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Title II — Miscellaneous

S. 1519 · 113th Congress · Sep 18, 2013 · Lineage

II Miscellaneous

Sec. 201 Certification of documents transmitted to Congress

A letter or other document transmitted by the Commission, on behalf of the full Commission, to a member of Congress in the capacity of the member as Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of a Committee of Congress, shall include a certification that the letter or document is being sent to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of that Committee, in accordance with established Commission procedures.

Sec. 202 Time limits for Commission review of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decisions

(a)
In general— In reviewing the decisions and actions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, not later than 90 days after the date on which the Commission receives final briefs relating to the decision or action, each member of the Commission shall vote on the matter under review.
(b)
Notification of nonvoters— Once a majority position of the members of the Commission has been established by members voting under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify in writing any member of the Commission that has not voted in accordance with that subsection that a majority position has been established with respect to the matter under review.
(c)
Deadline for voting— A member of the Commission that receives notice under subsection (b)—
(1)
shall have within 3 days of the date of the notice to vote on the matter under review; and
(2)
shall be considered by the Secretary as not participating in the vote if the member does not vote by the deadline specified in paragraph (1).
(d)
Publication— The Commission shall publish any resulting decision of the Commission under this section, including adjudicatory orders and direction to agency staff—
(1)
if a majority position is established with respect to the matter under review under this section, not later than 30 days after the date on which the majority position is established; or
(2)
if a majority position is not established because of a tie vote of the participating members of the Commission, not later than 30 days after the date on which the voting is completed in accordance with this section.

Sec. 203 Allegations of wrongdoing

(a)
Referral to inspector general— Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise the procedures of the Commission to ensure that any allegation of wrongdoing on the part of the Chairman is immediately referred to the Inspector General of the Commission.
(b)
Supervision of inspector general— During any period in which an investigation by the Inspector General of the Chairman is pending with respect to an allegation described in subsection (a), the Chairman shall delegate responsibility for supervising the Inspector General to a member of the Commission other than the Chairman, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

Sec. 204 Approval of travel

(a)
Authorization by Chairman— The Chairman shall authorize all international travel requested by other members of the Commission for official business unless the Chairman submits a notice of disapproval to the full Commission specifying the basis for the disapproval by that is 5 days after the date on which the request is submitted to the Chairman.
(b)
Request considered To be approved— If the Chairman fails to submit to the Commission the notice of disapproval by the deadline described in subsection (a), the travel shall be considered to be approved.

Sec. 205 Implementation

Except as otherwise specified in this Act, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise the procedures of the Commission to conform the procedures with this Act.