[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1636

  To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take certain actions 
relating to security measures for radioactive materials, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

    Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to take certain actions 
relating to security measures for radioactive materials, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing our Radioactive Materials 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NRC ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CERTAIN RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY RISKS.

    (a) Actions To Be Taken by NRC.--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
shall take the following actions, as described in the Government 
Accountability Office report titled ``Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission Has Not Taken Steps to Address Certain 
Radiological Security Risks'' (GAO-24-107014; published September 30, 
2024):
            (1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall incorporate 
        socioeconomic consequences into the Nuclear Regulatory 
        Commission's decision-making for setting security measures for 
        radioactive materials.
            (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall immediately 
        require that--
                    (A) all category 3 licenses be added to the Web-
                based Licensing System;
                    (B) all category 3 sources be included and tracked 
                in the National Source Tracking System; and
                    (C) all vendors verify the legitimacy of would-be 
                purchasers' category 3 licenses with the appropriate 
                regulator.
    (b) Revision of Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
revise any applicable guidelines, policies, and regulations as 
necessary to carry out subsection (a).
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