Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation Act
Latest action · Jun 19, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation Act - Declares that certain funds designated under provisions (commonly known as the Price-Anderson Act) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide indemnification shall be used to cover the contingent cost resulting from any nuclear incident for which such funds would be available to compensate for public liability (Price-Anderson incident).
States that certain funds made available to the United States under the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage shall be used to satisfy public liability resulting from a Price-Anderson incident.
Requires participation by each nuclear supplier in a retrospective risk pooling program to cover the contingent cost resulting from a nuclear incident outside the United States that is not a Price-Anderson incident.
Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress every five years on whether there is a need for continuation or amendment of this Act.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 19, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Jun 19, 2007 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jun 19, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to implement the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost Allocation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Energy
- Energy
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Insurance premiums
- International Affairs
- Judicial review
- Liability for nuclear damages
- Liability insurance
- Nuclear fuels
- Nuclear power plants
- Risk
- Treaties
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2007Introduced in Senate
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