S. 2348: Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006
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S. 2348: Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006
109th Congress · introduced 2006-03-01 · Energy · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-03-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006
Plain summary
Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to promulgate regulations requiring certain civilian nuclear power facilities to provide notice of any release to the environment of fission products or other radioactive substances. Directs the NRC to consider requiring licensees of such facilities to give notice of any release: (1) within 24 hours after it happens; (2) to the NRC and state and county governments in which the facility is located if an unplanned release exceeds allowable limits for normal operation, is not subject to more stringent NRC requirements or enters into the environment, and may cause drinking water sources to exceed a maximum radioactive contaminant level; and (3) to such state and county governments if the unplanned release reaches the environment by a path otherwise not allowed or recognized by the facility's operating license but falls within the allowable limits for normal operation. Declares that this Act does not provide to any state or county that receives such notice regulatory jurisdiction over a licensee of such a facility.
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Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] · 4 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2348, Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 (2006-10-03); CBO cost estimate: S. 2348, Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006 (2006-10-03)
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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
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- Jurisdiction
- The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s2348.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s2348 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109