Radiation Control Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Radiation Control Act of 1979 - Gives the Environmental Protection Agency primary responsibility on behalf of the Federal government for: (1) compiling and assessing all available information on radiation from all sources, and disseminating the results to the public; (2) conducting and administering Federal or federally-supported radiation effects and assessment programs; (3) developing, issuing, and modifying regulations dealing with radiation exposure of the public and of workers; (4) monitoring, maintaining records of, and establishing allowable totals of radiation exposure; and (5) establishing an identifiable group to compile and analyze epidemiological information on the effects of radiation. Directs the Administrator of the Agency to: (1) establish the most likely statistical relation between a given exposure dose of each form of ionizing radiation and the consequent harmful effects therefrom; (2) exposure encountered for the public and for workers from each of specified sources; and (3) obtain the statistically expected effect upon the public and upon workers from each of individual types of sources within specified categories. Directs the Administrator to submit to Congress specified reports and annual updates, summaries of which shall be made available for public information. Transfers to the Agency all functions and activities for which the Agency is given primary responsibility under this Act which are currently being exercised or conducted by other Federal agencies and officers, along with related powers, duties, personnel, and resources, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Directs the Administrator to keep the appropriate committees of Congress fully and currently informed of all activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out 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 March 6, 1980. 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 March 6, 1980: 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?
JOHN WYDLER (R-NY) introduced it on March 6, 1980. 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 March 6, 1980, 16989 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16989 days ago, on March 6, 1980.
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