[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 515 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 200
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 515

                      [Report No. 111-348, Part I]

To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into 
                           the United States.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2009

  Mr. Gordon of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Terry, Mr. Matheson, Mrs. 
Capps, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. 
 Chandler, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Filner, Mr. Hill, Mr. Barrow, Mr. 
   Carnahan, Mr. Melancon, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Giffords, Ms. 
 Woolsey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Whitfield, 
Mr. Wexler, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Fortenberry, Mrs. 
  Myrick, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Butterfield) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
  in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

                            December 2, 2009

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
 Weiner, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Braley 
 of Iowa, Mr. Berry, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Hastings 
    of Florida, Ms. Bean, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Wu, Mr. Kissell, Mr. 
    Mitchell, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Ross, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Ms. 
Slaughter, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Rush, Mr. Holden, Mr. Massa, Mr. Blumenauer, 
 Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Costello, Mr. Sires, 
Mr. Tonko, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. 
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Baldwin, 
Mr. Space, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Carney, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Price 
of North Carolina, Mr. Baird, Mr. Boozman, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Sarbanes, 
 Mr. Welch, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Meek of Florida, and 
                            Mrs. Christensen

                            December 2, 2009

  Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                            December 2, 2009

 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into 
                           the United States.


 


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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Radioactive Import 
Deterrence Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 8 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
(42 U.S.C. 2111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``Sec. 85. Importation of Low-level Radioactive Waste. 
</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``a. Except as provided in subsection b. or c., the 
Commission shall not issue a license authorizing the importation into 
the United States of--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) low-level radioactive waste (as defined in 
        section 2 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 
        U.S.C. 2021b)); or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) specific radioactive waste streams exempted 
        from regulation by the Commission under section 10 of the Low-
        Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021j).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``b. Subsection a. shall not apply to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) low-level radioactive waste being returned 
        to a United States Government or military facility which is 
        authorized to possess the material; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) low-level radioactive waste resulting from 
        the use in a foreign country of nuclear material obtained by 
        the foreign user from an entity in the United States that is 
        being returned to the United States for management and 
        disposal.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``c. The President may waive the prohibition under this 
section and authorize the grant of a specific license to import 
materials prohibited under subsection a., under the rules of the 
Commission, only after a finding that such importation would meet an 
important national or international policy goal, such as the use of 
waste for research purposes. Such a waiver must specify the policy goal 
to be achieved, how it is to be achieved, and the amount of material to 
be imported.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``d. A license not permitted under this section that was 
issued before the date of enactment of this section may continue in 
effect according to its terms, but may not be extended or amended with 
respect to the amount of material permitted to be 
imported.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents 
for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by inserting at the end of 
the items relating to chapter 8 the following new item:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``Sec. 85. Importation of low-level radioactive waste.''.

</DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Radioactive Import Deterrence Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION.

    (a) Amendment.--Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2015 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 276 the 
following new section:
    ``Sec. 277. Importation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste.--
    ``a. Except as provided in subsection b. or c., the Commission 
shall not issue a license authorizing the importation into the United 
States of--
            ``(1) low-level radioactive waste (as defined in section 2 
        of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
        2021b)); or
            ``(2) specific radioactive waste streams exempted from 
        regulation by the Commission under section 10 of the Low-Level 
        Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021j).
    ``b. Subsection a. shall not apply to--
            ``(1) low-level radioactive waste being returned to a 
        United States Government or military facility which is 
        authorized to possess the material; or
            ``(2) low-level radioactive waste resulting from the use in 
        a foreign country of nuclear material obtained by the foreign 
        user from an entity in the United States that is being returned 
        to the United States for management and disposal.
    ``c. The President may waive the prohibition under this section and 
authorize the grant of a specific license to import materials 
prohibited under subsection a., under the rules of the Commission, only 
after a finding that such importation would meet an important national 
or international policy goal, such as the use of waste for research 
purposes. Such a waiver must specify the policy goal to be achieved, 
how it is to be achieved, and the amount of material to be imported.
    ``d. A license not permitted under this section that was issued 
before the date of enactment of this section may continue in effect 
according to its terms, but may not be extended or amended with respect 
to the amount of material permitted to be imported.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 276 the following new item:

``Sec. 277. Importation of low-level radioactive waste.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 200

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 515

                      [Report No. 111-348, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into 
                           the United States.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 2, 2009

  Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment

                            December 2, 2009

 Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed