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United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1986
Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe a maximum ceiling price applicable to any first sale of natural gas other than the statutory maximum if it is just and reasonable within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1986
Department of Energy Environmental Compliance Act of 1986 - Title I: Standards for Protection from Radioactive Emissions from Facilities of Department of Energy - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue and periodically revise standards to protect public health and safety and the environment from radioactive emissions from certain Department of Energy facilities. Requires such standards to include annual and aggregate limits as well as models for calculating public exposure to radioactive emissions. Directs the Secretary of Energy to monitor compliance with such standards. Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to provide the Administrator with all necessary information and inspections, both onsite and off. Imposes civil penalties for violations. Includes Federal employees under this Act. Requires Federal agency cooperation. Authorizes the Administrator to empower States to exercise authority provided by this Act. Title II: Compliance of Facilities of Department of Energy with Federal and State Environmental Protection Requirements - Authorizes the Administrator to monitor covered facilities to assure compliance with Federal and State environmental laws, including unannounced inspections. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress annually on such monitoring. Requires the Secretary to reimburse the Administrator for monitoring costs. Requires the Secretary to terminate the use of soil columns for disposing of liquid radioactive waste or hazardous waste at Department facilities within one year. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the costs of compliance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on sites which pose a threat to public health or the environment and the estimated costs of treatment, storage and disposal. Requires the Secretary to operate quality assurance programs which provide for internal independent review to identify potential public health and safety and environmental problems. Requires the Secretary to make corrections, maintain records of activities affecting environmental quality, and conduct audits. Directs the Secretary to establish a citizen advisory group upon the request of any State Governor. Authorizes the President to exempt facilities otherwise covered by this Act for no more than one year, reporting annually on all exemptions granted. Title III: Regulation of Solid Waste Mixed with Radioactive Materials - States that the generation, transportation, treatment, and disposal of solid waste mixed with radioactive material is subject to the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to issue revised guidelines for repository site recommendations. Extends from January 1, 1985, to January 1, 1988, the deadline by which the Secretary must recommend three nominated sites to the President. Declares that if the Secretary determines before January 1, 1988, that operation of a second repository site is not needed prior to the year 2010, then the Secretary shall recommend to the President three of the nominated sites by January 1, 1990. Declares that any approval or disapproval of a candidate site by the President made before the date of enactment of this Act shall be void. Extends the deadlines by which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must consider applications for repository construction authorizations (from January 1, 1989, to January 1, 1992, for the first such application, and from January 1, 1992, to January 1, 1995, for the second such application). Requires the Secretary to file an environmental impact statement for site characterization activities. Prescribes guidelines under which the Commission shall allocate disposal capacity in the first repository among producers of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. Declares that any State that contains or abuts on any portion of a major river within 15 miles of any proposed repository site shall have the same rights to participate in the site selection and approval process as any State in which such site is to be located.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1986
Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize security personnel of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Energy (with the concurrence of the Attorney General). Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations relating to entry upon SPR property and bringing dangerous instruments or materials into such property. Declares that violations of such regulations shall be deemed misdemeanors, punishable by either a fine or prisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1986
Waives points of order against the conference report on S. 2638 (armed forces funding) and against its consideration.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1986
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing a license to any person with demonstrated poor character; and (2) require the Commission to revoke the license of any licensee with demonstrated poor character. Describes the acts which are considered evidence of poor character, including persistent failure to give priority to safety concerns. Requires the Commission to hold a hearing on the record upon a prima facie showing that an applicant or licensee has committed such an act. Authorizes the Commission to revoke (or refuse to grant) a license if the Commission determines that such an act has been committed. Confers jurisdiction upon certain Federal district courts to review such Commission decisions.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1986
Energy Security Policy Act of 1986 - Requires the President to submit recommendations to the Congress regarding a national energy security policy within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires that such policy include action necessary to protect the United States from the threat of excessive dependence on foreign oil imports. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to: (1) increase the duties on imported petroleum; (2) impose an additional variable import duty on such petroleum; and (3) subject motor fuel blending stock to import duties.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1986
Nuclear Whistleblowers Protection Act Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to prohibit the discharge of or any other discrimination against an employee due to such employee's having notified an employer of an alleged violation of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 or of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Increases from 30 days to one year the period within which an employee may file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor regarding reprisal actions as a result of having reported such violations. Entitles a complainant to a review in any Federal district court if the Secretary of Labor does not issue a compliance order (or a denial of the complaint) within a specified time. Requires the prominent posting of the employee protection provisions of this Act in places of employment affected by this Act. States that this Act does not preclude other remedies available to a complainant. Authorizes the award of injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1986
State Nuclear Safety Participation Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the States to establish and enforce standards for the protection of the public health and safety from radiological hazards of production and utilization facilities. Requires that such safety standards be equal to or greater than Federal standards. Requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to notify States within ten miles of such a production or utilization facility that it intends to issue an operating license. Sets a 60-day deadline for such notification. Authorizes States to veto the issuance of licenses upon a written submission that the operation of such a facility would be contrary to the best interests of the State. Prohibits the Commission from issuing an operating license unless: (1) each affected State has certified to the Commission its approval and intention to implement emergency plans (including evacuation plans) approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (2) FEMA has notified the Commission in writing of such approval; and (3) the Commission finds that such plans adequately protect the public health and safety.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1986
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1986 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that the amount of financial protection required of licensees of facilities having a rated capacity of 100,000 electrical kilowatts or more shall be the maximum amount available at reasonable cost. Increases from $5,000,000 to $63,000,000 the maximum standard deferred premium amount which may be charged following any nuclear incident. Limits such amount to $10,000,000 in any one year. Eliminates the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) authority to: (1) establish a maximum amount of deferred premiums that may be charged for all nuclear incidents in any one year; and (2) charge some utilities smaller deferred premiums than others. Authorizes the NRC, on a case by case basis, to assess annual deferred premium amounts less than the standard annual deferred premium for: (1) any facility, if more than one nuclear incident occurs in any one calendar year; or (2) any licensee licensed to operate more than one facility if the NRC determines that the financial impact of assessing the standard annual deferred premium would result in undue financial hardship to such licensee or to the ratepayers of such licensee. Establishes procedures to be followed by the NRC in borrowing funds from the Treasury to compensate victims of a nuclear incident. Extends the NRC's authority to enter into indemnification agreements with its licensees for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Makes the Department of Energy's indemnification authority mandatory for all contracts involving the risk of public liability (currently such authority is discretionary). Extends such authority for an additional ten years (from 1987 to 1997). Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into indemnification agreements covering all activities undertaken under contract for the Department, including nuclear waste activities. Makes applicable to such indemnification agreements certain provisions relating to the waiver of any issue or defense as to charitable or governmental immunity. Provides for payment from the Nuclear Waste Fund of claims arising out of nuclear waste activities funded by it. Requires the Secretary to indemnify certain contractors to the full extent of the aggregate public liability, including the reasonable costs of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damage. Limits to $100,000,000 the indemnity amount in nuclear incidents occurring outside the United States. Makes an indemnified contractor who is engaged in underground nuclear detonation activities liable for injuries or damage resulting from such activities. States that in the event the Secretary implements nuclear waste activities that involve the risk of public liability, including the handling of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic waste, such Secretary shall be considered a contractor indemnified under an indemnification agreement. Revises the definition of "public liability" to include the costs of precautionary evacuations ordered by State or local officials. Precludes a court from awarding the costs of a precautionary evacuation unless such costs constitute a public liability. Sets guidelines for the maximum aggregate liability of indemnified persons for a single nuclear incident, which includes liability for the costs of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damages. Directs the Congress to provide prompt compensation for all public liability claims for damages exceeding the statutory limitation on liability. Establishes procedures for congressional review of any nuclear incident likely to exceed the statutory liability limitation. Declares that the statutory limitation does not preclude the Congress from imposing additional revenue measures upon NRC licensees necessary to provide funds for victim compensation. Requires the Secretary of Energy or the NRC to survey the causes and extent of damage of any nuclear incident involving damages likely to exceed the statutory aggregate liability and to report the results of such survey to the Congress, the Representatives and Senators of the affected districts and States, and the public. Requires the President to report to the Congress: (1) an estimate of the aggregate dollar value of damages exceeding the statutory limit; (2) a recommendation for additional sources of funds for such compensation; and (3) specific proposals for disbursing compensation to the public. Extends from August 1, 1987, to August 1, 1997, the NRC's authority to indemnify certain nonprofit educational institutions licensed to operate nuclear research reactors. Directs the President to establish a commission to study means of fully compensating victims of a catastrophic nuclear accident that exceeds the aggregate statutory liability. Establishes guidelines for such commission. Requires the commission to report and recommend to the Congress: (1) changes in civil procedures needed for prompt claim disposition; (2) standards for establishing priorities among claims; and (3) provisions for addressing latent injury claims. Repeals the condition that a State statute of limitations be waived only if suit is filed within 20 years after a nuclear incident. (Thus, conditions the waiving of a statute of limitations only upon institution of a suit within three years of the date the claimant knew or reasonably could have known of the injury.) Revises the application of the waiver-of-defenses to include extraordinary nuclear occurrences involving radioactive wastes or nuclear materials licensees indemnified by the NRC. Makes applicable to all nuclear incidents (rather than just extraordinary nuclear occurrences) the consolidation of claims in a legal action. Permits the consolidation and removal of public liability actions pending on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth conditions under which the chief judge of the Federal district court in which claims are consolidated is authorized to establish a special case load management panel for the coordination of cases arising out of a nuclear incident. Authorizes courts to order the payment of reasonable and equitable legal costs in the case of claims against: (1) licensees required to maintain financial protection; (2) certain indemnified Department of Energy contractors; and (3) certain indemnified nonprofit educational institutions. Extends from August 1, 1983, to August 1, 1993, the deadline by which the Department and the NRC must report to the Congress on the need for continuation or modification of the Price-Anderson Act. Absolves lessors of a large commercial reactor from any public liability which might arise from a nuclear incident relating to such facility unless the lessor is in actual possession and control of the facility at the time of the nuclear incident. Directs the NRC to adjust, at least once every five years, the aggregate amount of financial protection required of civilian commercial reactors so as to reflect the aggregate percentage change in the consumer price index since the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1986
Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from providing, before May 1, 1987, uranium enrichment services under the terms of criteria submitted to the Congress on July 24, 1986, and published in the Federal Register on July 29, 1986. States that the Utility Services contracts entered into by the Department of Energy and its customers are valid and legally binding until the expiration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1986
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President's FY 1988 budget should include adequate funds for environmental cleanup at Department of Energy (DOE) sites at a level adequate to put DOE facilities in compliance with the Clean Water Act and final permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that DOE should: (1) accord the same priority to putting its facilities into compliance with environmental laws as it accords to meeting nuclear materials and weapons production goals; (2) provide for independent inspections by affected State agencies regarding the Department's treatment and disposal of mixed wastes that may be exempt from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regulation; (3) provide for an independent examination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Safety Analysis Reviews of its nuclear facilities; and (4) report to the Congress regarding plans and cost estimates for bringing DOE defense facilities into compliance with environmental laws.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1986
Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from implementing provisions of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 451 (which would raise the just-and-reasonable price which natural gas producers can charge for old gas).
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1986
Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oil field equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis on the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act including any surcharges based on such costs. Exempts from Federal or State antitrust laws any actions taken by independent producers' cooperative associations to market certain natural gas released for sale under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Directs the Commission to consider the full cost of the purchased gas when ascertaining whether any amount paid in any natural gas purchase for resale is just and reasonable. Title III: Regulatory Reform Provisions - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a specified waste disposal study regarding crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy, with the participation of the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior, as well as representatives of the affected industries, and of the State agencies that regulate these industries. Revises the deadline for the completion of such report from October 21, 1982, to January 1, 1989. Modifies the types of storage containers which are exempt from the definition of "underground storage tank" under the Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) fundamentally different factor variances should be available for any facility subject to national effluent limitation guidelines; (2) certain recycling regulations regarding "mixture" and "derived from" should not be invoked to curtail petroleum industry recycling activities designed to conserve resources when there is no information to demonstrate that such activities threaten human health or the environment; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage continued use of land treatment for petroleum waste; and (4) the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas operations should continue to be recognized as an acceptable financial accounting practice.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1986
Oil and Gas Production Revitalization Act - Title I: Oil Provisions - Repeals the windfall profit tax provisions regarding domestic crude oil. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to assure that at least 50 percent (by volume) of petroleum products acquired for storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during each fiscal year are derived from domestic crude oil production (if such products can be acquired at prices no less favorable to the United States than the price of comparable foreign petroleum products). Urges the administration to increase the exploration and development of domestic energy resources. Urges the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) immediately undertake a feasibility study regarding the national security effects and implications of current and projected levels of petroleum imports into the United States; and (2) analyze the economic impact of export restrictions on oilfield equipment and drilling technology, with special emphasis upon the effect of such restrictions on employment and growth of the U.S. economy. Title II: Natural Gas Provisions - Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) to: (1) allow any pipeline to transport natural gas on behalf of any person; (2) require pipelines to transport gas without discrimination; and (3) require pipelines which receive gas to provide nondiscriminatory transportation services. Requires the Commission (upon request by any person) to direct an interstate pipeline to provide transportation service (without discrimination) unless such pipeline demonstrates to the Commission that it is incapable of providing such service. Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Act of 1978 to: (1) repeal the prohibitions against the use by electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations of petroleum and natural gas as primary energy sources; (2) remove the restrictions placed upon Federal major fuel-burning installations against the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources; and (3) repeal the guidelines for the emergency use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source by any person operating a peakload powerplant or a major fuel-burning installation. Revokes the authority of the Secretary of Energy to require any major fuel-burning installation to furnish certain information regarding the use of primary energy sources of fuel. Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to repeal the natural gas incremental pricing provisions. States that incremental pricing rules promulgated by the Commission shall continue in effect only with respect to the flow-through of costs incurred before enactment of this Act, including any surcharges based on such costs. Exempts from Federal or State antitrust laws any actions taken by independent producers' cooperative associations to market certain natural gas released for sale under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Directs the Commission to consider the full cost of the purchased gas when ascertaining whether any amount paid in any natural gas purchase for resale is just and reasonable. Title III: Regulatory Reform Provisions - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a specified waste disposal study regarding crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy, with the participation of the Secretaries of Energy and of the Interior, as well as representatives of the affected industries, and of the State agencies that regulate these industries. Revises the deadline for the completion of such report from October 21, 1982, to January 1, 1989. Modifies the types of storage containers which are exempt from the definition of "underground storage tank" under the Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) fundamentally different factors variances should be available for any facility subject to national effluent limitation guidelines; (2) certain recycling regulations regarding "mixture" and "derived from" should not be invoked to curtail petroleum industry recycling activities designed to conserve resources when there is no information to demonstrate that such activities threaten human health or the environment; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should encourage continued use of land treatment for petroleum waste; and (4) the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas operations should continue to be recognized as an acceptable financial accounting practice.
United States · United States Senate · 22 September 1986
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1986
Oil Pollution Cleanup Act of 1986 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic and natural resource damages including: (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of tax, royalty, rental or net profits share revenue for not more than one year. Establishes liability limits for: (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) vessels; (3) lessees and permittees of outer continental shelf facilities; (4) inland barges; and (5) other facility owners. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities, and to periodically adjust liability limits in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government natural resources. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under: (1) this Act; (2) the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984; (3) maritime tort law; and (4) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and damages. Establishes a $500,000,000 limit per incident. Authorizes the States to have direct access to the Fund for a minimum of $250,000 per discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil, and to enter into agreements with the President for additional Fund moneys. Requires the owner or operator of certain-size vessels and offshore facilities to establish financial responsibility sufficient to meet the maximum amount of liability to which such persons could be subjected under this Act. Provides for judicial review of regulations and actions under this Act. Grants State courts jurisdiction to hear cases under this Act, as well as under State law. Permits the State to impose additional liability or requirements regarding oil discharges within their borders. Retains the rights of the States to maintain a fund for oil pollution compensation. Authorizes the States to enforce the financial responsibility requirements of this Act. Requires the President to consult with the affected States regarding removal actions. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the following Acts: (1) the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act; (2) the Clean Water Act; (3) the Intervention on the High Seas Act; (4) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; and (5) the Deepwater Port Act. Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to abolish the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Replaces the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund and the Deepwater Port Liability Fund with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund of this Act. Repeals the oil spill liability provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (thereby replacing the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund under that Act with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund established in this Act). Increases criminal penalties for failure to report an oil discharge. Title III: Implementation of the International Conventions - States that the liability of an owner for pollution damage arising from an incident involving a ship shall be determined in accordance with the Civil Liability Convention and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984, if the President determines that such Conventions are consistent with the provisions of this Act. Grants Federal recognition to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund as a legal entity. Sets forth procedural guidelines for Federal implementation and cooperation with such international bodies.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1986
Directs the President to submit to the Congress by December 31, 1986, a national petroleum security plan designed to strengthen U.S. oil independence and national security by diminishing reliance on imported petroleum.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1986
Oil Pollution Cleanup Act of 1986 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Establishes the Oil Spill Compensation Fund. Makes vessel owners or operators of onshore or offshore facilities liable for removal costs and for economic and natural resource damages including: (1) injury or loss of real or personal property or natural resources; (2) loss of use (including subsistence use) of natural resources; (3) loss or impairment of income, profits, or earning capacity; and (4) loss of tax, royalty, rental or net profits share revenue for not more than one year. Establishes liability limits for: (1) owners and operators of tankers; (2) vessels; (3) lessees and permittees of outer continental shelf facilities; (4) inland barges; and (5) other facility owners. Authorizes the President to establish lower liability limits for other onshore or offshore facilities, and to periodically adjust liability limits in accordance with the Consumer Price Index. Makes the President (or the authorized representative of any State or foreign government) the trustee to act on behalf of the public to recover damages for injury to Federal, State, or foreign government natural resources. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel liable under: (1) this Act; (2) the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984; (3) maritime tort law; and (4) the Clean Water Act. Directs the President to use the money in the Oil Spill Compensation Fund for specified removal costs and damages. Establishes a $500,000,000 limit per incident. Authorizes the States to have direct access to the Fund for a minimum of $250,000 per discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil, and to enter into agreements with the President for additional Fund moneys. Requires the owner or operator of certain-size vessels and offshore facilities to establish financial responsibility sufficient to meet the maximum amount of liability to which such persons could be subjected under this Act. Provides for judicial review of regulations and actions under this Act. Grants State courts jurisdiction to hear cases under this Act, as well as under State law. Permits the State to impose additional liability or requirements regarding oil discharges within their borders. Retains the rights of the States to maintain a fund for oil pollution compensation. Authorizes the States to enforce the financial responsibility requirements of this Act. Requires the President to consult with the affected States regarding removal actions. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the following Acts: (1) the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act; (2) the Clean Water Act; (3) the Intervention on the High Seas Act; (4) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; and (5) the Deepwater Port Act. Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to abolish the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Replaces the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund and the Deepwater Port Liability Fund with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund of this Act. Repeals the oil spill liability provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (thereby replacing the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund under that Act with the Oil Spill Compensation Fund established in this Act). Title III: Implementation of the International Conventions - States that the liability of an owner for pollution damage arising from an incident involving a ship shall be determined in accordance with the Civil Liability Convention and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984, if the President determines that such Conventions are consistent with the provisions of this Act. Grants Federal recognition to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund as a legal entity. Sets forth procedural guidelines for Federal implementation and cooperation with such international bodies.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act: (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage: (1) television sets; (2) humidifiers; and (3) dehumidifiers. Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards. Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by the Federal regulations for testing and labeling requirements and energy conservation standards. Permits the waiver of Federal preemption if the Secretary finds that such waiver is needed to meet compelling and unusual local energy conditions. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such a waiver. Details conditions under which State and local building code requirements regarding energy conservation standards are not superseded by the standards promulgated under this Act. Permits the commencement of a citizen's suit against the Secretary for failure to comply with a nondiscretionary duty to issue rules according to prescribed schedules. Directs the courts to expedite the disposition of such suits. Vests jurisdiction in the Federal district courts over actions brought by any adversely affected person to determine whether a State or local government is complying with the requirements of this Act. Declares that the required submission by the Secretary of an annual report regarding Federal energy efficiency standards does not constitute a defense or justification for a failure by such Secretary to comply with the nondiscretionary duty provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Energy Security Act of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an import fee on: (1) the first sale within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States; and (2) the use within the United States of any crude oil or any refined petroleum product imported into the United States if no such tax has been imposed prior to such use. Exempts from such tax crude oil or refined petroleum products purchased for export. Sets the rate of such tax as the difference between $18 per barrel and the average world price of crude oil per barrel.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
Omnibus Nuclear Safety Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of Agency - Establishes as an independent regulatory agency the Nuclear Regulation and Safety Agency (the Agency) to succeed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). States that such Agency shall be administered by a Director and Deputy Director. Establishes in such Agency the Office of Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulation and Safety Agency. Transfers to such Office from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Office of Inspector and Auditor. Establishes within the Agency the Nuclear Safety Board whose members shall report to the Director of the Agency. Authorizes the Board to independently evaluate and report on abnormal occurrences within its purview. Requires the Board to report annually to the President and the Congress. Abolishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Provides for the transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel from the NRC to the Agency. Title II: Siting and Licensing - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prescribe procedural guidelines under which: (1) the Agency shall issue construction permits and operating licenses; (2) the Agency Director shall issue permits for site approval for thermal neutron power generation facilities; and (3) the Agency shall approve standardized facility designs for thermal neutron power general facilities. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Adds new definitions to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Title IV: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to such Act. Title V: Effective Date - Makes the effective date of this Act the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1986
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1986 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act: (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage: (1) television sets; (2) humidifiers; and (3) dehumidifiers. Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards. Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by the Federal regulations for testing and labeling requirements and energy conservation standards. Permits the waiver of Federal preemption if the Secretary finds that such waiver is needed to meet compelling and unusual local energy conditions. Prescribes procedural guidelines for such a waiver. Details conditions under which State and local building code requirements regarding energy conservation standards are not superseded by the standards promulgated under this Act. Permits the commencement of a citizen's suit against the Secretary for failure to comply with a nondiscretionary duty to issue rules according to prescribed schedules. Directs the courts to expedite the disposition of such suits. Vests jurisdiction in the Federal district courts over actions brought by any adversely affected person to determine whether a State or local government is complying with the requirements of this Act. Declares that the required submission by the Secretary of an annual report regarding Federal energy efficiency standards does not constitute a defense or justification for a failure by such Secretary to comply with the nondiscretionary duty provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 - Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any nuclear waste site characterization activities before the Federal Nuclear Waste Board (established by this Act) has nominated sites for selection as repositories. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Federal Nuclear Waste Board within the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Requires such Board to: (1) issue revised guidelines for the recommendation of repository sites; (2) nominate at least five sites considered suitable for characterization within 18 months after such revised guidelines are issued; (3) recommend to the President at least three sites for characterization as candidate sites; and (4) issue an environmental assessment for each such site. Provides that if the President approves certain candidate sites in an order other than the order in which such sites were ranked, then no site characterization activity will be implemented until 18 months after the President's approval. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which the President is required to submit site recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to make grants to States which are adjacent to States in which a repository candidate site is approved. Requires the Board to appoint a panel to study the need for disposal capacity beyond a 70,000 metric ton limitation. Requires such panel to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Board to submit the panel findings to the Congress, along with recommendations for implementation. Requires the Secretary to revise the mission plan in order to implement the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments of 1986 - Prohibits the expenditure of funds for any nuclear waste site characterization activities before the Federal Nuclear Waste Board (established by this Act) has nominated sites for selection as repositories. Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to establish the Federal Nuclear Waste Board within the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Requires such Board to: (1) issue revised guidelines for the recommendation of repository sites; (2) nominate at least five sites considered suitable for characterization within 18 months after such revised guidelines are issued; (3) recommend to the President at least three sites for characterization as candidate sites; and (4) issue an environmental assessment for each such site. Provides that if the President approves certain candidate sites in an order other than the order in which such sites were ranked, then no site characterization activity will be implemented until 18 months after the President's approval. Sets forth procedural guidelines under which the President is required to submit site recommendations to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to make grants to States which are adjacent to States in which a repository candidate site is approved. Requires the Board to appoint a panel to study the need for disposal capacity beyond a 70,000 metric ton limitation. Requires such panel to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Board to submit the panel findings to the Congress, along with recommendations for implementation. Requires the Secretary to revise the mission plan in order to implement the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Declares against public policy and unenforceable any restriction in the definition of General Service Buyer in any interstate pipeline tariff that prevents an interstate pipeline's customer from purchasing or delivering natural gas for sale in areas presently served by such pipeline under the purchaser's existing rate classification.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1986
Revokes orders which were issued before the date of enactment of this Act under the Natural Gas Act which authorize the importation of natural gas for processing or transportation by certain facilities. Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from: (1) approving the recovery in rates by any natural gas company of costs related to liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes which have been authorized for importation through such facilities but which have not actually been imported; and (2) permitting recovery of any equity investment on such facilities. Prohibits the issuance of any order authorizing the importation of LNG under the Natural Gas Act unless the Secretary of Energy determines that: (1) the delivered price of the LNG is competitive with the delivered price of alternate supplies of natural gas; and (2) the contract terms covering the sale of such LNG are responsive to changes in the natural gas market. Makes this Act applicable to: (1) certain certificated facilities which commenced deliveries of LNG before the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) certain tankers constructed for the ocean transportation of LNG to such facilities.
United States · United States Senate · 8 August 1986
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986
Amends Federal law regarding the administration of the Naval Petroleum Reserves to direct the Secretary of the Navy to establish a petroleum production rate from Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 that is less than the maximum efficient rate if the Secretary determines that a specified minimum rate cannot be attained for the Federal share of such petroleum. Establishes a minimum price for such petroleum that is the higher of either: (1) 90 percent of the current sales price of comparable petroleum in the same area; or (2) the price of Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum minus the cost of transporting such petroleum from the Naval Petroleum Reserve to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with adjustments for differences in petroleum quality. Reduces from 30 to 15 days the period for Department of Justice review of Naval Petroleum Reserve contracts for antitrust violations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1986
Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from providing uranium enrichment services under certain contractual criteria that were submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on July 24, 1986, and were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1986
Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1986
Waives the congressional review period required by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 for a certain underground natural gas pipeline to be constructed by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company across specified Army Corps of Engineers lands in Massachusetts.
United States · United States Senate · 4 August 1986
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1986
National Oil Security Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Offshore Energy Security Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a minimum bid of $25 or less per acre for the right to lease lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; (2) alter the royalty rate for new and existing leases in order to provide an economic stimulus to production; and (3) offer for lease areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that constitute large economic units. Establishes the National Offshore Vessel Operators Safety Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating regarding safety aspects of offshore oil, gas, and other mineral operations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Amends the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission, on its own or upon application, to exempt from such Act a public utility holding company that has only one subsidiary company which is a natural gas public utility, if: (1) the operations of such subsidiary do not extend beyond the State in which it is organized; (2) the subsidiary was incorporated on or before July 1, 1986, for the express purpose of operating a public utility; and (3) neither the holding company nor the subsidiary is engaged in retail residential or commercial plumbing, heating, electrical, air-conditioning, or related equipment installation or servicing.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1986
Fuel Use Act Repeal Bill of 1986 - Title I: Repeal of Certain Restrictions on the Use of Natural Gas and Petroleum - Amends the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 to repeal prohibitions against the use of natural gas or petroleum as a primary energy source in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations. Title II: Separability - Declares that if any part of this Act is invalid, the remainder shall not be affected.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1986
National Oil Security Act of 1986 - Directs the President to establish a national oil import ceiling level beyond which foreign crude and oil product imports as a share of U.S. oil consumption shall not rise. Prohibits such ceiling level from exceeding 50 percent of U.S. crude and oil product consumption for any annual period. Requires the President to: (1) annually submit projections to the Congress regarding anticipated U.S. oil production, demand, and imports for the subsequent three years; (2) certify whether imports of crude oil and oil products will exceed domestic production; and (3) submit an Energy Production and Oil Security Policy to the Congress to prevent foreign oil dependence from exceeding the national oil import ceiling for any year in which foreign oil imports are projected to exceed such amount. Grants the Congress ten continuous session days to review such oil projections and to determine whether the ceiling level will be violated within three years. Authorizes the President's energy plan to include: (1) an oil import fee; (2) energy conservation actions; (3) expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; and (4) production incentives for domestic oil and gas.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1986
Elects Representative Robert H. Michel, of Illinois, to the Committee on Appropriations and Representative Trent Lott, of Mississippi, to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1986 - Establishes the Emergency Response Program within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide the Commission with a single data transmission system which will furnish the data needed for the Commission's emergency response functions. Requires that such system include automatic electronic data transmission for use in an emergency at a commercial nuclear power reactor. Requires the operator of certain licensed commercial nuclear reactors, upon declaration of emergency, to transmit data by automatic electronic means to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center. Requires the Commission to pay all costs associated with such data transmission functions. Establishes the Emergency Response Data System Fund to compensate the Commission for the operation and installation costs of such data transmission system at commercial nuclear power reactor sites. Requires commercial nuclear power licensees to contribute to such fund the amount determined by the Commission to be attributable to the operation and installation costs of such data transmission system at the licensee's facility.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from granting any license or permit for any project proposed to be sited on or adjacent to a certain portion of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, including specified tributaries of such River. Exempts the Island Park Dam Hydropower project from such prohibition if FERC determines that no permanent and significant alteration of the water quality will occur.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Directs the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) review and disseminate a report issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and U.S. nuclear industry representatives regarding the Chernobyl nuclear incident; and (2) apply the recommendations of such report to U.S. nuclear facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1986
Requests the President to appoint a Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the status of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Power Program and recommendations for improvements in specified areas, including safety, financial condition, and operational activities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1986
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 5162 (energy and water development appropriations).
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1986
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1987 - Title I: Department of the Army - Makes appropriations for FY 1987 for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and beach erosion (including projects which involve State and local governmental participation). Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1987 to the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation for: (1) engineering and economic investigations of Federal reclamation and water conservation projects; (2) construction and rehabilitation projects; (3) soil and moisture conservation projects; (4) operation and maintenance of reclamation projects; (5) loans to irrigation districts for construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects; (6) general administrative expenses in certain Bureau of Reclamation offices; (7) the "Emergency Fund" as authorized by an Act of June 26, 1948; (8) replacement passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; (9) recovery of archaeological and paleontological remains in specified areas; and (10) acquisition of a computer aided drafting system. Makes appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for: (1) damaged facilities or equipment belonging to the Department of the Interior; (2) emergency prevention of forest or range fires; and (3) general administrative expenses. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy for FY 1987 for: (1) specified energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) general science and research activities; (4) nuclear waste disposal activities; (5) atomic energy defense activities; (6) departmental administrative expenses; (7) water and electrical power projects of the Alaska Power Administration; (8) specified fish passage facilities of the Bonneville Power Administration; (9) operational and maintenance expenses related to electric power transmission for the Southwestern Power Administration and the Southeastern Power Administration; (10) operational and maintenance expenses of the Western Area Power Administration; (11) salaries and expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commisssion; (12) geothermal energy research and development; and (13) Department of Energy general passenger vehicles and security guard expenses. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for: (1) programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; (2) salaries and expenses of the Delaware River Basin Commission; (3) expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; (4) Nuclear Regulatory Commission expenses; (5) expenses of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and (6) expenses of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth guidelines for the expenditure of appropriations under this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations, with specified exceptions, to pay the salaries of the Administrator of the Power Marketing Administration, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, or the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration unless they award contracts for the procurement of extra high voltage (EHV) power equipment manufactured in the United States when such agencies determine that there are one or more manufacturers of domestic end product offering a product that meets the technical requirements at a price not exceeding 130 percent of the bid or offering price of the most competitive foreign bidder.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Henry's Fork of the Snake River Protection Act of 1986 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from granting any license or permit for any project proposed to be sited on or adjacent to a certain portion of Henry's Fork of the Snake River, Idaho, including specified tributaries of such River. Exempts the Island Park Dam Hydropower project from such prohibition if FERC determines that no permanent and significant alteration of the water quality will occur.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendment of 1986 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to provide that a State which either contains or shares a downstream portion of a major river located within 15 miles of a proposed Federal nuclear waste repository shall have the same rights and opportunities to participate in the site selection, review, and approval process as the State in which such repository is proposed to be located. Nullifies the decision of the President to approve the Secretary of Energy's May 1986 recommendation of three sites for characterization as candidate sites. Extends from January 1, 1985, to January 1, 1987, the deadline by which the Secretary must recommend three sites for characterization as candidate repository sites. States that if the Secretary determines before January 1, 1987, that operation of a second repository is not needed before the year 2010, then the Secretary shall: (1) nominate at least seven sites for site characterization as a first repository (including at least two sites located in crystalline rock); and (2) recommend three of the nominated sites for characterization as candidate sites by January 1, 1988. Requires the Secretary to complete an environmental impact statement for certain site characterization activities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1986
Chernobyl Accident Study Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct a study of the nuclear power reactor accident in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union and attempt to determine the cause of such accident. Prescribes the contents of such study, including: (1) the sequence of accident events; (2) the consequences of the accident; (3) the containment characteristics of the Chernobyl reactor; (4) evacuation contingency plans; and (5) implications of the accident for the U.S. nuclear energy program. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the findings of the study. Limits the amount of appropriated funds that the Commission may use for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1986
National Nuclear Reactor Safety Study Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on United States Nuclear Safety to: (1) review all information pertaining to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident; (2) compare Soviet reactor design and safety standards with U.S. commercial and defense production reactors; (3) review and evaluate U.S. nuclear reactor management and regulation; and (4) recommend improvements in licensing and related regulatory practices. Requires the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.