[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5326 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5326

  To provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain 
                             circumstances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2004

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain 
                             circumstances.

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

SECTION 1. NO-FLY ZONE NEAR NUCLEAR FACILITIES UNDER CERTAIN 
              CIRCUMSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--If the threat alert level determined by the 
Homeland Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code 
red, the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit any commercial or 
private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a 10-mile radius 
of a nuclear facility.
    (b) Definition.--The term ``nuclear facility'' means a commercial 
nuclear power reactor licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
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