Federal Nuclear Operations Management and Safety Corps Act
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Federal Nuclear Operations Management and Safety Corps Act - Establishes an independent agency to be known as the Federal Nuclear Operations Management and Safety Corps to be headed by a presidentially-appointed Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to appoint and employ officers and employees as are necessary to perform functions vested in him and to establish advisory boards to advise with and make recommendations on policies and other matters. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish, direct, manage, and provide for the Corps; (2) establish an academy and to develop and maintain a training program for all Corps personnel and their supervisors charged under terms and conditions of this Act with responsibility for nuclear facility operation and safety; (3) provide for staffing each nuclear facility, including facilities for the production, utilization, transport, or storage of nuclear source material, fuels, or waste, with Corps or Corps-trained staff; (4) carry out a research and problem analysis program relating to the Corps; and (5) provide for the dissemination of information on nuclear facility operations, management, safety, efficiency, design changes, and other matters among and between Corps field staff, design groups of appropriate vendor companies, architectural engineering firms, standards and licensing groups at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other responsible agencies. Directs the Administrator to develop plans and policies relating to the operation and control of: (1) the fission or fusion process in nuclear powered electric generating stations by Corps resident inspectors under emergency situations; and (2) reprocessing facilities, waste storage and disposal sites, and transportation systems. States that such policy shall be implemented as part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, or the Department of Transportation, licensing procedures. Directs the Administrator to order and carry out changes in standard operational procedures under emergency procedure directives where safety to facility personnel and the general public warrant. Requires that the Administrator submit an annual report to the Congress on the activities of the Administration and sets forth the components of such report. States that nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the: (1) regulatory and licensing authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or successor agencies, or the Departments of Energy or Transportation over the design, construction or operation of nuclear facilities or transportation, except to modify relevant standards to require, as part of the license application and compliance, that each facility have such Corps or Corps trained staff as determined under this Act; or (2) requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Directs the Administrator to develop a plan for implementing the duties and responsibilities of the Corps and to submit such plan to the Congress for its approval. Transfers to the Corps all of the functions, personnel, and funds of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to nuclear facility personnel training, inspection programs, and plant observer programs. 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 Senate" stage on March 12, 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 12, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- 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?
LOWELL WEICKER (R-CT) introduced it on March 12, 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 12, 1980, 16983 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16983 days ago, on March 12, 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
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers