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HR 5632 114th Congress House

Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electrici… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide payments to communities in which a nuclear power plant that has ceased generating electricity and that stores spent nuclear fuel onsite is located, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 9, 2016 See on congress.gov
Energy Nuclear powerRadioactive wastes and releasesState and local finance
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Jul 6, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 6, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 6, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide compensation to communities in which a nuclear waste storage facility is located.

DOE must provide payments equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the nuclear waste facility.

Each local government within the jurisdictional boundaries of a nuclear waste facility must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation. DOE may make only one payment per fiscal year to eligible local governments.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 19, 2016
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 9, 2016
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 6, 2016
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 6, 2016
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 6, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5632: Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5632/
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"H.R. 5632: Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5632/.
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H.R. 5632, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5632/.
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