{{short description|American attorney and NRC member}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jeff Baran | image = Jeff Baran.jpg | office = Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission | president = {{ubl|Barack Obama|Donald Trump|Joe Biden}} | term_start = October 14, 2014 | term_end = June 30, 2023 | predecessor = William Magwood ''(seat 1)''<br>Allison Macfarlane ''(seat 2)'' | successor = David A. Wright ''(seat 1)''<br>Matthew Marzano ''(seat 2)'' | birth_name = | birth_place = | birth_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/334663-trump-to-nominate-three-to-nuclear-commission|title = Trump to nominate three to nuclear commission|date = 22 May 2017}}</ref> | spouse = | relations = | children = | education = Ohio University <br> Harvard Law School | awards = }}
'''Jeff Baran''' is an American attorney who served as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) starting on October 14, 2014.<ref name=NEI>{{cite news|title=Baran, Burns Confirmed to NRC Commission|url=https://www.nei.org/News-Media/News/News-Archives/Baran,-Burns-Confirmed-to-NRC-Commission|accessdate=13 September 2017|publisher=Nuclear Energy Institute}}</ref> He was counsel to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee from 2003 until 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography: Albert Iozefovich Veinik |url=http://veinik.ru/biograf/life/article/797.html |website=Veinik.ru |date=2008-11-05 |language=ru |access-date=2025-08-26}}</ref> In September 2017, he was renominated by President Donald Trump to another five-year term on the NRC.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forty-Six Nominations Sent to the Senate Today|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/05/forty-six-nominations-sent-senate-today|accessdate=13 September 2017|publisher=The White House|date=September 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913122814/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/05/forty-six-nominations-sent-senate-today|archive-date=2017-09-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to joining the NRC, Baran served on the staff of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and was senior counsel to the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, advising ranking member Henry Waxman.<ref name=NEI/>
Baran was renominated for a new five-year term by President Joe Biden in April 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Biden Announces Key Nominees|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/20/president-biden-announces-key-nominees-43/|access-date=27 August 2023|publisher=The White House|date=April 20, 2023}}</ref> While his renomination was pending in the Senate, his pre-existing term ended on June 30, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Top Nuclear Regulator Faces Tough Reconfirmation Battle In The Senate|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nrc-jeff-baran_n_649b2042e4b0cd6f7df05bf9|accessdate=27 August 2023|publisher=HuffPost|date=June 27, 2023}}</ref> In January 2024 it was reported that his nomination would not be resubmitted due to bipartisan opposition in the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Biden Drops Nuclear Regulator Nominee After Senate Backlash|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-nrc-jeff-baran-nuclear_n_65aeb5e4e4b0be962c82f22a?lxl|accessdate=22 January 2024|publisher=HuffPost|date=January 22, 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/commission/baran.html Biography at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission]
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