Nuclear Gold Standard Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5066
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Authorization
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Plutonium
Russia
Security measures
Standards
Storage
Technical assistance
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
United Nations
Uranium enrichment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Nuclear Gold Standard Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense to develop a framework for a global alliance against nuclear terrorism that would incorporate the &quot;gold standard&quot; developed under this Act for the security of nuclear materials.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to work with: (1) the Secretary's Russian counterpart to develop a formal set of verifiable and enforceable standards to which all U.S. and Russian nuclear materials shall be secured and against which inspectors can test (&quot;gold standard&quot;); and (2) the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to extend such standards to all other countries with nuclear materials. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State to: (1) separately and jointly, provide assistance to other countries to implement the measures required by U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540; and (2) jointly develop a set of incentives as part of such assistance.
 
Authorizes, subject to specified conditions, appropriations for: (1) specified Department of Energy and Department of Defense (DOD) nuclear materials safety and weapons reduction programs; and (2) securing nuclear materials in Russia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House