HR 617 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act

Introduced Feb 10, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Jim Matheson D-UT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 10, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Radioactive Import Deterrence Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from issuing a license authorizing the importation into the United States of: (1) low-level radioactive waste; or (2) specific radioactive waste streams exempted from regulation by the NRC.

Exempts from such prohibition low-level radioactive waste: (1) being returned to a federal or military facility which is authorized to possess the material; or (2) resulting from the use in a foreign country of nuclear material obtained by the foreign user from an entity in the United States that is being returned to the United States for management and disposal.

Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition and authorize the grant of a specific license to import materials only after finding that such importation would meet an important national or international policy goal, such as the use of waste for research purposes.

Grandfathers certain licenses issued before the date of enactment of this Act, but prohibits their extension or amendment with respect to the amount of material permitted to be imported.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2011 to Mar 3, 2011, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalFeb 10, 2011
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 10, 2011
R-UTJason ChaffetzOriginalFeb 10, 2011
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMar 3, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
  2. Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House
  3. Feb 10, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House

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