HR 3929
115th Congress
House
Energy
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017
Introduced: October 3, 2017
Introduced by:
Courtney, Joe
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Oct 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017
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 having a nuclear waste facility within its jurisdictional boundaries must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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