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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and opened January 19, 1975. The NRC oversees reactor safety and security, reactor licensing and renewal, radioactive material safety, and spent fuel management (storage, security, recycling, and ...
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous jurisdiction over some area of human activity in a licensing and regulating capacity.
[1] [2] While the Administrative Procedure Act definition of "agency" applies to most executive branch agencies, Congress may define an agency however it chooses in enabling legislation, and through subsequent litigation often involving the Freedom of Information Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. These further cloud attempts to ...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas and regulates the prices of interstate transport of petroleum by pipeline.
In some cases, government bodies with the title "public service commission" may be civil service oversight bodies, rather than utilities regulators. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners [ 9 ] is the national association representing the interests of the public utilities commissions in all 50 states.
Regulatory agencies. May relate to List of United States federal agencies; Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (India) or to regulatory agencies in other countries.
The FEC was established in 1974, in an amendment of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), to enforce and regulate campaign finance law. [8] Initially, its six members were to be appointed by both houses of Congress and the president, reflecting a strong desire for Congress to retain control. [8]
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; U.S. International Development Finance Corporation; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; United States African Development Foundation; United States Agency for International Development; United States Environmental Protection Agency