S. 1280 — A bill terminate the exemption of certain contractors and other entities from civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements under Atomic Energy Act of 1954 | PoliFocus
S. 1280106th Congress
A bill terminate the exemption of certain contractors and other entities from civil penalties for violations of nuclear safety requirements under Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding civil penalties for violations of Department of Energy regulations to repeal: (1) the requirement that the Secretary of Energy determine by rule whether nonprofit educational institutions should receive automatic remission of any penalty; and (2) the exemption from such penalties of the University of Chicago, the University of California, American Telephone and Telegraph Company and its subsidiaries, Universities Research Association, Inc., Princeton University, the Associated Universities, Inc., Battelle Memorial Institute, and any of their subcontractors or suppliers, for activities associated with specified laboratories.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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