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HR 4566 106th Congress House

Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act

Official title: To set standards for radioactive contamination content in both the domestic and international metals industry, to prohibit the release of radioactively contami… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To set standards for radioactive contamination content in both the domestic and international metals industry, to prohibit the release of radioactively contaminated scrap metal by the Department of Energy and nuclear fuel production, utilization, and fabrication facilities, and to require all nations exporting metals into the United States to certify and document the amount of radioactive contamination of any scrap metals being exported into the United States.

Introduced: June 21, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
May 25, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
May 25, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 7, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Steel and Metal Consumers Radioactivity Protection Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish a standard that controls the free release of radioactively contaminated scrap metal from the Department of Energy or nuclear fuel cycle facilities.

Prohibits the NRC and agreement States from taking any action to facilitate, implement, promulgate, or issue any administrative guidance that would allow the free release into commerce of radioactively contaminated scrap metal until such standard has been established.

Mandates that: (1) radioactively contaminated equipment, devices, commodities, and other materials approved for release to persons exempt from NRC licensing requirements be released only pursuant to regulations governing the release of byproduct and source material under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) the Departments of Defense and of Energy and all other agencies that oversee or control the release of radioactively contaminated metals adopt standards no less stringent than those established by the NRC.

Directs the U.S. Customs Service to monitor and enforce such standards at U.S. borders. Instructs the Secretary of State to work with international standard-writing bodies to adopt standards consistent with those of the NRC. Sets forth interim certification guidelines governing scrap metal imported into the United States.

Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to present an annual violations list to Congress.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 17, 2000
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 23, 2000
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 21, 2000
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 21, 2000
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 9, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 8, 2000
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 7, 2000
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