RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

Amendments

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S1475, S1484 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see H.R. 6672), H6828 [17DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: contract with an independent laboratory to study health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints and improve notice to airline passengers (see S. 2044), S208 [31JA] (see H.R. 4068), H901 [16FE]

EPA: establish a pilot program to test and mitigate radon levels in public schools (see H.R. 6396), H5999 [13SE]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see S. 2176), S1540 [8MR] (see H.R. 4625), H2123 [25AP]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 3338), S4460 [25JN]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish (see S. 3300), S4203 [14JN] (see H.R. 5987), H3974 [21JN]

National Guard: increase authorized number of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (see S. 3188), S3234 [16MY]

NRC: retain and redistribute certain collected fines (see H.R. 3822), H158 [24JA]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (see S. 3469), S5870 [1AU]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 519), S5047 [16JY]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: extend limited antitrust exemption (see S. 3715), S8548 [30DE]

Letters

American Centrifuge Project and security related enrichment technology: Steven Chu, Sec. of Energy, H3096 [17MY]

Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization: James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H7294 [19DE]

——— Maureen Donahue Hardwick, Alliance for Biosecurity, H7294 [19DE]

——— several public health organizations, H7295 [19DE]

——— Stephanie Silverman, Roundtable on Critical Care Policy (organization), H7295 [19DE]

——— Thomas K. McInerny, American Academy of Pediatrics, H7294 [19DE]

Insular Areas Act: Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4889 [17JY]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4889 [17JY]

——— Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H4889 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Energy: clarify schedule for disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC, H7387 [20DE]

——— continue monitoring of impact of the U.S. nuclear testing program on Runit Island of the Marshall Islands, H4890 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 6672), H7282–H7296 [19DE]

Hazardous substances: certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste, H3739 [19JN], H4779 [11JY], H5016 [19JY], H5204 [25JY], H5699 [2AU]

——— certify that the Yucca Mountain site remains the designated site for development of a repository for disposal of high-level radioactive waste (H.R. 4625), H2144 [26AP]

——— Millstone, CT, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H809 [16FE]

——— Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H32 [18JA], H171–H174 [25JA], H384 [2FE], H664 [9FE], H809 [16FE], H1581 [27MR], H1853 [17AP], H1963 [18AP], H2138 [26AP], H2333 [8MY], H2817 [17MY], H3273, H3353, H3355 [31MY]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 5987), H6128–H6132 [19SE], E1652 [21SE], E1657 [25SE], E1659 [28SE]

National Guard: Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams funding, H3031 [17MY]

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: expand eligibility period for Lackawanna, NY, Bethlehem Steel workers for Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, H1399 [20MR], H5209 [25JY]

NRC: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site licensing activities funding, H3416–H3418 [5JN], H3586 [7JN]

Reid, Senator: comments made about NRC Commissioner William D. Magwood, IV, relative to Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site, H5698 [2AU]

Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 2009), H4888–H4894 [17JY]

USEC Inc.: prohibit funding for domestic security-related nuclear enrichment technology, H3095, H3096 [17MY], H3421–H3423 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S1476, S1484 [7MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: contract with an independent laboratory to study health effects of backscatter x-ray machines used at airline checkpoints and improve notice to airline passengers (S. 2044), S209 [31JA]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 3338), S4685 [27JN]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (S. 3469), S5873 [1AU]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 519), S5898 [1AU]

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act: extend limited antitrust exemption (S. 3715), S8552 [30DE]

Reports filed

Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5987) (H. Rept. 112–676), H6068 [18SE]

Statements

Enewetak People—Challenges Facing the Only Population Ever Resettled on a Nuclear Test Site: Jack Ading, H4891 [17JY]

Texts of

H.R. 5987, Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act, H6128–H6130 [19SE]

H.R. 6672, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H7282–H7292 [19DE]

S. 1855, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, S1476, S1484–S1493 [7MR]

S. 2009, Insular Areas Act, H4889 [17JY]

S. 3469, Nuclear Waste Administration Act, S5874–S5880 [1AU]

S. 3715, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act limited antitrust exemption extension, S8552 [30DE]

S. Res. 519, designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S5048 [16JY], S5898 [1AU]