Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
United States117th CongressS-541Senate
Updated: Mar 2, 2021
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
Latest companion bill action
HR-1524: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent ActReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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