[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6005 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6005

  To provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain 
                             circumstances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

  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) National Alert.--If the threat alert level determined by the 
Homeland Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code 
red for the Nation, the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit any 
commercial or private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a 
10-mile radius of any nuclear facility.
    (b) Local Alert.--If the threat alert determined by the Homeland 
Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code red for a 
specific area, the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit any 
commercial or private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a 
10-mile radius of any nuclear facility located within a 50-mile radius 
of such area.
    (c) Definition.--For this section, 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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