistry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Ionizing radiation
- Law
- Legislation
- Nuclear terrorism
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Treaties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2008Introduced in House
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