US Congress House Bill 1972 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nuclear Power Licensing Reform Act of 2015 Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require, for a commercial license for an atomic power production or utilization facility, that: (1) the facility does not pose an unreasonable threat to persons or the environment because of safety or security vulnerabilities (including vulnerability to terrorist attacks), and (2) there exist adequate evacuation plans for emergency events which have been approved by the relevant federal agencies and states within 50 miles of the facility. Conditions renewal of any such license on the same criteria and requirements applicable to an original application for initial construction. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to ensure that any changes in the size or distribution of the surrounding population, or seismic or other scientific data not available at the time of original licensing, have not resulted in the facility's being located at a site at which a new facility would not be allowed to be built.

Nuclear Power Licensing Reform Act of 2015

Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]

Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]

Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-04-22	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-04-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1972/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1972/BILLS-114hr1972ih.pdf