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Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Introduced: January 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 11, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 11, 2017
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Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for the costs incurred by DOE in connection with disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste in a repository, unless DOE has entered into an agreement to host the repository with certain affected entities.

Additionally, any agreement to host the repository must meet certain conditions.
What's happening now January 11, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 456 Identical bill Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
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Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Jan 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 95: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-95/
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"S. 95: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-95/.
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S. 95, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-95/.
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