HR 4873 117th Congress House International Affairs New Mexico Nuclear weapons Radioactive wastes and releases

FADS Act

Introduced: July 30, 2021 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Aug 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

Jul 30, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Jul 30, 2021

Introduced in House

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Foreign Americium Disposal and Storage Act or the FADS Act

This bill authorizes the collection, storage, and safe disposal of certain foreign-origin, proliferation-attractive fissile materials or radiological materials (or similar foreign-origin materials) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, which is the United States' only repository for the disposal of transuranic nuclear waste.

What's happening now August 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

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