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HR 5632 110th Congress House Energy Environmental Protection Foreign Trade and International Finance Import restrictions Law Licenses Radioactive wastes

To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States.

Introduced: March 13, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 19, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 13, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Mar 13, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 13, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends 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 under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act.

Exempts from such prohibition low-level radioactive waste: (1) that is being returned to a U.S. government or military facility authorized to possess it; 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 the prohibition and authorize the grant of a specific license only after finding that such importation would meet an important national or international policy goal.

What's happening now May 20, 2008

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5