Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
United States116th CongressHR-1544House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 6, 2019
Summary
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.
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Timeline
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S-649: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent ActCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-29.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
House of Representatives
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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