ML22097A132
| ML22097A132 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/23/2022 |
| From: | Office of Congressional Affairs |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| J. Lynch, NMSS/MSST | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML22097A145 | List: |
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| Download: ML22097A132 (22) | |
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OCA for Short:
A Quick Intro to NRCs Office of Congressional Affairs March 23, 2022
2 Our mission is to provide to the Chairman and members of the Commission and all NRC employees with timely and reliable information as it pertains to legislative matters affecting the NRC in the United States Congress and to advise and ensure proper protocol with regards to visits by members of the Commission and others to the Congress other agencies. It is also the goal of OCA to ensure correct and timely information is distributed to other Federal agencies and external organizations.
OCAs Mission Statement
3 OCA IS A NON-PARTISAN OFFICE
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5 Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended Sec. 303. Information and Assistance to Congressional Committees
- a. The Secretary of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall keep the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives which, under the rules of the Senate and the House, have jurisdiction over the functions of the Secretary or the Commission, fully and currently informed with respect to the activities of the Secretary and the Commission.
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 Sec. 201. Establishment and Transfers.
The Chairman (or Acting Chairman in the absence of the Chairman) shall be the official spokesman of the Commission in its relations with the Congress.
6 OCA Organization Vacant External Affairs Director/
Sr. Congressional Affairs Officer Eugene Dacus Director David Decker Associate Director Kim Sargent Protocol Director Jenny Weil Sr. Congressional Affairs Officer (RI)
Lynnea Wilkins Congressional Affairs Officer (RII)
Carolyn Wolf Congressional Affairs Officer (RIII)
Angel Moreno Congressional Affairs Officer (RIV)
Jeannette Quesenberry Congressional Affairs Specialist Nicole Riddick Administrative Assistant Marcia Pringle Protocol Specialist
7 Meet the Congressional Affairs Officers
- Cyber and physical security
- International relation issues
- Advanced reactors and technologies
- New light water and small modular reactors
- Agency contracts
- Educational grant programs
- Environmental reviews Region I Region II Region III Region IV
- Decommissioning and decontamination
- Nuclear Materials
- Agreement state issues
- Nuclear medicine
- Waste
- Fuel cycle facilities
- Operating reactor licensing and inspection programs
- Research & test reactors
- Consolidated interim storage facilities
8 What does OCA do?
Monitors Coordinates Communicates Represents
9 Congressional Trivia Time!
10 Question:
How many members in the U.S. House of Representatives are elected every two years?
11 435 Voting Members of the House
12 Question:
Who was the first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?
13 Representative Jeannette Rankin (R-MT)
14 Question:
How many Congressional committees have oversight of the NRC?
15 NRCs Congressional Oversight Committees Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
16 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a confirmation hearing on the nominations of Commissioner David Wright and Mr. Christopher Hanson on March 11, 2020 Supports Nomination Process
17 Coordinates Congressional Hearings Chairman Christopher Hanson testifies before the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on December 1, 2021 Chairman Hanson greets Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) after the committee hearing on December 1, 2021
18 Arranges Briefings Chairman Christopher Hanson meets with Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) to discuss spent fuel (February 19, 2021)
A briefing on Capitol Hill for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on reactors shutting down due to severe weather in Texas (February 25, 2021)
19 Arranges Facility Tours Commissioner Christopher Hanson and staff for Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on a tour of Calvert Cliffs on October 20, 2020
20 NRC Protocol Office Liaison for official visits Arranges Commission participation in agency events Organizes Commission swearing in and farewell ceremonies Kim Sargent, Director of Protocol, arranges a meeting between the NRC Commission and a distinguished visitor.
Federal and External Affairs Program Arranges interactions with other Federal agencies and external stakeholders
21 Hosts Events Office of Protocol worked with OCA to coordinate Senator Ben Cardins (D-MD) visit to the NRC on September 23, 2019
Ok enough filibustering from me...
Contact Info:
Carolyn Wolf NRC Office of Congressional Affairs carolyn.wolf@nrc.gov (301) 415-8492 Ask me your questions!