[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 960 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 960

    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear 
  Regulatory Commission to direct that a portion of any civil penalty 
             assessed be used to assist local communities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 1997

Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear 
  Regulatory Commission to direct that a portion of any civil penalty 
             assessed be used to assist local communities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF PORTION OF CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSED BY THE NUCLEAR 
              REGULATORY COMMISSION TO ASSIST LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

    Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2282) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``d. Use of Portion of Civil Penalty To Assist Local Communities.--
In imposing a civil penalty on a person, the Commission may direct the 
person to pay 50 percent of the amount of the civil penalty to local 
communities to protect local communities from the adverse economic and 
other affects of a violation of this Act or of decommissioning of a 
facility under this Act.''.
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