[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3510 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3510

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to provide for the stockpiling of potassium iodide 
 tablets in the United States in areas within a 50-mile radius of the 
         homeport of a naval vessel operated by nuclear power.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2001

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to provide for the stockpiling of potassium iodide 
 tablets in the United States in areas within a 50-mile radius of the 
         homeport of a naval vessel operated by nuclear power.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Assistance for Radiation 
Emergencies (CARE) Act''.

SEC. 2. STOCKPILING OF POTASSIUM IODIDE TABLETS IN AREAS SURROUNDING 
              HOMEPORTS OF NUCLEAR-POWERED NAVAL VESSELS.

    Subtitle A of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 616. STOCKPILING OF POTASSIUM IODIDE TABLETS IN AREAS 
              SURROUNDING HOMEPORTS OF NUCLEAR-POWERED NAVAL VESSELS.

    ``(a) Development of Plan.--The Director, jointly with the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall 
develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in the United 
States in areas within a 50-mile radius of the homeport of a naval 
vessel operated by nuclear power.
    ``(b) Contents.--The plan shall include a strategy for the 
efficient storage and prompt delivery of potassium iodide tablets to 
persons that may be affected by a disaster involving a naval vessel 
operated by nuclear power.
    ``(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Director shall transmit the plan to 
Congress.
    ``(d) Implementation.--Following the 60-day period beginning on the 
date of transmittal of the plan under subsection (c), the Director 
shall begin implementation of the plan.''.
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