Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 15, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 89 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Policy area
- Energy: 27 of 2,251 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.2%)
- Sponsor
- 6 of 421 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 253 words
- Latest action
- Jan 15, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 466 Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]