Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Mar 2, 2021
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Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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