[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2032 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2032

To prohibit certain transfers of radioactive metal by the Department of 
                    Energy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2013

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit certain transfers of radioactive metal by the Department of 
                    Energy, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Ban All Radioactive Recycling Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. RADIOACTIVE METAL.

    (a) Amendment.--Subtitle D of title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10171) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

                          ``radioactive metal

    ``Sec. 152.  (a) Prohibition.--The Department of Energy shall not 
plan or undertake sales, trades, barters, or transfers of any metal 
that has been used or stored in a radiological area other than for the 
purposes of storage pursuant to subsection (b).
    ``(b) Storage.--Such metal shall, when removed from the 
radiological area in which it was used or stored, be stored or disposed 
of at a site--
            ``(1) specifically licensed by the Commission for the 
        storage or disposal of radioactive waste;
            ``(2) specifically licensed by a State pursuant to section 
        274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021) for the 
        storage or disposal of radioactive waste; or
            ``(3) at a site on property owned by the Department of 
        Energy that has been approved by the Secretary for the storage 
        or disposal of radioactive waste.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 is amended by adding after the item relating 
to section 151 the following new item:

``Sec. 152. Radioactive metal.''.
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