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Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · D–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-26 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Securing our Radioactive Materials Act would require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider social and economic consequences when setting security measures for radioactive materials. It would also require federal licensing and tracking systems to include all licenses and radioactive sources classified as “category 3,” and require vendors to check prospective buyers’ category 3 licenses with the appropriate regulator.
This Act may be cited as the Securing our Radioactive Materials Act.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall incorporate socioeconomic consequences into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision-making for setting security measures for radioactive materials.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall immediately require that— (A) all category 3 licenses be added to the Web-based Licensing System; (B) all category 3 sources be included and tracked in the National Source Tracking System; and (C) all vendors verify the legitimacy of would-be purchasers’ category 3 licenses with the appropriate regulator.
The Commission would have to include social and economic consequences in its decisions about security measures for radioactive materials. The bill connects its required actions to a Government Accountability Office report published September 30, 2024.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall take the following actions, as described in the Government Accountability Office report titled Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Has Not Taken Steps to Address Certain Radiological Security Risks (GAO–24–107014; published September 30, 2024)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall incorporate socioeconomic consequences into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision-making for setting security measures for radioactive materials.
The Commission would have to immediately require all category 3 licenses to be added to the Web-based Licensing System and all category 3 radioactive sources to be included and tracked in the National Source Tracking System.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall immediately require that— (A) all category 3 licenses be added to the Web-based Licensing System; (B) all category 3 sources be included and tracked in the National Source Tracking System
The Commission would have to immediately require all vendors to verify prospective purchasers’ category 3 licenses with the appropriate regulator.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall immediately require that—
(C) all vendors verify the legitimacy of would-be purchasers’ category 3 licenses with the appropriate regulator.
Within one year after enactment, the Commission would have to revise applicable guidelines, policies, and regulations as necessary to implement these requirements.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall revise any applicable guidelines, policies, and regulations as necessary to carry out subsection (a).
The supplied actions snapshot, updated May 7, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 26, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-05-07T08:06:08Z. 2025-02-26: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-26: Introduced in House
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