[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 147 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H9707-H9708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
                     6, ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2003.

  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, subject to rule XXII, clause 7, I hereby 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct on H.R. 6, the 
Energy Policy Act.
  The form of the motion is as follows:
       Mr. Markey moves that the managers on the part of the House 
     at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
     on the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 6 be instructed to 
     insist upon the provisions contained in--
       (1) section 14011 of the House bill relating to secure 
     transfer of nuclear materials;
       (2) section 14012(d) of the House bill relating to nuclear 
     facility threats, directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     to issue regulations, including changes to the design basis 
     threat, to ensure that nuclear facilities licensed by 
     Commission address the threat of a terrorist attack against 
     such facilities; and
       (3) section 14013 of the House bill requiring the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, before entering into any agreement of 
     indemnification with respect to a utilization facility under 
     section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, to consult with 
     the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (or any 
     successor official) with respect to that facility concerning 
     whether the location of the facility and the design of that 
     type of facility ensures that the facility provides for the

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     adequate protection of public health and safety if subject to 
     a terrorist attack, and that the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission also consult with the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security before issuing a license or a license renewal for a 
     sensitive nuclear facility concerning the emergency 
     evacuation plan for the communities living near the sensitive 
     nuclear facility.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The notice will appear in the Record.

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