House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove an exemption from civil penalties for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit institutions.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Barton R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2001
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2001 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 723.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 723, A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove an exemption from civil penalties for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit institutions” on March 9, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12974
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 723, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fd2c9a6edf33238ba90496c2478410b042550889ca832803059bcf2d2d2f7c20
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 723, A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to remove an exemption from civil penalties for nuclear safety violations by nonprofit institutions” on March 9, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12974
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 723, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fd2c9a6edf33238ba90496c2478410b042550889ca832803059bcf2d2d2f7c20
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 723, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.J.Res. 87 (107th) Approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and…
- H.Con.Res. 387 (107th) Recognizing the American Society of Civil Engineers for reaching its 150th Anniversary and for the many vital contributions of civil…
- H.Res. 250 (107th) Urging the Secretary of Energy to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
- H.R. 2735 (107th) Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2001
- H.R. 4881 (107th) Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2002
- H.R. 3171 (107th) Federal Pilot Officer Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.