[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 783 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 783

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency 
 Management Agency to develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide 
   tablets in areas within a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2001

 Mr. English 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 direct the Director of the Federal Emergency 
 Management Agency to develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide 
   tablets in areas within a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.

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

SECTION 1. STOCKPILING OF POTASSIUM IODIDE TABLETS.

    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.

    ``(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 areas within 
a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.
    ``(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 at a nuclear power plant.
    ``(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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