Nuclear Power Plant Safety Improvement Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Nuclear Powerplant Safety Improvement Act of 1979 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require that at least one Commission inspector be stationed on a 24 hour basis in the control room of any nuclear powerplant licensed under this Act. Sets forth the duties of such inspector. Directs the Commission to establish a nuclear accident emergency planning assistance program to assist States in handling such emergencies. Requires owners and operators of licensed nuclear powerplants to monitor radiation levels in the vicinity of such powerplants. Sets forth details of such monitoring requirement. Requires such owners and operators to develop procedures for responding to nuclear emergencies, and requires that future applicants for nuclear powerplant operating licenses submit, as part of the application, an emergency plan for handling nuclear emergencies. Specifies the nature of such emergency plans. Directs such owners and operators to distribute information in pamphlet form to nearby residences, businesses, schools and other institutions describing various matters related to radiation and nuclear emergencies. Requires the Commission to conduct inspections of all operating nuclear powerplants within six months of the date of enactment of this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 15, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 15, 1979: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN (D-NY) introduced it on May 15, 1979. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 15, 1979, 17332 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17332 days ago, on May 15, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers