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H.R. 466 119th Congress House

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Dina Titus Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain activities related to radioactive waste disposal unless DOE has entered into a written agreement for a repository with (1) the governor of the state in which the proposed repository will be located, (2) affected local governments, (3) local governments contiguous to the affected local governments if spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste will be transported through them for disposal at the repository, and (4) affected Indian tribes.

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Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jan 15, 2025
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Lee, Susie
Nevada · Jan 15, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 466: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-466/
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"H.R. 466: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-466/.
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H.R. 466, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-466/.
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