NUCLEAR ENERGY related term(s) Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Nuclear Weapons; Power Resources

Addresses

Energy Challenges: Ralph J. Cicerone, S3574-S3576 [30AP]

New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence: Senator Alexander, S8148 [9SE]

Amendments

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), S10201, S10340 [1OC]

Articles and editorials

Congress vs. You, H2892 [30AP], H2954 [1MY], H4932 [4JN], H5291 [11JN]

Energy Bill Out of Gas, H6239 [9JY]

Making the Nuclear Renaissance a Reality, S4905-S4907 [3JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (see S. 3548), S9281 [23SE] (see H.R. 7061, 7081), H9972 [25SE]

Dept. of Energy: enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (see S. 3215), S6285 [26JN]

———establish monetary prizes for achievements in designing and proposing nuclear energy used fuel alternatives (see H.R. 5943), H3018 [1MY]

———provide health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers (see S. 2848), S2945 [10AP] (see H.R. 6121), H4453 [21MY]

Education: establish a program for providing scholarships for nuclear science and nuclear engineering students (see H.R. 6135), H4829 [22MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 3329), S7278 [24JY] (see H.R. 6766), H7787 [31JY]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 2589), S601 [4FE]

Energy Policy Council: establish (see H.R. 6991), H8577 [22SE]

Hazardous substances: authorize use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 6132), H4829 [22MY]

———provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (see S. 2551), S283 [24JA]

NRC: accelerate approval of certain licenses for nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 6895), H8127 [15SE]

Nuclear weapons: improve nuclear forensics capability to help deter and respond to nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 5929), H2947 [30AP]

Power resources: develop advanced and alternative energy and increased domestic energy production to achieve American energy independence (see H.R. 6824), H7808 [1AU] (see H.R. 6868), H8018 [10SE]

———develop an energy sufficiency plan (see S. 3523), S9025 [18SE]

———develop energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy (see H.R. 6207), H5110 [9JN]

———establish oil and gas leasing program for parts of Alaska, expand Outer Continental Shelf leasing, facilitate nuclear energy development, and promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (see H.R. 6421), H6175 [26JN]

———increase alternative energy sources, provide tax incentives for the production and purchase of fuel efficient vehicles, and develop domestic supplies of oil and natural gas (see H.R. 6544), H6726 [17JY]

———increase domestic energy production and diversify America's energy portfolio (see H.R. 6817), H7807 [1AU]

———meet energy needs and strengthen energy security through development of nuclear power (see H.R. 7086), H9973 [25SE]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6384), H6174 [26JN] (see H.R. 6709), H7785 [31JY]

———provide for the development of certain traditional and alternative energy resources (see S. 3126), S5592 [12JN]

———provide market incentives to produce and deploy alternative energy solutions and reduce dependence on foreign oil (see H.R. 6385), H6174 [26JN]

———reduce gas prices by promoting domestic energy production, alternative energy, and conservation (see S. 3669), S10324 [1OC]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see S. 3225), S6362 [7JY] (see H.R. 5632), H1701 [13MR]

———upgrade security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb (see S. 3444), S8035 [1AU] (see H.R. 6816), H7807 [1AU]

Russia: approve agreement for nuclear cooperation (see S.J. Res. 42), S6019 [24JN]

Saudi Arabia: restrict nuclear cooperation (see S. 3193), S6158 [25JN] (see H.R. 6298), H5579 [18JN]

Taxation: provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (see H.R. 6716), H7785 [31JY]

Thorium: provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation (see S. 3680), S10486 [2OC]

Treaties and agreements: disapprove proposed civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia (see H.J. Res. 95), H6009 [24JN]

———oppose civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia (see H.J. Res. 85), H3885 [14MY]

U.S. Nuclear Fuel Management Corp.: establish (see S. 3661), S10324 [1OC]

U.S.-Russian Federation Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: implement (see H.R. 6574), H7057 [23JY]

United Arab Emirates: restrict nuclear cooperation (see H.R. 7316), H10867 [9DE]

USEC Privatization Act: entitle affected pension plan participants to payment for benefit increases not received (see H.R. 7195), H10300 [27SE]

———waive sovereign immunity and extend period during which individuals may bring a suit for certain violations of employee protection provisions (see H.R. 6623), H7164 [24JY]

Letters

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H5514, H5515 [18JN]

———Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H5515 [18JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H5514 [18JN]

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act: Condoleezza Rice, Sec. of State, S10193 [1OC]

———Jeffrey T. Bergner, Dept. of State, H10090 [26SE]

Lists

Energy legislation, H6284 [9JY]

Messages

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: President Bush, S8372 [11SE], H8021 [11SE]

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and Turkey Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: President Bush, S90 [22JA], H375 [22JA]

Proposed Agreement Between the U.S. and Russia for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: President Bush, S4103 [13MY], S8125 [8SE], H3701 [13MY], H7930 [9SE]

Questions and answers

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act: Dept. of State, H10091-H10095 [26SE]

Remarks in House

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), H10088-H10103 [26SE], E2117, E2125, E2128, E2130-E2133 [28SE], E2156 [29SE], E2211 [2OC]

Bush, President: evaluation of national energy policy, H6091 [26JN], H6205 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 2631), H5513-H5517 [18JN]

Domestic policy: increase production, H8217, H8218 [16SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 6766), E1657 [1AU]

Government regulations: remove impediments to allow energy independence, H6346 [10JY]

India: parliamentary confidence vote relative to U.S.-India nuclear agreement, H6828 [23JY]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (H.R. 2347), H3325 [8MY]

———resolve crisis regarding the nuclear program diplomatically, H6012 [25JN], H6148 [26JN], H6314 [9JY]

Nuclear Suppliers Group (organization): implementation of agreement for peaceful civilian nuclear cooperation with India, H7863 [9SE]

Nuclear weapons: establish a fellowship program for graduate students in nuclear chemistry and set up a Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel, H4805, H4806 [22MY]

Power resources: establish a new Manhattan Project for clean energy independence, H3314 [8MY]

———establish oil and gas leasing program for parts of Alaska, expand Outer Continental Shelf leasing, facilitate nuclear energy development, and promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (H.R. 6421), H6346 [10JY]

———increase alternative energy sources, provide tax incentives for the production and purchase of fuel efficient vehicles, and develop domestic supplies of oil and natural gas (H.R. 6544), E1501 [17JY]

———national energy policy, H1063 [26FE], H1141-H1153 [27FE], H1415 [6MR], H2193-H2204 [10AP], H2271 [15AP], H2412-H2418, H2438-H2440 [16AP], H2454, H2455, H2456 [17AP], H2557, H2559, H2587, H2588, H2591, H2592, H2647-H2652 [23AP], H2663 [24AP], H2833, H2834, H2840-H2846 [29AP], H2893, H2932-H2938 [30AP], H3012-H3016 [1MY], H3058 [6MY], H3137 [7MY], H3311, H3315, H3316 [8MY], H3762-H3769 [13MY], H3825 [14MY], H4049 [15MY], H4128 [19MY], H4206-H4209, H4290, H4304-H4311 [20MY], H4327, H4328, H4329, H4330, H4343-H4345, H4437-H4441, H4446-H4450 [21MY], H4456, H4457, H4819 [22MY], H4836, H4848, H4850, H4855, H4861, H4863-H4868 [3JN], H4880, H4881, H4882, H4883-H4886, H4894, H4914-H4917, H4923-H4926, H4931-H4933, H4949, H4951, H4952, H4959, H4963, H4966-H4971 [4JN], H4982-H4989, H5006-H5011, H5018, H5029-H5034 [5JN], H5051-H5053, H5068, H5078, H5079, H5085 [9JN], H5113, H5116, H5117, H5118, H5122-H5124, H5174, H5175, H5186-H5192 [10JN], H5217, H5218, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5277, H5292, H5293, H5304-H5324 [11JN], H5331, H5332, H5333, H5334-H5338, H5340, H5353, H5355, H5356, H5358, H5363-H5365, H5395-H5405 [12JN], H5414, H5416, H5418-H5420, H5423-H5426, H5459 [17JN], H5485, H5486, H5487, H5488, H5489, H5491, H5500, H5501, H5532, H5548, H5552-H5565, H5567-H5578 [18JN], H5584, H5585, H5586, H5590, H5706, H5707, H5710, H5716-H5727 [19JN], H5733, H5734, H5776, H5782-H5787, H5792 [20JN], H5800, H5801, H5803, H5804, H5814, H5815, H5829, H5837, H5840, H5841, H5847-H5862 [23JN], H5869, H5871, H5872, H5873, H5875, H5917, H5919, H5920, H5935-H5938, H5946-H5949, H6001-H6007 [24JN], H6012, H6013, H6014, H6016, H6020, H6027, H6084, H6087 [25JN], H6092, H6094, H6097-H6100, H6124-H6127, H6139, H6152, H6155-H6162, H6169-H6171 [26JN], H6180, H6181, H6186, H6188, H6194, H6203-H6223 [8JY], H6234, H6235, H6236, H6237, H6238, H6239-H6243, H6281-H6285, H6289, H6290, H6292, H6314, H6328-H6339 [9JY], H6346, H6347, H6348, H6350-H6363, H6366, H6372, H6380-H6382 [10JY], H6449, H6452, H6455-H6470 [14JY], H6475, H6478, H6479, H6480, H6491, H6492, H6497, H6506, H6549, H6561-H6573 [15JY], H6580, H6581, H6582, H6586, H6642, H6651, H6653-H6665 [16JY], H6681-H6688, H6711, H6712, H6714, H6716-H6724 [17JY], H6735, H6788-H6793, H6799, H6800, H6802, H6809-H6815, H6821 [22JY], H6829, H6830, H7051-H7054 [23JY], H7064, H7073-H7076, H7082-H7093, H7135-H7137, H7139, H7140, H7142, H7145-H7159 [24JY], H7217, H7293-H7300 [29JY], H7332, H7333, H7334, H7335, H7609, H7611-H7618 [30JY], H7635, H7636, H7639, H7654, H7701-H7703 [31JY], H7791, H7792, H7793 [1AU], H7812 [8SE], H7858, H7860, H7862, H7863, H7864, H7865, H7897-H7899, H7902, H7916, H7917, H7931, H7939, H7947-H7953 [9SE], H7960, H7961, H7962, H7965, H7970-H7979, H7993, H7994, H7997, H7998, H8008, H8009 [10SE], H8024, H8025 [11SE], H8051, H8056, H8057, H8061, H8068 [15SE], H8132, H8134, H8136 [16SE], H8322, H8389, H8390, H8391-H8394 [17SE], H8404, H8425, H8433, H8437, H8439 [18SE], H8554-H8560 [22SE], H9224, H9228, H9299 [24SE], H9873, H9893, H9894, H9966, H9967 [25SE], H9978, H10047, H10055 [26SE], E758 [29AP], E1300 [20JN], E1659, E1660, E1681, E1691 [1AU]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence, H8254, H8255 [16SE], H8321, H8327 [17SE]

———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (H.R. 6709), H7948, H7950 [9SE], H8143, H8147, H8148, H8215, H8219, H8236 [16SE], H8392 [17SE], E1843 [18SE]

———provide market incentives to produce and deploy alternative energy solutions and reduce dependence on foreign oil (H.R. 6385), E1366 [26JN], E1707 [8SE]

Saudi Arabia: restrict nuclear cooperation (H.R. 6298), E1261 [18JN], E1288 [19JN]

Taxation: provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (H.R. 6716), H7634 [31JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agreement for Cooperation Between the U.S. and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy: approve (H.R. 7081), S10191-S10205, S10207-S10215, S10290, S10291 [1OC], S10460, S10461 [2OC]

———approve (H.R. 7081), unanimous-consent agreement, S10187 [30SE], S10198 [1OC]

Bonneville County, ID: selection of site for uranium enrichment facility, S3960 [8MY]

Business and industry: provide tax credits for the production of new nuclear powerplants, accelerate depreciation or recovery of investment, and establish standby loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, S4912 [3JN]

Dept. of Energy: enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (S. 3215), S6293 [26JN], S8106 [8SE], S10458 [2OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: strengthen efforts to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material (H.R. 2631), S9852, S9853 [26SE]

Domestic policy: increase production, S4877, S4879, S4881 [2JN], S4905, S4913, S4914 [3JN], S7121, S7122 [23JY], S7242 [24JY], S7829, S7830 [31JY]

Hazardous substances: prevent development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, S10165 [30SE]

———provide for the safe development of a spent nuclear fuel repository at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada (S. 2551), S285 [24JA], S416 [29JA]

India: prohibit nuclear trade with India in event of nuclear weapon detonation by India, S10195-S10205 [1OC]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, S6313-S6315 [27JN]

Power resources: develop an energy sufficiency plan (S. 3523), S9034 [18SE]

———establish a new Manhattan Project for clean energy independence, S3572-S3576 [30AP], S4016-S4018 [12MY]

———national energy policy, S85 [22JA], S1341 [28FE], S1398-S1401, S1414, S1415 [29FE], S3339, S3344-S3347, S3383 [24AP], S3421-S3426, S3432 [28AP], S3460, S3463-S3466, S3469-S3472, S3477, S3486-S3493 [29AP], S3564-S3568, S3576, S3577 [30AP], S3650, S3662, S3666-S3668, S3670-S3676, S3679, S3682, S3731-S3733 [1MY], S3751, S3753, S3756 [6MY], S3997-S4004, S4006-S4014 [12MY], S4763-S4766 [22MY], S4909 [3JN], S5150, S5161 [5JN], S5380-S5383, S5386 [9JN], S5402, S5423-S5429, S5432 [10JN], S5461-S5464, S5466, S5468-S5471, S5478-S5486, S5531-S5534 [11JN], S5535, S5537-S5539, S5541-S5543, S5552, S5565, S5566, S5575, S5583, S5586 [12JN], S5648 [16JN], S5672 [17JN], S5710, S5715, S5730, S5735-S5739 [18JN], S5778 [19JN], S5928-S5930 [20JN], S5978-S5980 [24JN], S6220 [26JN], S6513, S6536-S6547 [10JY], S6615-S6617 [14JY], S6678-S6685, S6697-S6699, S6710-S6712 [15JY], S6800-S6809, S6821-S6826, S6829, S6859, S6860, S6862, S6863 [16JY], S6881, S6886-S6892, S6903-S6909, S6914-S6916, S6918-S6924, S6927 [17JY], S6959 [21JY], S7000-S7017, S7023 [22JY], S7096, S7098, S7101, S7105-S7111, S7131-S7140 [23JY], S7204, S7206-S7209, S7211-S7223, S7227-S7232, S7234-S7245, S7248-S7253, S7255-S7261, S7264 [24JY], S7436, S7437, S7442-S7447, S7453-S7458, S7466-S7468, S7473 [25JY], S7488-S7491, S7513, S7518, S7519, S7521-S7523 [26JY], S7543, S7544 [28JY], S7580, S7582, S7583, S7588-S7593, S7604, S7610-S7613 [29JY], S7711-S7713, S7722-S7727, S7737-S7741, S7743, S7746-S7753, S7756, S7763-S7767 [30JY], S7809-S7816, S7818, S7820-S7823, S7826-S7839, S7841, S7844, S7845 [31JY], S7985-S7988, S7992-S7994, S7996, S7998, S8000-S8003 [1AU], S8105, S8106 [8SE], S8145, S8146, S8149 [9SE], S8223, S8228, S8242, S8253, S8254 [10SE], S8468 [12SE], S8811-S8813 [16SE], S8902, S8904-S8906 [17SE], S8993, S9009 [18SE], S9238 [23SE], S9453-S9455, S9468 [25SE], S10416 [2OC]

———provide for the development of certain traditional and alternative energy resources (S. 3126), S5553 [12JN]

———reduce gas prices by promoting domestic energy production, alternative energy, and conservation (S. 3669), S10328-S10330 [1OC]

Radioactive substances: require commercial nuclear utilities to transfer spent nuclear fuel from pools into dry casks and convey to the Dept. of Energy title to all spent nuclear fuel thus safely stored, S10165 [30SE]

Russia: approve agreement for nuclear cooperation (S.J. Res. 42), S6024 [24JN]

———approve agreement for nuclear cooperation (S.J. Res. 42), indefinitely postponed, S8454 [11SE]

Thorium: provide for thorium fuel cycle nuclear power generation (S. 3680), S10488 [2OC]

U.S. Nuclear Fuel Management Corp.: establish (S. 3661), S10458 [2OC]

Reports filed

Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 2631), S9492 [25SE]

———Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 2631) (H. Rept. 110-708), H5327 [11JN]

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3548), S9280 [23SE]

Summaries

Recent Legislation Enacted To Bring Down the Cost of Gas, H4886 [4JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2631, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act, S9852 [26SE], H5513 [18JN]

H.R. 7081, U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, H10088-H10090 [26SE]

S. 3126, Energy Resource Development Act, S5619-S5626 [12JN]

S. 3669, Harmonizing America's Energy, Economy, Environment, and National Security Act, S10330-S10335 [1OC]