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ending after the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act; or 
(III) any other matter for a period ending after 
the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(ii) WAIVERS TO STATES.—The Commission shall 
terminate any waiver granted to a State under 
subparagraph (A) if the Commission determines that— 
(I) the State has entered into an agreement 
with the Commission under section 274 b. of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2021(b)); 
(II) the agreement described in subclause (I) 
covers byproduct material (as described in para-
graph (3) or (4) of section 11 e. of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)) (as 
amended by paragraph (1))); and 
(III) the program of the State for licensing 
such byproduct material is adequate to protect 
the public health and safety. 
(C) PUBLICATION.—The Commission shall publish in 
the Federal Register a notice of any waiver granted under 
this subsection. 
SEC. 652. FINGERPRINTING AND CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. 
Section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2169) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection a.— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a. The Nuclear’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘section 147.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘a.(1)(A)(i) The Commission shall require each individual or 
entity described in clause (ii) to fingerprint each individual 
described in subparagraph (B) before the individual described in 
subparagraph (B) is permitted access under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) The individuals and entities referred to in clause (i) are 
individuals and entities that, on or before the date on which an 
individual is permitted access under subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(I) are licensed or certified to engage in an activity subject 
to regulation by the Commission; 
‘‘(II) have filed an application for a license or certificate 
to engage in an activity subject to regulation by the Commis-
sion; or 
‘‘(III) have notified the Commission in writing of an intent 
to file an application for licensing, certification, permitting, 
or approval of a product or activity subject to regulation by 
the Commission. 
‘‘(B) The Commission shall require to be fingerprinted any 
individual who— 
‘‘(i) is permitted unescorted access to— 
‘‘(I) a utilization facility; or 
‘‘(II) radioactive material or other property subject to 
regulation by the Commission that the Commission deter-
mines to be of such significance to the public health and 
safety or the common defense and security as to warrant 
fingerprinting and background checks; or 
‘‘(ii) is permitted access to safeguards information under 
section 147.’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘All fingerprints obtained by a licensee 
or applicant as required in the preceding sentence’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) All fingerprints obtained by an individual or entity as 
required in paragraph (1)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘The costs of any identification and 
records check conducted pursuant to the preceding sentence 
shall be paid by the licensee or applicant.’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) The costs of an identification or records check under para-
graph (2) shall be paid by the individual or entity required to 
conduct the fingerprinting under paragraph (1)(A).’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Attorney General may provide all the results 
of the search to the Commission, and, in accordance with 
regulations prescribed under this section, the Commission 
may provide such results to licensee or applicant submit-
ting such fingerprints.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
‘‘(A) the Attorney General may provide any result of an 
identification or records check under paragraph (2) to the 
Commission; and 
‘‘(B) the Commission, in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed under this section, may provide the results to the indi-
vidual or entity required to conduct the fingerprinting under 
paragraph (1)(A).’’; 
(2) in subsection c.— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, subject to public notice and comment, 
regulations—’’ and inserting ‘‘requirements—’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘unescorted access 
to the facility of a licensee or applicant’’ and inserting 
‘‘unescorted access to a utilization facility, radioactive mate-
rial, or other property described in subsection a.(1)(B)’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection d. as subsection e.; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection c. the following: 
‘‘d. The Commission may require a person or individual to 
conduct fingerprinting under subsection a.(1) by authorizing or 
requiring the use of any alternative biometric method for identifica-
tion that has been approved by— 
‘‘(1) the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(2) the Commission, by regulation.’’. 
SEC. 653. USE OF FIREARMS BY SECURITY PERSONNEL. 
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by inserting after 
section 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 161A. USE OF FIREARMS BY SECURITY PERSONNEL. 
‘‘a. DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘handgun’, ‘rifle’, 
‘shotgun’, ‘firearm’, ‘ammunition’, ‘machinegun’, ‘short-barreled 
shotgun’, and ‘short-barreled rifle’ have the meanings given the 
terms in section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘b. AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)(4), (a)(5), 
(b)(2), (b)(4), and (o) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, 
section 925(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, section 5844 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and any law (including regula-
tions) of a State or a political subdivision of a State that prohibits 
the transfer, receipt, possession, transportation, importation, or use 
of a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun, a short-barreled shotgun, a short-