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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1636 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take certain actions relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to security measures for radioactive materials, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORRESof New York introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take certain |
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| 14 | 14 | | actions relating to security measures for radioactive ma- |
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| 15 | 15 | | terials, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing our Radio-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | active Materials Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. NRC ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CERTAIN RADIO-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | LOGICAL SECURITY RISKS. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) A |
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| 24 | 24 | | CTIONSTOBETAKEN BYNRC.—The Nuclear 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Regulatory Commission shall take the following actions, 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | as described in the Government Accountability Office re-10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 1636 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | port titled ‘‘Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Nuclear Regulatory 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Commission Has Not Taken Steps to Address Certain Ra-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | diological Security Risks’’ (GAO–24–107014; published 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | September 30, 2024): 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | incorporate socioeconomic consequences into the Nu-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | clear Regulatory Commission’s decision-making for 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | setting security measures for radioactive materials. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | immediately require that— 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) all category 3 licenses be added to the 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Web-based Licensing System; 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) all category 3 sources be included and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tracked in the National Source Tracking Sys-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tem; and 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) all vendors verify the legitimacy of 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | would-be purchasers’ category 3 licenses with 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the appropriate regulator. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) R |
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| 49 | 49 | | EVISION OFREGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Regulatory Commission shall revise any applicable guide-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | lines, policies, and regulations as necessary to carry out 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | subsection (a). 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Æ |
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