[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2068 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2068

   To permit a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to 
   continue to serve on the Commission if a successor is not timely 
                        appointed and confirmed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2011

  Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Ross of Arkansas, Mrs. 
Myrick, Mr. Bilbray, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Bartlett, 
 Mr. Terry, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Altmire, 
   Mr. Latta, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Towns, Mr. Harper, Mr. Rush, and Mr. 
    Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To permit a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to 
   continue to serve on the Commission if a successor is not timely 
                        appointed and confirmed.

    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 Regulatory Commission 
Continuation Act''.

SEC. 2. NRC COMMISSIONER TERMS.

    Section 201(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5841(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection, any member 
appointed and confirmed before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this sentence who has not been removed by the President under 
subsection (e) may continue to serve on the Commission until the 
earlier of--
            ``(1) the date on which the member's successor has been 
        appointed and confirmed; or
            ``(2) the beginning of the first new Congress after the 
        date on which the member's term expires.''.
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