[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4601 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4601

To prohibit the operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a 
   State- and county-certified radiological emergency response plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

Mrs. Lowey (for herself and Mr. Hinchey) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the operation of nuclear power plants unless there exists a 
   State- and county-certified radiological emergency response plan.

    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 ``Nuclear Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT.

    No nuclear utilization facility (within the meaning of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954) may operate unless the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission finds with respect to the facility that the State in which 
the facility is located, and each affected county or county-equivalent 
located within a 10-mile radius of the facility, has certified within 
the last year a radiological emergency response plan which provides 
reasonable assurance that public health and safety is not endangered by 
the operation of the facility.
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