S. 541 · 117th Congress · Senate

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced
Mar 2, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.

Action Timeline

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  1. MAR 02, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. MAR 02, 2021IntroReferral

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

Committees

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Environment and Public Works Committee

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Referred: Mar 2, 2021

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