Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fun… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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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- NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC.
- XCEL ENERGY, INC
- PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
- GOVERNMENTAL STRATEGIES, INC.
- PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
- NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC.
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Energy, Dept of
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Treasury, Dept of
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 101: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-101/
"S. 101: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-101/.
S. 101, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-101/.
[S. 101: Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-101/)