A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository.
USA115th CongressS-95| Senate
| Updated: 1/11/2017
Dean Heller
Republican Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (1)
Environment and Public Works Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs incurred by DOE in connection with disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in a repository, unless DOE has entered into an agreement to host the repository with certain affected entities. Additionally, any agreement to host the repository must meet certain conditions.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Energy
Federal-Indian relationsIntergovernmental relationsNuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesState and local government operations
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository.
USA115th CongressS-95| Senate
| Updated: 1/11/2017
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs incurred by DOE in connection with disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in a repository, unless DOE has entered into an agreement to host the repository with certain affected entities. Additionally, any agreement to host the repository must meet certain conditions.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Dean Heller
Republican Senator
Nevada
Cosponsors (1)
Environment and Public Works Committee
Energy
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Federal-Indian relationsIntergovernmental relationsNuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesState and local government operations