US Congress House Bill 4733 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-12 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

9 requires the Department of Energy to conduct a research program on low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation to enhance the scientific understanding of the effects of exposure and to improve risk-assessment and risk-management methods. Low-dose radiation means a dose of less than 100 millisieverts. Low-dose-rate radition means a radiation dose rate of less than 5 millisieverts per hour. (For comparison, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits an adult's annual occupational radiation dose to 50 millisieverts and dose rate to approximately .025 millisieverts per hour.)

Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019

Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2020-03-12	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-10-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
2019-10-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2019-10-18	House	Introduced in House

HB5685 (Related) 2020-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4733/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4733/BILLS-116hr4733ih.pdf