SUMMARY AS OF:
1/31/2000--Introduced.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization and Improvements Act of 2000 -
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal the mandate for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) to maintain an office in the District of Columbia
for the service of process.
(Sec. 4) Restricts the initial duration of a combined construction and
operating license to 40 years from the date on which the NRC finds that certain
acceptance criteria have been met prior to facility operation.
(Sec. 5) Limits to production facilities only the current prohibition against
granting either a commercial license or a medical therapy and research and
development license to an alien or a corporation or other entity under foreign
ownership or domination (thus allowing such licenses for utilization and other
kinds of facilities).
(Sec. 6) Shields from NRC antitrust scrutiny certain industrial and
commercial license applications to construct or operate utilization facilities.
(Sec. 7) Confers gift acceptance authority upon the NRC. Establishes the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fund to accept gifts or net proceeds of gift
sales.
(Sec. 8) Authorizes the NRC to authorize employees of NRC licensees to carry
firearms for the protection of licensee property designated of significance to
or necessary in the interest of the common defense and security.
(Sec. 9) Authorizes the NRC to prescribe and collect cost recovery fees from
other Federal agencies.
(Sec. 12) Encompasses within NRC police powers: (1) installations subject to
its licensing or certification authority; (2) facilities for storage, treatment,
or disposal; and (3) facilities for production, utilization, waste storage,
treatment and disposal, and uranium enrichment, or nuclear fuel fabrication.
(Sec. 14) Directs the NRC to promulgate requirements to ensure that a
non-licensee complies fully with any nuclear decommissioning obligation.
(Sec. 15) Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to provide for
continuation of service until a successor has taken office of an NRC member
whose term of office has expired.
(Sec. 16) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 to prohibit commencement of administrative or judicial
actions regarding source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that is subject
to NRC or State-issued decontamination regulations unless the action is pursuant
to NRC or State request.
(Sec. 17) Authorizes appropriations for FY2001, including those for the
Office of Inspector General of the NRC.