HR 5632
114th Congress
House
Energy
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016
Introduced: July 6, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 6, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 6, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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