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A bill to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those…

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A bill to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.

Introduced: May 18, 2000 See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 18, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4202-4203)
May 18, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act to direct the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the operations and activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration are executed in full compliance with Federal and State environmental, safety, and health laws and regulations (including any directives issued thereunder, and waivers of Federal sovereign immunity).

States that all environmental protection, safety, and health requirements applicable to Department of Energy functions or facilities immediately before the effective date of this Act shall continue to apply to corresponding functions or facilities of the Administration.

What's happening now May 18, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jun 13, 2000
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · May 18, 2000
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Murray, Patty
Washington · May 18, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2597: A bill to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2597/
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"S. 2597: A bill to clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2597/.
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S. 2597, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2597/.
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