To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain and redistribute certain amounts collected as fines.

Bill: 114-hr-1973
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2015-04-22
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Emergency planning and evacuation

Executive agency funding and structure

Intergovernmental relations

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Nuclear power

Radioactive wastes and releases

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain amounts collected for safety-related fines and to distribute them to counties for maintaining radiological emergency preparedness plans required in connection with the nuclear facility with respect to which the fines were collected. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1973 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2015 Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to retain and redistribute certain amounts collected as fines.

1. Use of funds The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall retain amounts collected for safety-related fines, and shall distribute those amounts to counties for maintaining radiological emergency preparedness plans required in connection with the nuclear facility with respect to which the fines were collected.