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HR 2475 103th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Marine safety Nuclear aircraft carriers Nuclear fuels Nuclear power plant accidents Nuclear reactor decommissioning Planning Radioactive wastes Shipbuilding

To provide for congressional approval of a nuclear aircraft carrier waste disposal plan before the construction of CVN-76, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 22, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jun 25, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Jun 22, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 22, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the Congress a 20-year plan for the safe life-cycle maintenance and decommissioning of the Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Requires the plan to include sites and methods for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel and the ships' hulls, structures, machinery, and equipment. Prohibits the appropriation of any funds for construction of the next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN-76) until such a plan has been approved by law.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress detailing the likelihood and environmental impact of a reactor accident aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Congress detailing the costs and benefits of the construction of another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

What's happening now June 25, 1993

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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