RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

Agreements

Rongelap Resettlement Act: John Berry, Dept. of the Interior and Howard Hills, Rongelap Atoll Local Government, E389 [22MR]

Amendments

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S494, S498, S499, S503 [8FE], S522, S552 [9FE], H1173 [21MR]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S6036 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

Approval of Nuclear Waste Plan Advocated, S11477 [1NO]

Marketing a Nuclear Wasteland, S3204 [2MY]

Moscow Takes Step To Ease U.S. Fears on Plutonium Use, S487 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions

Amchitka Island, AK: compensate workers who were employed in the construction and maintenance of deep shafts for underground nuclear testing and various other military purposes (see H.R. 4588), H3924 [6JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4263), H2238 [12AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see S. 2519), S3691 [9MY] (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

———guarantee loans to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities in Russia (see S. 3275), S11739 [7DE]

FEMA: develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas near nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 4969), H7127 [26JY]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 5274), H8061 [25SE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service (see S. Res. 336), S6841 [14JY]

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see S. 2597), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4288), H2337 [13AP]

Nuclear energy: remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (see S. 2933), S7656 [26JY]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (see H. Res. 444), H1162 [21MR]

Power resources: restore ownership of uranium enrichment facilities to the Federal Government (see H.R. 4883), H6469 [18JY]

Safety: set contamination content standards in metals industry, prohibit release of contaminated scrap metal by Dept. of Energy facilities, and document contamination of imported scrap metals (see H.R. 4566), H3868 [25MY]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: prevent the sale of uranium hexafluoride (see H.R. 5587), H11445 [27OC]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (see S. 2588), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4165), H1762 [4AP]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (see H.R. 4921), H6776 [24JY]

Cloture motions

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S464, S469 [8FE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]

Explanations

Determining ``Causation'' for Radiation and Cancer, S10377 [12OC]

Guidelines

Determining ``causation'' for radiation and cancer: Dept. of HHS, S4757 [8JN]

Letters

Compensation programs for Dept. of Energy employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death: Representative Goodling, H3376 [18MY]

———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3376 [18MY]

Portsmouth, OH, uranium enrichment plant closure: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, H4913 [21JN]

———Gary Gensler, Dept. of the Treasury, H4912 [21JN]

Privatization of U.S. Enrichment Corp.: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H6030 [13JY]

———William J. Rainer, U.S. Enrichment Corp., H5726 [10JY]

Storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, S571 [10FE]

———Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S518 [9FE]

———George E. Pataki, Governor of New York, S3206 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S3214 [2MY]

———Jerry Eaves, San Bernardino, CA, Board of Supervisors, S571 [10FE]

———Michael Dorame, Inyo County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3213 [2MY]

———Michael E. Mathis, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S531 [9FE]

———Robert A. Laurie, California Energy Commission, S572 [10FE], S3215 [2MY]

———Robert P. Gruber, North Carolina Public Staff Utilities Commission, S3223 [2MY]

———Senator Boxer, S571 [10FE]

———Thomas P. Walters, Ventura County, CA, Board of Supervisors, S572 [10FE], S3214 [2MY]

Lists

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons employer facilities eligible for compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S10377 [12OC]

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons facilities included under compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4757 [8JN]

Payments to local counties eliminated, and land conveyances retained, in Nevada relative to designation of Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S573 [10FE]

Memorandums

Congressional Legislation on Chronic Beryllium Disease: Representative Kaptur, H4014-H4016 [7JN]

Messages

Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management: President Clinton, S8527 [13SE]

Hazardous Materials Transportation Report: President Clinton, S2232 [5AP], H1821 [5AP]

Veto of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: President Clinton, S3017 [27AP]

Motions

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S138 [31JA], H1197 [22MR]

Press releases

Portsmouth, OH, Uranium Enrichment Plant Closure: Bill Richardson, Sec. of Energy, H4913 [21JN]

———Representative Strickland, H4912 [21JN]

Remarks in House

Customs Service: monitoring for radioactivity in imported scrap metals funding through reductions in the Dept. of the Treasury Inspector General's office, H6645-H6647 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (H.R. 4263), H2184 [12AP], E585 [13AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3326, H3374-H3377 [18MY], H4014 [7JN], H8286 [27SE], H9644-H9648, H9658, H9662 [11OC], E791 [19MY]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (H.R. 5189), E1489 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding for interim storage of spent radioactive waste on Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indian reservation lands, H5275 [27JN]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), H8277 [27SE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1187, H1188 [22MR]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, H704 [8MR], H1188-H1197 [22MR], H10033 [17OC], H11930 [4DE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (H.R. 5274), E1587 [25SE]

Mining and mineral resources: remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT, H9644, H9649, H9705 [11OC]

———remediation of Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 1559), H191 [2FE]

National Nuclear Security Administration: funding, H8422 [28SE]

NRC: decision on restarting Indian Point nuclear power facility, H5216, H5217 [27JN]

———oversight of off-site disposal of Formerly Used Remedial Action Program material, H5220 [27JN]

Nuclear energy: allow nuclear utilities to invest the Dept. of Energy surcharge fee and use the interest to fund onsite storage of spent nuclear fuel, H1195 [22MR]

———Alloy 22 storage containers for spent nuclear fuel, H10033 [17OC]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1128, H1140 [21MR], H1176, H1183-H1200 [22MR], E427 [28MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), consideration (H. Res. 444), H1178-H1183 [22MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to commit, H1197-H1199 [22MR]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (H.R. 45), H1189 [22MR]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: process excess uranium into radioactive isotopes suitable for Alpha Particle Immunotherapy cancer treatment, H10387 [19OC]

Power resources: restore ownership of uranium enrichment facilities to the Federal Government (H.R. 4883), H6090 [17JY], H6440 [18JY]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, H12492 [15DE]

———improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), H5185-H5190 [27JN]

Rongelap Atoll: prescribe certain terms for resettlement of residents due to conditions created from nuclear testing (H.R. 2970), E389 [22MR]

U.S. Enrichment Corp.: impact of closure of Portsmouth, OH, uranium enrichment plant, H4912 [21JN], H5032 [22JN], H5077 [23JN], H5165 [26JN], H5725 [10JY], H6029 [13JY], H6566 [19JY]

———renationalize to protect U.S. energy security, H5077 [23JN], H5815 [11JY]

Ukraine: closure of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, E2214, E2237 [15DE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (H.R. 4165), E499 [5AP]

Veterans: expand list of diseases presumed to be service connected with respect to radiation-exposed veterans (H.R. 4921), H6758 [24JY]

Remarks in Senate

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): tribute to staff, S578 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: review of secrecy oaths and policies at nuclear weapons facilities where workers may have had their health compromised by radioactive or other hazardous substances, S6552 [12JY]

Dept. of Energy: authority to settle lawsuits based on defaults on contracts to accept nuclear waste, S531 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4754-S4760 [8JN], S10354, S10355, S10375-S10377, S10379, S10386 [12OC]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (S. 2519), S3692 [9MY]

———guarantee loans to facilitate nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities in Russia (S. 3275), S11739 [7DE]

———interim storage of spent radioactive waste on Goshute Indian reservation lands, S8566 [14SE]

———purchase of Russian uranium from dismantled nuclear warheads, S7648-S7650 [26JY]

———tribute to workers sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances, S10709 [18OC]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, S3220, S3222 [2MY]

Energy Policy Act: cleanup of uranium and thorium mill sites (H.R. 2641), S10003, S10029 [5OC]

EPA: statutory authority to set radioactive release standards relative to public health and the environment, S522-S534 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE], S3202, S3207, S3226 [2MY]

Hazardous substances: designate Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site, S470-S477, S480-S482 [8FE], S518, S522-S534 [9FE], S564-S579 [10FE], S1652 [23MR], S3202-S3205, S3213 [2MY], S8649 [18SE]

———transporting of nuclear waste through certain California counties to Nevada disposal site, S3213-S3216 [2MY]

Lobbyists: money spent to influence legislation relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S534 [9FE]

Minnesota: disposal of hazardous nuclear waste, S556-S559 [9FE]

National Day of Remembrance: designate to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service (S. Res. 336), S6982, S6983 [14JY]

National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (S. 2597), S4202 [18MY]

Nuclear energy: circuit court ruling that power companies may seek damages against the Dept. of Energy relative to storage of spent nuclear fuel, S8648-S8650 [18SE]

———remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 2933), S7674 [26JY]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S1623 [23MR]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S457, S462-S477, S480-S482 [8FE], S514-S520, S522-S535, S556-S559 [9FE], S564-S579, S596-S598 [10FE], S1652 [23MR], S2879 [25AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S138, S139 [31JA]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3201-S3230 [2MY], S8649 [18SE], S11477 [1NO]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto—unanimous-consent agreement, S2910 [26AP]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), vitiation of cloture vote, S301 [2FE]

Nuclear weapons: disposal of excess Russian weapons-derived plutonium, S486-S488 [8FE]

Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing (S. 1515), S77 [26JA], S6036-S6040 [28JN]

San Onofre, CA: storage of spent nuclear fuel rods, S11477 [1NO]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S8527 [13SE]

Utah: transfer certain oil shale reserves to the Ute Indian Tribe and protect the Colorado River by remediating Atlas uranium milling site near Moab, UT (S. 2588), S4192 [18MY]

Reports

Alloy 22 Storage Containers for Spent Nuclear Fuel: Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, H10033 [17OC]

Occupational Safety and Health—Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and Risks: GAO, E795-E799 [19MY]

Reports filed

Application Process and Compensation Improvement for Individuals Exposed to Radiation in Uranium Mines and Mills and Through Fallout From Nuclear Weapons Testing: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 1515) (H. Rept. 106-697), H5168 [26JN]

Consideration of S. 1287, Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 106-532), H1162 [21MR]

EPA Office of Air and Radiation Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 1743) (H. Rept. 106-511), H646 [6MR]

Uranium and Thorium Mill Sites Cleanup: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 2641) (H. Rept. 106-886), H8060 [25SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Selection of Nevada test site as nuclear waste disposal site: Nevada State Legislature, S3204 [2MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), H1187 [22MR]

Statements

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pending Completion of the Nuclear Waste Repository Legislation Veto: Vice President Gore, S3207 [2MY]

Summaries

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act (H.R. 5189), E1490 [14SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 444, consideration of S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, H1178 [22MR]

H.R. 2641, uranium and thorium mill sites cleanup, H8277 [27SE]

S. 1287, storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, S574-S578 [10FE], H1183-H1187 [22MR]

S. 1515, improve application process and compensation criteria for certain individuals exposed to radiation in uranium mines and mills and through fallout from nuclear weapons testing, H5185-H5188 [27JN]

S. 2588, Ute-Moab Land Restoration Act, S4193 [18MY]

S. 2933, remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites, S7674 [26JY]

S. Res. 336, National Day of Remembrance to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service, S6847, S6983 [14JY]