H.R. 5929: Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-30 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act

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Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act - Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Administrator for Nuclear Security should, with specified minimum levels of funding, establish a graduate fellowship program in nuclear chemistry and carry out research and development to improve the speed and accuracy of nuclear forensics radiation-measurement equipment. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to require a report to Congress on any legislative, regulatory, or treaty actions necessary to facilitate international cooperation in enhancement of international nuclear-material databases and the linking of those databases to enable prompt data access. Directs the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security to establish a joint independent Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel of experts not directly associated with federal laboratories to provide independent validation of any federal nuclear forensics analysis. Directs the President to report to specified congressional committees on the involvement of Cabinet-level leadership in planned nuclear terrorism preparedness exercises that include nuclear forensics analysis.

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Nuclear Terrorism Deterrence and Detection Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-14] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr5929.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5929 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110