To provide for the external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at the Department of Energy.

Bill: 108-hr-1961
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2003-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Department of Energy
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Indemnity
Independent regulatory commissions
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Liability for nuclear damages
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear energy research
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Radiation safety
Radioisotopes
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: 
Eliminates Department of Energy (DOE) regulatory or enforcement authority at any nonmilitary DOE energy laboratory in connection with responsibilities for nuclear safety and for occupational safety and health.
 
Grants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) nuclear safety regulatory and enforcement responsbilities, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) occupational safety and health regulatory and enforcement responsibilities with regard to such facilities.
 
Authorizes the NRC to regulate both the DOE and DOE contractors through licensing and certification. 
Holds a contractor operating a DOE nonmilitary energy laboratory harmless from facility decommissioning costs or from any violation of NRC decommissioning requirements if such violation results from DOE failure to authorize or fund decommissioning activities.
States OSHA and the NRC both share regulatory and enforcement responsibilities regarding a hazard at a nonmilitary DOE energy laboratory that presents a risk of occupational exposure and contains both a radiological and non-radiological component.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-06
text: Introduced in House