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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 

To require the President to issue guidance on Federal response to a largescale nuclear disaster. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2011 

Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require the President to issue guidance on Federal 

response to a large-scale nuclear disaster. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Disaster Pre5 paredness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GUIDANCE FOR RESPONSE TO A NUCLEAR DIS7 ASTER. 

8 (a) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the President, in consulta10 tion with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of DeVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:31 May 04, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1694.IH H1694

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1 fense, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

2 Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the 

4 Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall issue guid5 ance on Federal response to nuclear disasters described 

6 in subsection (b). 

7 (b) NUCLEAR DISASTERS DESCRIBED.—The guid8 ance issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be with re9 spect to any nuclear disaster that— 

10 (1) may be caused by a natural catastrophe, an 

11 accident, or a terrorist or other attack; 

12 (2) occurs initially at a nuclear power plant; 

13 and 

14 (3) disperses radiation off the reactor site and 

15 into the surrounding area. 

16 (c) GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued pursuant to 

17 subsection (a) shall— 

18 (1) designate the Federal agency that is respon19 sible for coordinating the Federal Government’s ef20 forts in response to a nuclear disaster (in this Act 

21 referred to as the ‘‘Coordinating Agency’’), including 

22 making a formal declaration that a nuclear disaster 

23 exists; 


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1 (2) identify the circumstances under which a 

2 formal declaration described in paragraph (1) will 

3 occur; 

4 (3) designate the Federal agency that is respon5 sible for recommending to the Coordinating Agency 

6 the evacuation of an area surrounding a nuclear 

7 power plant in response to a nuclear disaster; 

8 (4) identify the circumstances under which a 

9 recommendation described in paragraph (3) will be 

10 made; 

11 (5) designate the Federal agency that is respon12 sible for conducting an evacuation described in para13 graph (3) when directed to do so by the Coordi14 nating Agency; 

15 (6) designate the Federal agency that is respon16 sible for recommending to the Coordinating Agency 

17 that evacuees may return following a nuclear dis18 aster; 

19 (7) identify the circumstances under which a 

20 recommendation described in paragraph (6) will be 

21 made; 

22 (8) identify what cleanup standards will apply 

23 for a nuclear disaster; 

24 (9) designate the Federal agency that is respon25 sible for conducting cleanup of a nuclear disaster 


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1 when directed to do so by the Coordinating Agency; 

2 and 

3 (10) identify any other roles and responsibilities 

4 of any Federal agency involved in the response effort 

5 to a nuclear disaster. 

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