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HR 3794 102th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Defense budgets Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Nuclear facilities Nuclear weapons Plutonium Radioactive wastes Tritium Uranium Uranium enrichment

Nuclear Weapons Material Production Termination Act

Introduced: November 18, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 1992
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.
Nov 25, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems.
Nov 25, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Nov 18, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 18, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nuclear Weapons Material Production Termination Act - Prohibits after August 1, 1992, the expenditure of funds by any Federal department or agency for: (1) the production of tritium, plutonium, or highly-enriched uranium for weapons; or (2) the procurement or construction of equipment or facilities for such production, other than for research purposes. Directs that savings achieved as the result of such prohibition shall be used for FY 1993 and thereafter for environmental restoration activities at Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities.

Directs the President to conduct five-year studies on the quantity of tritium needed by the United States and on the costs and environmental impacts of alternative methods of obtaining it. Requires the President to report study results to the Congress.

States that the prohibition will no longer be in effect if the Congress, after receiving a report from the President, adopts a joint resolution which finds an overriding need to produce tritium.

What's happening now March 5, 1992

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.

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