,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj,mr4  
,olson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 
,fortenberry1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4         
,fleischmann1 and ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis
 of ,illinois7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to clarify the authority of the
 ,department of ,energy to dispose of   
certain foreign-origin fissile or       
radiological materials at the ,waste    
,isolation ,pilot ,plant4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,foreign ,americium ,disposal and       
,storage ,act or the ,,fads ,act4  #b4  
,clarification of authority to dispose  
of certain fissile or radiological      
materials  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds
 the following3 7#a7 ,while ,united     
,states-origin americium-#bda 7,am-#bda7
 sealed sources recovered by the        
,national ,nuclear ,security            
,administration of the ,department of   

,energy may be disposed of at the ,waste
 ,isolation ,pilot ,plant 7,,wipp71     
,russian-origin ,am-#bda sources may not
 be4  7#b7 ,section #b7ai7 of the ,,wipp
 ,land ,withdrawal ,act of #aiia        
identifies ,,wipp as the location for   
the disposal of radioactive waste       
materials generated by atomic energy    
defense activities4  7#c7 ,the ,am-#bda 
sources of concern that may not         
currently be eligible for disposal at   
,,wipp have the same isotopic properties
 and are often colocated with sources   
that are eligible for disposal at       
,,wipp4  7#d7 ,russian-origin sealed    
sources1 once confirmed to meet the     
,,wipp ,waste ,acceptance ,criteria1    
should be eligible for disposal at      
,,wipp4  7#e7 ,the ,carlsbad ,field     
,office of the ,department estimates the
 volume to be disposed is equivalent to 
#a to #b shipments a year and will have 
a negligible impact on ,,wipp           
operations4  7#f7 ,the ,department1 the 
,nuclear ,regulatory ,commission        

7,,nrc71 and the international community
 have identified ,am-#bda as a          
radioisotope that should be protected   
due to the possibility of its use in a  
radiological dispersal device4  7#g7 ,as
 part of its defense nuclear            
nonproliferation mission1 the ,national 
,nuclear ,security ,administration      
recovers thousands of disused sealed    
sources from domestic and international 
facilities4  7#h7 ,codifying a          
disposition pathway for these ,am-#bda  
sources will allow the ,national        
,nuclear ,security ,administration to   
accelerate their removal and reduce the 
availability of material that could be  
used in a dirty bomb4  7b7              
,clarification ,section #cacb7;c77#a7 of
 the ,ronald ,w4 ,reagan ,national      
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjje 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4             
#befi7;c77#a77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,n7 7i7 ,the collection1 storage1 and  
safe disposal of the materials described

 in clause 7ii7 as waste materials      
generated by atomic energy defense      
activities for the purpose of disposal  
of such materials at ,,wipp 7as defined 
in section #b7ai7 of the ,waste         
,isolation ,pilot ,plant ,land          
,withdrawal ,act 7,public ,law #ajb-egi2
 #ajf ,stat4 #dggg774  7ii7 ,the        
materials described in this clause are  
proliferation-attractive fissile        
materials or radiological materials     
that-- 7,i7 contain transuranic elements
 of foreign-origin2 and  7,,ii7 but for 
subclause 7,i71 are similar to          
proliferation-attractive fissile        
materials or radiological materials     
covered by this section4  4